My Mom and I will be walking the Camino Frances beginning on May 31st with flights back home on the morning of June 21st from Santiago. I've poured over guidebooks and am doing my best to plan as much as can be reasonably planned beforehand, but I'm having a hard time of deciding where exactly to start.
According to the guidebooks and timing everything out, it seems like an ideal starting point would be somewhere between Burgos and Leon. However, I'd really like my mom to see Burgos. It seems like a shame to have her fly all the way over here and miss such a major city on the route. Is it reasonable to take the bus/train to Burgos, stay there for a day or so, and then bus/train to another city along the route and begin walking there? Are there buses that go through the small towns along the way to take?
I'd like to arrive in Santiago on the 19th of June so we can have a day to relax and explore the city, but also because I don't want to risk missing the pilgrim's mass if I arrive on the 20th...and because it will be my mom's 50th birthday and I want to be sure we have time for a nice dinner, etc.
So, any ideas/suggestions, anyone?
thank you!
According to the guidebooks and timing everything out, it seems like an ideal starting point would be somewhere between Burgos and Leon. However, I'd really like my mom to see Burgos. It seems like a shame to have her fly all the way over here and miss such a major city on the route. Is it reasonable to take the bus/train to Burgos, stay there for a day or so, and then bus/train to another city along the route and begin walking there? Are there buses that go through the small towns along the way to take?
I'd like to arrive in Santiago on the 19th of June so we can have a day to relax and explore the city, but also because I don't want to risk missing the pilgrim's mass if I arrive on the 20th...and because it will be my mom's 50th birthday and I want to be sure we have time for a nice dinner, etc.
So, any ideas/suggestions, anyone?
thank you!