Ways of Saint James - Camino Francés From Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Logroño

Hiking from 6 to 8 hours per day, without difficulty, with an average elevation gain of 300m (except Day 2: 1300m, but little descent). The entire trail is well marked: GR marked in white and red and/or scallop shell.

From 1 person.

Your baggage is transported by us (unless you choose the option without baggage transport), you carry only your backpack with your daily essentials. You will find all your belongings in the evening at your lodging.

Accommodation

1 nights in 3*** hotel, 6 nights in 2** hotels.

Meals

Half-board (except dinner on Day 4). Dinners and breakfasts are generally taken in the restaurants of your accommodations, except dinner in Pamplona which is not included. Lunch meals are not included in the price. You can make your own packed lunches or order them the day before from your accommodation providers (payment on site). There are many inexpensive supply points along the way.

We handle the reservation of your accommodations and baggage transfers. We will send you a travel booklet containing all the documents necessary for your hike: topographic guide, baggage labels, route sheet including logistics information, accommodation addresses, etc.

Day 1: late afternoon at your hotel in St Jean Pied de Port. Day 8: after the hike in Logroño.

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TRAIL

By train

Via Bayonne, then local SNCF line (by SNCF coach, approximately 1h20) to St Jean Pied de Port. For more information on train fares and schedules, call 3635 or visit the SNCF website: www.voyages-sncf.com

By car

Website www.viamichelin.fr

From your home to Pau or Bayonne then motorway A 64 between Pau and Bayonne, exit no. 7 at Salies, then D 430, D 933, Sauveterre de Béarn, D933 St Palais, D933 St Jean Pied de Port, Michelin Map No. 85.
Many free parking areas to leave your vehicle in St Jean Pied de Port:

• Railway Station Parking (100 spaces)
• Jai Alai Parking (200 spaces)
• Saint-Jacques Parking (40 spaces)
• Juan de Huarte Parking (50 spaces)
• Fauvettes Parking (400 spaces)
• Covered Market Parking (80 spaces)
• Allée Lucia Parking (150 spaces)

Information: Town Hall of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, Tel: 05.59.37.00.92 / Fax: 05.59.37.99.78 - Email: mairie.stjeanpieddeportwanadoo.fr znvevr.fgwrnacvrqqrcbeg@jnanqbb.se

By plane
Biarritz-Anglet-Bayonne Airport, then regional SNCF line to St Jean Pied de Port.

AT THE END OF THE ITINERARY

By train
Overnight train departing from Logroño to Paris Austerlitz (Renfe and SNCF), with a change in Burgos

By bus
La Estellesa Company: route Logroño–Irun or Logroño–San Sebastian
https://www.riojanosenlared.com/AUTOBUSES.htm
ALSA Company: numerous routes to France from Pamplona (Paris, Bordeaux, etc.) www.alsa.es

By car
3 options to pick up your vehicle:

• Option 1: Departure by regular bus from Logroño to Pamplona (La Estellesa). Then route Pamplona - St Jean Pied de Port with ALSA company from 2/07 to 30/09 (2 buses / day) and CONDA company from 18/06 to 11/09 (1 buses / day).

• Option 2: Budget-friendly: departure from Logroño by train, change in Miranda de Ebro, change in Hendaye, change in Bayonne, arrival St Jean Pied de Port.
• Option 3: More expensive: departure by regular bus line from Logroño to Pamplona (La Estellesa) then taxi to Saint Jean Pied de Port (to be booked in advance).

A number of our trips offer the opportunity for swimming, during a stage or at the end of the day. It would be a shame not to take advantage of it. We emphasize, however, that you are the sole judges of the opportunity to swim; these swims are therefore done at your responsibility and at your own risk.

Member of Responsible Tourism Action (ATR)

Since 2012, Grand Angle is a member of ATR, the reference association for more responsible tourism. We design our trips – on foot, by bike, on snow – to invite everyone to discover the world differently: with curiosity, respect and kindness.

Present on the board of directors since 2018, we actively contribute to evolving sector practices towards greater meaning. Specifically, we ensure:

• Transparency in our practices and pricing
• Respect for our partners and local communities
• Preservation of the environment on each of our trips

We also share the values of the traveller’s ethical charter, which encourages everyone to adopt simple gestures to protect the places visited and foster beautiful encounters.

Travelife Partner

Since 2025, Grand Angle is recognized as a Travelife Partner, an international label that certifies our responsible practices regarding the environment, ethics and sustainable management, both within our company and with our partners and in the organisation of our trips.

This label, the second level of a demanding international certification, attests to our concrete actions in favour of responsible tourism. We are actively pursuing our progress towards the higher level, Travelife Certified, in accordance with our sustainable development policy

• 1 waterproof and breathable jacket (gore-tex type)
• 1 fleece or 1 pullover
• 1 rain cape (poncho)
• 1 pair of hiking trousers
• 1 pair of thin gloves
• 1 beanie
• 1 shorts
• 1 swimming costume + towel
• Several pairs of socks (not too thick)
• Underwear
• 1 pair of trainers
• 1 tracksuit or loose clothing for the evening
• 1 pair of broken-in hiking boots
• Sunglasses, sun cream and lip protection
• 1 hat
• 1 water bottle (allow 2 to 3 litres per person per day in summer)
• 1 plastic bowl such as Tupperware for picnics + cutlery
• 1 sheet sleeping bag or sleeping bag (for the overnight gite option only)

The pharmacy

• 1 small personal first aid kit (gauze, plasters, painkillers, blister protection, ear plugs…)

Miscellaneous

• Your camera and why not a novel, your watercolours or something else…
• Your identity papers

• 1 soft travel bag; avoid suitcases, which are more cumbersome, and limit the weight of your belongings to 10kg maximum
• 1 small rucksack of at least 30 litres for daily items

Papers

National identity card or valid passport. Remember to obtain the European Health Insurance Card issued by social security.

Saint Jean Pied de Port Tourist Office 14, Charles de Gaulle Square 64220 Saint Jean Pied de Port France Tel: +335 59370357
Email: saint.jean.pied.de.portwanadoo.fr fnvag.wrna.cvrq.qr.cbeg@jnanqbb.se

Logroño Tourist Office Escuelas Trevijano, Calle Portales, 50
26071 Logroño, La Rioja, Spain Tel: +34941291260
Email: infolariojaturismo.com vasb@ynevbwnghevfzb.pbz

Cultural and Tourist Guides

• Gallimard SAINT JACQUES Guide
• Huchet / Yvon Boelle, On the Roads to Compostela, Patrick-Rennes, Ouest France - 1999 (covers the French and Spanish sections).
• Pocket guides for hikers and pilgrims on the Road to Saint James of Compostela - F. Lepère. Ed. Lepère – February 2009.

Historical Essays

• Yves BOTINEAU, The Roads of St-James - Ed. Arthaud. (Reprinted).
• Xavier Barral, Compostela, the Great Road, Gallimard Discovery
• The Roads of St James of Compostela In Situ Collection Ed MSM
• Jacques de Voragine, The Golden Legend, Point Seuil 1998. This book is more concerned with romanticising the lives of saints than with history: how legends are built.

Internet

• Friends of the Road to Saint James Association: www.aucoeurduchemin.org
• www.chemins-compostelle.com
• www.lacroiseedeschemins.com

The pilgrim’s notebook or ‘credencial’ or ‘creancial’:
This document is well known to pilgrims; it allows you to keep a written record of your journey. This passport is a strong symbol of belonging to the Saint James pilgrim community. It must be stamped at each stage and certifies your status as a pilgrim. It is issued by the Jacquaire associations - website: www.chemindecompostelle.com/Associations/Associations.html but you can also obtain it at the starting point in Le Puy-en-Velay.