El Camino Frances – Page 5

St. Jean Pied-De-Port-Roncesvalles

May 2, 2016April 28, 2024Posted in El camino de Santiago, El Camino Frances, French WayTagged Buencamino, Camino Frances, El camino de Santiago, French Way, Santiago de compostela

We did it, we hiked through the Pyrenees! We had great weather today, so we took Route de Napoleon which was 25km through the most beautiful views and several microclimates in the mountains with an altitude of 1450m above sea level. We are very tired but happy that we did the most difficult part of El Camino in good time, in good weather, and without big surprises.

Border between France and Spain

Saint-Jean-Pied-De-Port.

May 1, 2016April 28, 2024Posted in El camino de Santiago, El Camino Frances, French WayTagged Buencamino, Caminofrances, El camino de Santiago, French Way, Hiking, Santiagodecompostela

Today we arrived at Saint-Jean-Pied-De-Port, located in the Pyrenees’ foothills. We spent a few hours walking around this medieval town. We visited the pilgrims’ office, where we got our pilgrim’s credential and shell and good information for our first day walking in the Pyrenees. We saw a lot of pilgrims arriving this afternoon, tomorrow we are going to be one of them.