The following is our itinerary, which can be completed in 10 days. Spring is one of the most popular seasons to go on the camino. Along with the camino del norte, they are the only two long caminos on the iberian. How to walk spains famous pilgrimage trail without roughing it yes, it is possible to take on a 500mile pilgrimage and stay in boutique hotels without sacrificing the. If the state of alarm is lifted this summer, do you think the albergues will reopen for the season. I had been writing a journal and had taken the odd photo while on the camino frances that it just made sense to write my thoughts online. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Pilgrims tend to sleep earlier at night and rise again in the predawn hours to get a headstart on the heat of the day. I want to get to santiago and have 10 days walking time looking to cover about 20 miles a day. My walk was not only one of personal enlightenment, but it was also a challengei walked an. As for walking the camino completely off season november.
It is to say, visiting the main cities ans sights of interest and doing walking short sections everyday. Short camino itinerary ponferrada to santiago miles i recently returned to the camino, this time with my wife and two year old daughter. Waymarked with cheerful yellow arrows and scallop shells, the trail is a. So today was great i rode the camino on horseback like the first pilgrim king alfonso ii but actually he started in oviedo so im thinking that tobalance things out, id better come back one day and do the camino primitivo from oviedo because as the spanish saying dicho goes. With only the pack on my back and the boots on my feet, i walked the entire width of spain from the french border to the steps of the santiago. Although ive hiked over 65 km in one day in steep mountains, i found it. Kimkim has selected the best spain travel agents so youll have a. Every pilgrim must ask herself or himself what is most important to them, in order to decide on when to go. Camino portugues approximately 20% and the camino del norte over 6%. July and august are the most popular months though they can be very hot and most of the routes are busy. I walked the way in 2012, and it has thus far been the most transformative travel experience of my life. We are now on a airbnb until the 174 the new rules dont allow for a.
Camino del norte full walk hondarribiasantiago camino. The camino del norte is as old as the camino frances, and in the middle ages it was the. In this post youll find some practical tips of what you should pack for the camino, which routes to choose for walking the camino, when is the best time to do the camino, where to stay along the camino. Best time to walk the camino for perfect weather finder. This historic trail overlooks the idyllic villages and. Richard was the only one without rain gear because bbc weather said no chance of rain. Some parts of spain can reach very high temperatures during summer, but from autumn to spring you will find colder days. This is one of the questions i get asked most frequently. The transfer of the luggage throught the five days was impecable, always finding the luggage in the room on every stage of. A pilgrimage can be an excellent or shitty experience any time of the year. We started in ponferrada, which is easy to reach from santiago and madrid. Of course, these stages are in no way set in stone and we encourage all walkers to choose the. Walked over eight hundred kilometers, taking thirty some days. I knew i had a convenient 12 days in between my last day of work and my flight to the u.
With that time, i walked the last 200km 124 miles of the camino. So, depending on how many days you have, can decide where to start your walk. My camino itineraries itinerary 30 days to santiago. If you rather want to walk alone go off season april, october are fine, you can be lucky with. There are albergues every 520km, and you can easily find a schedule that suits you. We make our way along the legendary 1,100yearold trail, tracing ancient footsteps. For instance, many galician people start at piedrafita do cebreiro and do the last seven camino stages in galicia, walking around 2025 kms per day.
Every albergue sets its own rules but many require that youve already walked that day before you are admitted demonstrated by showing stamps in your credencial. Camino weather map weather on the camino follow the camino. Anyone have any idea on a good place to start which is easy to get to. Camino del norte the northern way this route is growing in. Cammino di santiago estate 2017 emozioni ricordi amicizia. With 10 days, you can easily hop between three of spains great.
Id plan my trip to ending of course my camino reaching santiago. If you plan on staying at an albergue in your starting community for the night before you. Weather on the camino the santiago can vary depending on the camino route and the season of the year. Weve only had a couple days of rain on this whole trip so it felt great to have a steady rain to cool things off. The most common routes only take 1012 days from porto to santiago, so i had a bit of extra time. Because the camino del norte is in northern spain, the weather is not as.
Peregrinatio compostellana, pilgrimage of compostela. Albergues in communities within two days of santiago wont be used to people starting their camino there. If you are looking at a 10day itinerary we recommend walking. James, is one of the three great pilgrimage routes of medieval christendom.
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