US to Paris (CDG) to Pamplona?

[MARSKA]

I'm hoping someone can recommend a route from CDG to Pamplona. I was planning to fly into MAD but for my dates prices to CDG (Paris) are much cheaper ($650 difference) as well as shorter and more convenient. I'm just not sure how long it will take to get from CDG to Pamplona and how much it will cost. I want to try to determine the cost/time from CDG to Pamplona so I can make a fairly accurate comparison of total costs and convenience.

Rome2Rio gives this route:
CDG to Bilbao (BIO), transfer to bus, then another bus transfer?
Aireportua/AeropuertoBilbao 40minby bus Every 20 minutesUS$1–2
Bilbao IntermodalBilbao Change / Transfer
Bilbao / BilboBilbao 2hby bus Every 3 hoursUS$9–13
Pamplona / IruñaPamplona, Spain

OR fly from CDG to MAD, then MAD to Pamplona which adds about $250 RT

Of course the more pieces in the mix, the more chance there is for something to go wrong.

Thanks all!

 

[Purple Backpack]

I started the Norte last fall from St Jean de Luz and flew into CDG. It was easy to jump the TGV at the airport to Bordeaux, then train down to St Jean de Luz. It’s a wonderful little beach town if you have the time to layover. Next day, you could either bus or train to Pamplona, about three hours, according to Rome to Rio.

 

[MARSKA]

Thanks PB! So,,, CDG, TGV to Bordeaux, train to St Jean de luz, train or bus to Pamplona?
Lots of places to see along the way!

 

[Purple Backpack]

Thanks PB! So,,, CDG, TGV to Bordeaux, train to St Jean de luz, train or bus to Pamplona?
Lots of places to see along the way!

I liked St Jean de Luz so much that I found myself perusing real estate ads online!You may want to consider just hiking the Norte…the trail out of St Jean de Luz was lovely, along the beaches, gorgeous little towns, just a really beautiful walk.You can also start walking right out of the Biarritz airport!

 

[trecile]

Which route are you planning to walk?

 

[SabsP]

I started the Norte last fall from St Jean de Luz and flew into CDG. It was easy to jump the TGV at the airport to Bordeaux, then train down to St Jean de Luz. It’s a wonderful little beach town if you have the time to layover. Next day, you could either bus or train to Pamplona, about three hours, according to Rome to Rio.

I second the TGV. Much more ecofriendly than a flight for such a short distance.

 

[MARSKA]

So one can catch the TGV at CDG to Bordeaux?
I am comparing several routes - including the CF starting in Pamplona

 

[MARSKA]

Which route are you planning to walk?

The question in this thread refers to walking the CF beginning in Pamplona. Biut I'm considering others. I think the Norte would be too difficult for me, esp in April.

 

[Kiwi-family]

I just helped friends do exactly this (they are flying to CDG for the same reason as you). We looked at all sorts of different options, including Madrid, Bayonne, busses, trains, flights. They ended up choosing a flight from CDG to Biarritz, and then ALSA bus. For them, this was easier than navigating across Paris to the train station, especially as they have a hotel booked at CDG. Depends what you are happy with.
If you are looking at other options and want to end up in Pamplona, would you get to Bayonne and then walk the Baztan? It's a beautiful few days.

 

[Purple Backpack]

I'm hoping someone can recommend a route from CDG to Pamplona. I was planning to fly into MAD but for my dates prices to CDG (Paris) are much cheaper ($650 difference) as well as shorter and more convenient. I'm just not sure how long it will take to get from CDG to Pamplona and how much it will cost. I want to try to determine the cost/time from CDG to Pamplona so I can make a fairly accurate comparison of total costs and convenience.

Rome2Rio gives this route:
CDG to Bilbao (BIO), transfer to bus, then another bus transfer?
Aireportua/AeropuertoBilbao 40minby bus Every 20 minutesUS$1–2
Bilbao IntermodalBilbao Change / Transfer
Bilbao / BilboBilbao 2hby bus Every 3 hoursUS$9–13
Pamplona / IruñaPamplona, Spain

OR fly from CDG to MAD, then MAD to Pamplona which adds about $250 RT

Of course the more pieces in the mix, the more chance there is for something to go wrong.

Thanks all!

Hi, Just thought I’d add this. I’ve taken the nonstop tgv from cdg to Bordeaux a couple of times now and will do it again in the spring. I find it easy to jump
Off at Bordeaux for a variety of routes and like walking straight to the tgv at the airport. This is from rome2rio:

 

[MARSKA]

I just helped friends do exactly this (they are flying to CDG for the same reason as you). We looked at all sorts of different options, including Madrid, Bayonne, busses, trains, flights. They ended up choosing a flight from CDG to Biarritz, and then ALSA bus. For them, this was easier than navigating across Paris to the train station, especially as they have a hotel booked at CDG. Depends what you are happy with.
If you are looking at other options and want to end up in Pamplona, would you get to Bayonne and then walk the Baztan? It's a beautiful few days.

Thanks Kiwi! What about catching the direct train TGV Roissy from CDG to Bordeaux? Is there a reason not to?

 

[Kiwi-family]

I think their main reasoning was that the flight left a bit later, meaning they could sleep after the long haul flight. They also wanted the fewest connections and the least thinking needed! If it were me, I'd be taking a train for sure!

 

[StephenBurnett]

Hi Marska, I’m flying from Melbourne Australia via Singapore to Barcelona. That is cheaper than to Madrid. The train to Pamplona is easy from Barcelona. I chose this start because although Paris is a little cheaper, the connections to SJPdP are more difficult and costly in the French railway.

 

[naplesdon]

Take a look at flights to Bilbao, they generally include s connection through Madrid or Porto but the cost is normally lower.

 

[John Hawke]

I have gone thru Bilbao a couple of times. You can spend the night there to sooth the jet lag if you like
I have used Vueling

https://www.vueling.com/EN/?currency=USD&utm_source=ov&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=overture&utm_campaign=US&SBR=SBR4739&s_kwcid=AL!3525!10!3865835617!116031600502&ef_id=WjKb5AAAAEY0cFu8:20171214154228:s

 

[TMcA]

We took the TGV from Paris to the end of the line at Hendaye. Then a cab (we could have walked) from Hendaye to a small shopping center in Irun. In front of the shopping center there was a bus stop. We had a meal in a resto in the shopping center while waiting for the bus. The bus arrived and we rode maybe an hour and a half to Pamplona. Easy.

The bus schedule, cost, and the location of the bus stop were all provided by the tourist bureau in Pamplona. In English, after my English language query to them.

This trip was maybe 8 years ago and it was from Gare Montparnasse, not CDG. Our TGV train carried two special low cost cars that were branded at that time "Ouigo". All single class as I recall and tickets were not refundable without a significant penalty.

For this trip we had intended to eat our lunch at a resto near the Hendaye train station. It had been recommended, I think, by @mspath. But the resto was either closed or out of business. That's why we decided to proceed to the bus stop and to grab some lunch there.

 

[pjacobi]

I second the TGV. Much more ecofriendly than a flight for such a short distance.

It depends on if you prefer carbon waste (plane) or nuclear waste (train). Since electric power generation in France is about 70% nuclear, then trains are basically nuclear-powered.

There is no free energy!


-Paul

 

[MARSKA]

Hi Marska, I’m flying from Melbourne Australia via Singapore to Barcelona. That is cheaper than to Madrid. The train to Pamplona is easy from Barcelona. I chose this start because although Paris is a little cheaper, the connections to SJPdP are more difficult and costly in the French railway.

Hi SB! Thanks for the response. Unfortunately flying to BCN is MORE expensive than MAD for me.

 

[jouffroy47]

I'm hoping someone can recommend a route from CDG to Pamplona. I was planning to fly into MAD but for my dates prices to CDG (Paris) are much cheaper ($650 difference) as well as shorter and more convenient. I'm just not sure how long it will take to get from CDG to Pamplona and how much it will cost. I want to try to determine the cost/time from CDG to Pamplona so I can make a fairly accurate comparison of total costs and convenience.

Rome2Rio gives this route:
CDG to Bilbao (BIO), transfer to bus, then another bus transfer?
Aireportua/AeropuertoBilbao 40minby bus Every 20 minutesUS$1–2
Bilbao IntermodalBilbao Change / Transfer
Bilbao / BilboBilbao 2hby bus Every 3 hoursUS$9–13
Pamplona / IruñaPamplona, Spain

OR fly from CDG to MAD, then MAD to Pamplona which adds about $250 RT

Of course the more pieces in the mix, the more chance there is for something to go wrong.

Thanks all!

Last fall, in returning to Paris from Pamplona, I took an Alsa bus [with a change of bus in San Sebastian] to the Biarritz airport and from there flew Transavia, to Paris [Orly]. There is a shuttle from Orly to CDG. Since I had no other luggage than my backpack at the time, and I booked well in advance, the flight was very inexpensive.

 

[KWay]

I'm hoping someone can recommend a route from CDG to Pamplona. I was planning to fly into MAD but for my dates prices to CDG (Paris) are much cheaper ($650 difference) as well as shorter and more convenient. I'm just not sure how long it will take to get from CDG to Pamplona and how much it will cost. I want to try to determine the cost/time from CDG to Pamplona so I can make a fairly accurate comparison of total costs and convenience.

Rome2Rio gives this route:
CDG to Bilbao (BIO), transfer to bus, then another bus transfer?
Aireportua/AeropuertoBilbao 40minby bus Every 20 minutesUS$1–2
Bilbao IntermodalBilbao Change / Transfer
Bilbao / BilboBilbao 2hby bus Every 3 hoursUS$9–13
Pamplona / IruñaPamplona, Spain

OR fly from CDG to MAD, then MAD to Pamplona which adds about $250 RT

Of course the more pieces in the mix, the more chance there is for something to go wrong.

Thanks all!

Don’t forget that the Olympics are in Paris this summer. It may be chaotic.

 

[wanderingvirg]

In 2022 we did it this way
Paris to Bayonne on the TGV. Then Alsa (bus) from Bayonne to Pamplona with a change of bus in San Sebastián

 

[LakeMcD]

I always take into account the possibility of delays in French transportation due to the many strikes that occur.