Deepforest
Active Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2015 Camino Frances 2016 Camino Portuguese 2017 del Norte and Primitivo 2017 Via Francegina 2018.
If anybody can bear me asking questions that have already been answered before, I'm very grateful.
I'm looking to get an idea of the feasibility of walking from the top of Italy to Rome. I have July and a lot of August off work. I have walked the Camino Frances, Portuguese from Lisbon, del Norte from Irun and the primitivo. I think I'd like to walk in Italy now. Before I start doing huge research would anyone be good enough to answer the following questions:
Is walking in July possible? I assume I will have to start at dawn and walk til 11am. Then siesta for the hotter parts of the day. However, we walked 30km days regularly out of Lisbon to Porto. Liked the heat.
Will I survive with the most basic crash course in Italian? I have no Italian at the moment.
Will we get a bed somewhere each night? Hostel pension albergue etc? I have slept in some poor places on previous caminos.
Do I need to register somewhere? I read about people registering with a village priest in Dovadola?
Where can I get my credential?
Best guidebook? I hear mention of lightfoot and cicerone.
Alternatives to the francegina, if you don't recommend it.
Bedbugs and mosquitoes on the francegina? I got bedbugged on the del Norte and I'm trying to avoid a repeat. Mossies bite me...
Next steps....
I would like to thank anyone who replies. Sharing knowledge and getting tips makes everything better. Anyone recommend good blogs etc. I'm going to start research now. I hope to start walking on July 1st and walk to Rome. Not sure where to start though. I have about 5 weeks.
Many thanks guys!!!
I'm looking to get an idea of the feasibility of walking from the top of Italy to Rome. I have July and a lot of August off work. I have walked the Camino Frances, Portuguese from Lisbon, del Norte from Irun and the primitivo. I think I'd like to walk in Italy now. Before I start doing huge research would anyone be good enough to answer the following questions:
Is walking in July possible? I assume I will have to start at dawn and walk til 11am. Then siesta for the hotter parts of the day. However, we walked 30km days regularly out of Lisbon to Porto. Liked the heat.
Will I survive with the most basic crash course in Italian? I have no Italian at the moment.
Will we get a bed somewhere each night? Hostel pension albergue etc? I have slept in some poor places on previous caminos.
Do I need to register somewhere? I read about people registering with a village priest in Dovadola?
Where can I get my credential?
Best guidebook? I hear mention of lightfoot and cicerone.
Alternatives to the francegina, if you don't recommend it.
Bedbugs and mosquitoes on the francegina? I got bedbugged on the del Norte and I'm trying to avoid a repeat. Mossies bite me...
Next steps....
I would like to thank anyone who replies. Sharing knowledge and getting tips makes everything better. Anyone recommend good blogs etc. I'm going to start research now. I hope to start walking on July 1st and walk to Rome. Not sure where to start though. I have about 5 weeks.
Many thanks guys!!!