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Hi from Ireland we always walk the camino at that time and experience great weather until Serria where it tends to rain a bit .Hello Peregrinos,
I will be doing the Camino from 3rd week of September to last week of October. This is my first solo trip outside the country and I am quite nervous but I have to face my fears. I am flying to Madrid, and I want to start the walk in St. John Pied de Port. I arrive in Madrid at noon. Will I make it to St. John Pied de Port on the same day? Also, how is the walk in Sept and Oct with regard to weather? I am from SE Asia and not very familiar with weather in Spain. How cold can it get? At home, we wear a jacket when it gets to plus 18.
Welcome to the forum, @Shy ShyHello Peregrinos,
I will be doing the Camino from 3rd week of September to last week of October. This is my first solo trip outside the country and I am quite nervous but I have to face my fears. I am flying to Madrid, and I want to start the walk in St. John Pied de Port. I arrive in Madrid at noon. Will I make it to St. John Pied de Port on the same day? Also, how is the walk in Sept and Oct with regard to weather? I am from SE Asia and not very familiar with weather in Spain. How cold can it get? At home, we wear a jacket when it gets to plus 18.
Maybe. There is a bus from T-4 terminal in Barajas to Pamplona, the first one after your arrival is 1515 and will get to Pamplona at 2015. The last bus from Pamplona to SJPdP is at 1730. You can look for a train that leaves Madrid sooner than the bus, but it will require getting from the airport to the train station, then getting from the train station in Pamplona to the bus station there. It is more likely you will not get to SJPdP until the next day.I am flying to Madrid, and I want to start the walk in St. John Pied de Port. I arrive in Madrid at noon. Will I make it to St. John Pied de Port on the same day?
Hi from Ireland we always walk the camino at that time and experience great weather until Serria where it tends to rain a bit .
You will need a jacket for night time and early morning but shortes and teeshirts are good for daytime
a hat and sunglasses are also usefull ,i hope you enjoy the experience and i may meet you along the way.
@Shy ShyHello Peregrinos,
I will be doing the Camino from 3rd week of September to last week of October. This is my first solo trip outside the country and I am quite nervous but I have to face my fears. I am flying to Madrid, and I want to start the walk in St. John Pied de Port. I arrive in Madrid at noon. Will I make it to St. John Pied de Port on the same day? Also, how is the walk in Sept and Oct with regard to weather? I am from SE Asia and not very familiar with weather in Spain. How cold can it get? At home, we wear a jacket when it gets to plus 18.
Hello Peregrinos,
I will be doing the Camino from 3rd week of September to last week of October. This is my first solo trip outside the country and I am quite nervous but I have to face my fears. I am flying to Madrid, and I want to start the walk in St. John Pied de Port. I arrive in Madrid at noon. Will I make it to St. John Pied de Port on the same day? Also, how is the walk in Sept and Oct with regard to weather? I am from SE Asia and not very familiar with weather in Spain. How cold can it get? At home, we wear a jacket when it gets to plus 18.
Yep I feel the sameI have spent the last several hours looking at possible accommodation on the Voie d'Arles between Oloron Ste Marie and the Somport Pass, ending with pictures of the route. Suddenly, I am extremely excited. One month from today, I shall be landing in Pau and heading to Oloron Ste Marie to begin my approximately 900 km. walk to Santiago de Compostela. The Pyrenees look amazing. I am ready to put my boots on right this minute, pick up my pack, and go out the door. Another month!! I am not anxious any more, just eager. I hope to meet some of you September - October walkers on the trail, most probably after Puenta la Reina. Buen camino a todos.
Hello everyone,
I will be arriving in Burgos on September 26th in the evening. I have already organised my accomodation for the night. This is my first camino and solo trip and I am a little nervous. If someone has already walked this, could you please let me know an estimate of how much I will spend a day on accommodation, food etc.
The count down is on, feeling many different feelings, but mainly excited to begin this trip!
Hopefully I will hear back from someone, hope to meet every single one of you while walking.
Buen Camino to you all!
Daniela
@Albertagirl - thank you so much for that info!!
You have been extremely helpful! Hopefully we come across each other while walking.
I have allowed myself 26-28 days to walk from Burgos to Santiago, do you think this will be enough time?
If anyone else can answer this question also, please feel free.
I'm sure you can already tell I am nervous. But beyond excited!!
Thanks again!
Daniela from Australia!!
Hello fellow pilgrims. I will arrive in Madrid 9/13 and have booked a flight to Pamplona on the same day. Will be picked up be Istvan and will spend the night at his Albergue. Starting in SJP on 9/14. At the moment it is 91 degrees F in Alexandria, VA so training has been a bit spotty. Am getting very excited albeit nervous about walking with my full pack everyday. Doing this trek to celebrate my 70th birthday among other things. Hope to see many of you along the way.
Hi there,
I walked the Camino last September- October from SJPdP all the way to Santiago....alone.
It's a beautiful time of the year because it's not too hot. Even the temp on the Meseta was comfortable.
The only weather problems that I encountered was, some rain right after leaving Burgos, and then quite a bit of rain when I reached Galicia.....right around Arzúa, which is a day away from Sanitago.
I live in Southern California, so I flew from Los Angeles to Madrid. Then after a 1 hour layover, I took another flight from Madrid to Pamplona. This way might be a little more expensive instead of taking the train or bus, but it's much quicker. Once I arrived in Pamplona, I decided to check around the baggage area to see if anyone wanted to share a taxi ride to St. John. I saw plenty of people that wanted to do the same thing. The cost is about € 120, but when you share it with 2 other people, € 40 per person sounded great.
It took about 1 1/2 hours driving around the Pyrenees to reach St. John. I arrived at 5 pm, and immediately checked in at my B&B (make reservations). Then I headed to the Pilgrim's office to "check in" and receive my Credential. The first stamp on the Credential will be from the Pilgrim's office. Stores/markets are open until 9 pm, so I bought some goodies to munch on for the trip, and started my journey up the Pyrenees the next morning. The hike up the Pyrenees was spectacular! You'll see lots of hikers so you won't be alone.
Would I do this Camino again??? YES.....in a heartbeat! I'm already planning for next September to walk again.
Hope this helped.
Buen Camino to you.
Donna
Thank you. This is very helpful. I was not able to log back in to this forum until today and I already booked for one night in Madrid through airbnb, and purchased a train ticket to Pamplona for the the 21st. I originally hoped to catch a bus on the same day to St Jean Pied de Port. The bus ticket costs 22 euros through ALSA and the bus arrives at 7PM in St.Jean. But after looking at corazonpuro, it seems like a very good option to stay with them instead, have a good dinner, then go to St.Jean in the morning (they say it's a 50-minute drive)and start my camino. Thank you so much for the info.@Shy Shy
There is an option to taking public transport from Madrid airport to St Jean pied de Port on your arrival in Spain. When I arrived in Madrid last September, I took a bus to Pamplona, where I was met by Istvan, the host or Corazon Puro, driven back to his pension with the other pilgrims who were picked up by him in Pamplona at the same time, fed supper, hosted for the night, fed breakfast, and driven to St Jean in the morning, where I set off up the hill towards Orisson and Roncesvalles. It is a wonderful way to begin your camino. The website is www.corazonpuro.es . If you are going in September, you may want to consider making reservations at Corazon Puro and at Orisson (up the hill from St Jean) very soon, as they are both popular and with limited space. Buen camino.
Yeah, it's about a 45-50 minute drive down to SJPdP from Corazon Puro. They leave after breakfast and I think we got into SJPdP around 9:00 am. A bit late in the day than normal to start walking to Roncesvalles, but still doable depending upon your pace and what time it gets dark.Thank you. This is very helpful. I was not able to log back in to this forum until today and I already booked for one night in Madrid through airbnb, and purchased a train ticket to Pamplona for the the 21st. I originally hoped to catch a bus on the same day to St Jean Pied de Port. The bus ticket costs 22 euros through ALSA and the bus arrives at 7PM in St.Jean. But after looking at corazonpuro, it seems like a very good option to stay with them instead, have a good dinner, then go to St.Jean in the morning (they say it's a 50-minute drive)and start my camino. Thank you so much for the info.
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