How to reach Somport?

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DougWilliams55

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• Nov 16, 2017

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Hello everyone. Having walked most of the CF this spring, I am looking forward to returning to northern Spain soon. The Camino Aragones catches my attention (thank you all for the posts on this forum), but I a wondering, how to reach Somport to start this Camino? Suggestions and advice would be appreciated!

 

Bradypus

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• Nov 16, 2017

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From which side of the border? If you are travelling from France SNCF run a combination of train and bus from Pau to Somport - usually changing at Oleron Ste Marie or Bedous though some buses run all the way from Pau itself. If you are travelling from Spain RENFE have a couple of trains per day from Madrid and Zaragoza to Canfranc where the line now ends.

 

Last edited: Nov 16, 2017

mark connolly

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• Nov 17, 2017

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Just returned as I started by camino this year in Lourdes. Took a flight to Madrid, then a flight to Toulouse in France. Train to Lourdes. (Subliminal suggestion that you may want to start in Lourdes). Walked to St Jean Pied de Port on Vie Piemonte. When you get to Oloran Ste-Marie, you can pick up the Camino Aragones. As Brudypus mentions you may be able to get a bus to Oloron Ste-Marie, etc, If you want to start from Lourdes, it is approx. 112km/70 miles, From Oloron Ste-Marie, 55km/35 miles.

Here is a link as well:

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...et-to-somport-to-start-camino-aragones.28835/

Good luck
Bon Chemin
Buen Camino

Mark

 

martin1ws

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• Nov 17, 2017

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Bradypus said:

... If you are travelling from Spain RENFE have a couple of trains per day from Madrid and Zaragoza to Canfranc where the line now ends.

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Here is a bus timetable (Jaca ... Canfranc - Somport - Astun ) :
http://www.mavaragon.es/horarios-autobus-jaca-astun/

 

Kanga

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• Nov 17, 2017

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I enjoyed the walk from Toulouse to Oloron Ste Marie.

 

camino07

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• Nov 17, 2017

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Flight to Barcelona , train to Zaragoza bus from station in Zaragoza to Jaka and then bus to Somport.

 

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lovingkindness

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• Nov 17, 2017

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Bonjour, Dougwilliams55,

The hike from Oloron-Sainte-Marie to Somport is splendid: The scenery is panoramic, woods + meadows are lush with an abundance of wild flowers. Bird song accompanies the day. There are few pilgrim on the trail and a choice of places to stay at the end of the day. I set off from Carcassonne in May...

Bon chemin!
Lovingkindness

 

Last edited: Nov 18, 2017

amancio

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• Nov 17, 2017

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To me, it is very clear: find your way to make it to Zaragoza, then take the Canfranc train in Zaragoza, it is the most beautiful, scenic route, absolutely worth it, and arriving in the overwhelming station in Canfranc is like taking a trip in history.
Right outside the Canfranc station you will find a bus stop with fairly frequent buses to Somport.

 

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DougWilliams55

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• Nov 18, 2017

• #9

Thank you everyone for the helpful replies.

 

fraluchi

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• Nov 18, 2017

• #10

Years back we flew from Madrid to Pamplona and took the Pamplona-Jaca bus. Train, bus or walk up to Somport from Jaca.