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I agree with several of these!! Casa de Carolina and Quinta da Quinhas were both great, as well as O Lugar de Jesus.
Another suggestion is La Cala Inn, in Oia. Amazing location on the coast and next to the monastery, and Tanya is a fabulous and generous host who prepared such an amazing evening...
I've walked a bunch of Caminos and while I do love the connections I've made and some social interaction, I'm also an introvert and the alone time I get on a long walk is really important to me. I now walk a mix of more popular routes and more quiet ones, and almost always in the summer (this is...
@Bad Pilgrim I'm not sure yet, so many options! Back in 2019, when I re-walked the first half of the Norte, I said to myself- "I want to come back and walk this route every 5 years" (I'd also walked it in 2015). Well, it's been 5 years, and I was thinking it could be fun to walk Irun to Ribadeo...
So excited to see you take on this route! It's been on my radar and I *might* find myself walking there this summer, we'll see. In the meantime, I hope your back pain doesn't make the walking difficult. Buen Camino, my Norte friend!
Last summer on the Sanabres I had a day of walking in clouds of little gnats/bugs (the worst I've ever experienced!). During the walk I passed an older Spanish couple out for a stroll, and they gave me a bunch of leaves to fan the bugs away from my face as I walked. At one point I had it tucked...
This IS interesting to mull over. I walked from Salamanca last July/August, and was often the only pilgrim on the route/in my albergues. There were others out there, but not many. I think, as @Arctic_Alex suggested, the heat of summer must deter pilgrims quite a bit (understandably!); while...
If you take the Litoral (red), you will pass right by a sea glass beach!! Praia dos Cristais, in that upper left corner of your map. It was a highlight of the route for me!
Thanks @Purple Backpack ! I was just coming here to share the videos, in case that helps. The Vasco was such a great experience... though in late June 2022 I didn't encounter any other pilgrims. But great albergues and a beautiful walk! For the most part it was very well way-marked, and I never...
Great to know, and very interesting about not being on Gronze (I always wondered why Izarbide wasn't on there as well!!). I now tend to rely on Gronze when researching/planning a Camino, so I'd also think that it would be a great place to "advertise"! That being said, even without being on...
I wanted to visit a thermal bath in Ourense, but it was so, so hot the afternoon I was there that I just couldn't pull myself together enough to do it! But I know many pilgrims do and I don't think it will be too hard to figure out... the hospitalero at the albergue in Ourense gave me maps and...
I walked from Salamanca to Santiago in July/August last summer... and honestly, it wasn't that bad! The first couple of days were hot, and maybe I was in a good "pocket" of weather overall. My morning into Ourense was okay but the afternoon was HOT and I took a true siesta in the albergue...
This is probably not a unique tip/idea, but it reminds me of the year that I arrived in Santiago with an extra day on my hands. I didn't need more time to explore the city (I'd been there several times before) and my feet were itching to walk. So, bright and early in the morning I headed out for...
Hi Lauren, welcome and Buen Camino! I know you said you'd be asking specific questions in future posts, but because this caught my eye now, I wanted to pass along a video that you might find useful, from Jeremiah who posts as 'Camino Guide' on YouTube (he's a great person and his videos are so...
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