• For 2024 Pilgrims: €50,- donation = 1 year with no ads on the forum + 90% off any 2024 Guide. More here.
    (Discount code sent to you by Private Message after your donation)

Search 69,459 Camino Questions

Advanced search…

Search results for query: *

  1. peregrina2000

    Help Needed for Accommodation in Caracena and Fresno de Caracena!!

    And I just got a P.S. from Rodrigo to say they have mats if you need them (esterillas in Spanish). It’s easy for me to say since I slept in the comfortable Casa Rural, but this town is so wonderful that if you can tolerate it, I would highly recommend the mats on the floor of the bar. I’m...
  2. peregrina2000

    Best way to get from Madrid to Leon, early?

    There is currently no way for high speed trains to travel the 8 km between Atocha and Chamartín, so travelers going from, say Sevilla to Barcelona or Santiago to Málaga have to get off and transfer on Cercanías from one station to the other when they get to Madrid. That will soon change...
  3. peregrina2000

    LIVE from the Camino Luka on the Sanabrés

    Salamanca is such a great choice — the Plaza Mayor is one of the most awesome places in the world to sit and relax and drink your hot tea! And even if it rains, the Plaza Mayor after a rain just glistens and is beautiful. Like the others, sending best wishes for a quick recovery, Luka.
  4. peregrina2000

    Help Needed for Accommodation in Caracena and Fresno de Caracena!!

    My understanding is also that there is no accommodation at all in Fresno de Caracena. There used to be some basic acogida but I have heard repeatedly that it is not available now. Last year, I spoke with the wife of the mayor who said in no uncertain terms that there was nowhere in town for...
  5. peregrina2000

    Del Salvador attempt in 4 days starting this sunday, any advice?

    I was just about to write the recommendation that if you want to walk it in 4 days, the key is to make the first day to Pola de Gordón, but then I saw that I had said that same thing when I responded to the question asked in the thread you linked! I don’t think much has changed in the two...
  6. peregrina2000

    Accident in Finisterre

    That’s the same beach where an Irish pilgrim died a few years ago. Thread here.
  7. peregrina2000

    LIVE from the Camino Camino de Sagunto

    Filly, you have now put the Sagunto on my 2025 list, never too early to start thinking about the next camino! And Valencia to Burgos (or Soria) seems like a do-able camino for me. So, do I understand right that you went to the Hotel El Horno, learned it was full, and got sent to the Fonda de...
  8. peregrina2000

    Prices on Gronze for rooms

    And I rarely pass up the chance to encourage forum members to send updates and corrections to the Gronze team. Every page on their website has a contact button, and they respond to your input and comments very quickly. I’ve seen information added to the website within minutes!
  9. peregrina2000

    Lebaniego

    Take a look at the sub-forum on the Lebaniego (I’ve moved your thread there). I walked it years ago, before some of the current re-routing, so you should look at some of the more recent reports there. Buen camino! If you have time, you should consider going on beyond the monastery onto the...
  10. peregrina2000

    New lightweight backpack from REI

    @trecile, any updates from the camino? Did you use this pack? My 24 year old Mountainsmith Ghost (not made any longer) is really on its last legs, but I can’t bring myself to part with it.
  11. peregrina2000

    New lightweight backpack from REI

    Off topic, but this reminds me of a very funny campaign years ago when a singer had his guitar broken by baggage handlers at O’Hare airport. United eventually paid up, I believe, but took a big public relations hit.
  12. peregrina2000

    How to get the soap residue out of socks

    I think that’s harsh, @Sirage. I threw out a question whose answer I could not find on google, and people threw back some theories that might explain what was going on. No harm done here, it seems to me - no one is advocating illegal or immoral action, no one is tellling me I’m stupid, no one...
  13. peregrina2000

    Alternate approaches to the lighthouse in Fisterra

    After a couple of failed attempts, despite my best efforts, I finally did figure out how to get up on the route that takes you to the top of the lighthouse. I also wanted to see the Pedras Santas and the ruins of the very ancient ermita of San Guillerme. Picture an isocoles triangle, with the...
  14. peregrina2000

    Hiking poles on the plane in Santiago!

    I just slept for 15 hours straight, first time ever, and have come back to see how the thread has gone off the rails. My only point was to say that I had empirical confirmation of earlier statements that folded up hiking poles are now allowed through security at the Santiago airport. Time to...
  15. peregrina2000

    How to choose shoes?

    If you are inclined to wear trail runners, which is a very popular choice, and if you already have a brand of running shoe/workout shoe/walking shoe, etc that you like, I think the best thing to do is to find that brand’s version of the trail runner and maybe increase the size a bit. What I...
  16. peregrina2000

    How to get the soap residue out of socks

    I typically wash my clothes by hand with a bar of Lagarto soap. It’s non-chemical and is the soap I was introduced to back in Spain in the 70s. When you wash clothes by hand, you typically rub the soap directly onto the fabrics you are washing. I find that this has made my smartwood socks...
  17. peregrina2000

    LIVE from the Camino K's San Salvador 24

    David, did you backtrack from Bendueños to Herias or did you try to take the trail that is supposedly marked from Bendueños directly to Campomanes? I’ve been there twice and have always backtracked, primarily because I had read here of several failed attempts.
  18. peregrina2000

    Hiking poles on the plane in Santiago!

    And for those who are weighing the pros and cons of carrying on poles, another thing to keep in mind is that if you fly from Santiago to an airport in another EU country (or is it if you fly to another Schengen zone country? — hopefully @Kathar1na knows the answer :p ), you will not go through...
  19. peregrina2000

    Sanabres- Downhill to Ponte Ulla!

    Yes, but remember that the descent from San Juan de la Peña didn’t do anything to your knees either, and it left mine in a very unhappy state!
  20. peregrina2000

    LIVE from the Camino Camino de Sagunto

    Yes, I got home yesterday, and I am in that post-camino flatness period. Your (and others’) live posts really are a great antidote!

❓How to ask a question

How to post a new question on the Camino Forum.

Latest posts

This site is run by Ivar at

in Santiago de Compostela.
This site participates in the Amazon Affiliate program, designed to provide a means for Ivar to earn fees by linking to Amazon
Official Camino Passport (Credential) | 2024 Camino Guides
Back
Top