Start from Airport (Biarritz)

[WayneStewart]

Hi,
I’m planning a Camino later this year.
I have a conference in Paris that finishes on the 29th of October. On the 30th, I can fly to Biarritz, landing at about 11 AM.
I will walk from the airport to join the Camino Baztan, eventually linking up with the Frances at Pamplona.
Once I'm on the actual path, I should be okay. My questions are:

• Is this a practical option? I mean, I can use Google Maps to get onto the path
• The alternative would be to get a taxi to a location on the actual path

What are your thoughts?
Wayne

 

[andycohn]

Here's a screenshot from mapy.cz showing a potential walking route. The Baztan is the sinewy purple line following the river on the right. It looks like it's about 6 k from the front of the airport to the nearest point on the Baztan. Of course, it might be simpler just to take one of the frequent local buses into Bayonne and start from there. It's only 15 very flat kilometers from the heart of Bayonne to Ustaritz, the first obvious stopping point, so you could easily make it by mid to late afternoon, whatever you decide to do.

In any event, it's a spectacular route. Bon chemin!

 

[naplesdon]

The walk from the airport to Bayonne is principally on sidewalks through an exurbia area, I would try to skip it.

 

[roving_rufus]

Yes it's entirely possible- you could head backwards on the Via Bayona to reach the River Nive. But I would rather catch a bus from airport into Bayonne and start there. Having walked the Via Bayona - the least exciting part of the entire route is the section between leaving the River Nive and Biarritz train station. Which is the same area you are going through whether heading north (as per
@andycohn or south of the airport as per Via Bayona/CN).