walking from France to Bilbao, España...ideas?

[ggilmer1@nc.rr.com]

Last summer I walked the Camino Frances from Pamplona to Santiago...Such a fantastic experience in every way. This summer I have 4 weeks to walk from somewhere, to Bilbao, Spain. (I will meet a friend there and fly home from there.) I want to start in France, then end up in Bilbao. I speak no French, and as of yet have no guides or maps. Could any of you suggest a route and starting point for me based on your walks through France? This is for the last half of June and the first half of July. Thank You!

 

[Debinq]

hola Gilmer

I suggest you do the C Aragones - Say you start from Oloron Ste Marie or Pau on the French side of the Pyrenees and x the border at the Somport pass - when you join the C Frances at Puenta de la Reina, after somewhere between 7 - 10 days on the Aragones, you could 'double back' to Pamplona and then strike out in a WNW direction to Bilbao (and perhaps pick up the C Del Norte?)

buen camino
Peter