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While the advice is good as another option, IMHO it presents an extra headache in the "extra step.There is a regular local bus from Biarritz airport to Bayonne railway station. The Express Bourricot shuttle can be expensive (€ 130) if there are no other passengers! Train fom Bayonne to SJPdP is cheap (approx. € 12).
The Olympics this year are making this even worse than usual.If you are going by train book it ASAP. The prices go up closer to the travel date, and they can sell out.
...and the day after.... and.... as everyone says - at least through Pamplona (and sometimes even then some)but .. have you booked Roncesvalles ? and the day after yet ?
I think you'd be pushing it to make the 10:11 train.What @MickMac said. I can add that I bought the ticket all the way on the 10:11 train.
On Bayonne a bunch of us Pilgrims got "intercepted " as the next train was canceled and ushered outside and onto a parked bus which then took us to SJPdP
Well... (sheepish grin) I merely stated that thats the train i took.... but I guess I neglected to take a note that OP wants to do everything in one swift whoop as whereupon I spent a day in Paris and comfortably sashayed to Gare de Montparnasse next morning.I think you'd be pushing it to make the 10:11 train.
This was perfect .. ticket purchased.. I am all set . Many Thanks ..www.rome2rio.com
In short :
1) metro to Gare Montparnasse (ticket from vending machine in metro station)
2) from there TGV (fast train) to Bayonne. Book ticket in advance https://www.sncf-voyageurs.com/en/travel-with-us/booking-and-itinerary/book-tickets/
3) Then train to SJPdP. (Ticket from vending machine at railway station). Last train leaves at 9 pm (train earlier at 6.20 pm).
Thank you for these details. Just to confirm, it's not necessary to book the ticket from Bayonne to SJPdP in advance? We are staying overnight in Bayonne and already purchased the TGV ticket from Paris to Bayonne. We'd like to leave the timetable from Bayonne to SJPdP the next day open in case we decide to spend the morning in Bayonne.www.rome2rio.com
In short :
1) metro to Gare Montparnasse (ticket from vending machine in metro station)
2) from there TGV (fast train) to Bayonne. Book ticket in advance https://www.sncf-voyageurs.com/en/travel-with-us/booking-and-itinerary/book-tickets/
3) Then train to SJPdP. (Ticket from vending machine at railway station). Last train leaves at 9 pm (train earlier at 6.20 pm).
Check on RometoRioI arrive in Paris CDG September 1st at 9:20 am. I have already booked a hotel in SJPDP for that night.
What's the best way to get to SJPDP from Paris ?
remember that he has to get from Paris airport to the Paris train station - so flying to Biarritz might be simpler. Biarritz airport is not large and many buses seem to go through it. I think I was on a BlaBla bus that stopped there before dropping me in Bayonne.While the advice is good as another option, IMHO it presents an extra headache in the "extra step.
We've all been newbies and IMHO that's stressful enough (esp. if one didn't do the (ahem) pre-requisite training trip to Europe
- Get to Biarritz (presumably by plane)
- Take a bus from Biarritz to Bayonne
- Take a train (or substitute bus) from there to SJPdP
) So the simpler - the better
Hence:
or
- Fly to Biarritz and
- do book Express Bouricott
now to be fair I guess the 2nd option predicates on how well one navigates a city in a foreign country (for the sake of an argument I will presume no knowledge of the city or the language; just to make it a bit more shall we say...interesting)
- take a train to Bayonne and
- Take a train (or substitute bus) from there to SJPdP
Great advice - thank you!No problem, it is just a simple ticket, not a seatnumber, no time on it.
if you arrive in the afternoon/evening in Bayonne, get your ticket for the following morning upon arrival immediately from the vending machine! You are not in a hurry then and have all the time to find out how it works.
In the morning it can be very crowded with pilgrims and they might be queing up for the vendingmachine.
Bayonne by the way is a beautiful little town, worth paying a visit. The historical centre is over the bridge.
Check on RometoRio
remember that he has to get from Paris airport to the Paris train station - so flying to Biarritz might be simpler. Biarritz airport is not large and many buses seem to go through it. I think I was on a BlaBla bus that stopped there before dropping me in Bayonne.
Yes see my post #15 I didn't see that the trip is all one dayCheck on RometoRio
remember that he has to get from Paris airport to the Paris train station - so flying to Biarritz might be simpler. Biarritz airport is not large and many buses seem to go through it. I think I was on a BlaBla bus that stopped there before dropping me in Bayonne.
Technically it's by RER B which is slightly different beast but at this point just semantics .The transfer in Paris from CDG to Gare Montparnasse is by metro.
I only suggested flying as it does not appear from an earlier post in available trains that he would get to St Jean the same day if he took the train.He has to go to a trainstation anyway, either in Paris or in Biarritz.
The transfer in Paris from CDG to Gare Montparnasse is by metro.
In Biarritz he can take a local bus to Bayonne railwaystation.
And - my personal thoughts - why take an inland flight - with all the pollution of flying - when there is a perfect fast train?
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