St. Jean Pied de Port, France

Travel Blogs from St. Jean Pied de Port (11)

First Day on El Camino, St. Jean Pied de Port, France, France travel blog
First Day on El Camino
Jun 6, 2004

... , a huge dorm in which peregrinos stay for free. We met 3 other men who wanted to cross over into France to begin the walk from St. Jean Pied de Port. We shared a taxi there(6E each), a fun winding ride up and over and through the mountains. The ...

A travel blog entry by gkg
Enter the Pyrenees, St jean pied-de-port, France travel blog
Enter the Pyrenees
Oct 18, 2006

... saw our first compostela waymarker and now, sitting in front of the screen of a computer a the pilgrims refuge in the last refuge in france. so, we're happy, and sad, and overjoyed, and a little tired, but not as tired as wer after our first day since ...

A travel blog entry by traestanley
First Day Continued, St. Jean Pied de Port, France travel blog
First Day Continued
Jun 6, 2004

We walked on up the mountain leaving behind the couple, a man from Germany and four men from who had walked from Baveria that I'd later room with. The goal for the day was to cross the mountains and reach Roncesvalle, maybe 35K. I was feeling that I might ...

A travel blog entry by gkg
El Camino de Santiago, St. Jean Pied-de-Port, France travel blog
El Camino de Santiago
Aug 26, 2008

... have walked this route for almost a thousand years. The place reeks of history. The traditional starting point for many pilgrims, St. Jean - or Donibane Garazi in Basque - has conserved its medieval atmosphere. It is surveyed by a monastery on a hill ...

A travel blog entry by prinzni

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