{"id":1217,"date":"2021-07-11T16:18:48","date_gmt":"2021-07-11T21:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/santiagoinlove.com\/en\/?p=1217"},"modified":"2021-07-12T10:31:31","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T15:31:31","slug":"transport-how-to-get-to-saint-jean-pied-de-port-complete-travel-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/santiagoinlove.com\/en\/transport-how-to-get-to-saint-jean-pied-de-port-complete-travel-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Transport: How to get to Saint Jean Pied de Port, a complete travel guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At the border between France and Spain, Saint Jean Pied de Port is a major stage<\/strong> on the Caminos de Santiago. And for good reasons: the village is the last stage in France of the French Camino routes of Le Puy, V\u00e9zelay, Paris-Tours. And for many, it’s also the first stage of the Camino Franc\u00e9s.
As such, a great number of pilgrim have to find a transport to get there to (re)start their pilgrimage<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this post, let’s see what options are available<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Cities you should know about<\/a>
A quick look at your options<\/a>
Getting there from France<\/a>
Getting there from Spain<\/a>
Plan your journey<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cities you should know about<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Saint Jean Pied de Port is in France but you could get there from France or Spain<\/strong>. In both cases, it will be easy to get to the village with 1 or more connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udeec If you travel by plane<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Where can you land in France?<\/span><\/strong>
Prefer the airports of Biarritz<\/strong> (BIQ) or Paris<\/strong> (Roissy Charles de Gaulle – CDG or Orly -ORY).
The airports of Toulouse<\/strong> (TLS), Pau<\/strong> (PUF), Lourdes<\/strong> (LDE) or Bordeaux<\/strong> (BOD) can also be interesting entry points.
From all of those cities, you will need to take other means of transport<\/strong> to get to Saint Jean Pied de Port. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where can you land in Spain?<\/span><\/strong>
Prefer the airports of Pamplona<\/strong> (PNA) or Madrid<\/strong> (MAD).
The airports of Bilbao<\/strong> (BIO) and San Sebastian<\/strong> (EAS) can also be interesting entry points. A bit further, the airport of Barcelone<\/strong> (BCN) can have attractive deals that make up for the fact it’s pretty far away from Saint Jean Pied de Port.
From all of those cities, you will need to take other means of transport<\/strong> to get to Saint Jean Pied de Port.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\ude8f If you travel with a long-distance bus or by train<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Closest bus and train stations from Saint Jean Pied de Port<\/span><\/strong>
In France<\/span>: Bayonne<\/strong>
In Spain<\/span>: Pamplona<\/strong>
From those cities, you will need to take other means of transport<\/strong> to get to Saint Jean Pied de Port.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A quick look at your options for transport<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u2708\ufe0f Plane \/\/ \ud83d\ude84 High speed train \/\/ \ud83d\ude86 Regional train \/\/ \ud83d\ude8d Long distance bus \/\/ \ud83d\ude8e City bus \/\/ \ud83d\ude90 Pilgrim shuttle \/\/ \ud83d\ude95 Taxi
All the itineraries can also be done by carpooling, hitchhiking or on foot \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most common itineraries<\/h3>\n\n\n\n