The wife and I are in the process of planning our first Camino walk. We've been to Spain a few times and love the country but have never walked a Camino. Our current plan is to buy round-trip airfare to Madrid with around 88 or 89 days between arrival and departure to make sure we don't go over the 90 day Schengen Zone limit. Arriving in September and departing in December. To get the most varied Camino experience we are contemplating beginning our walk in Somport and doing the Aragones walk, connecting to the Frances, and then breaking off and doing the Invierno into Santiago. We are retired but both in excellent shape (gym rats) and have no concerns about the distance. So, that preliminary plan in mind, a few questions:
1. What's a ballpark number of days to do this walk at a relaxed pace. It seems from looking at maps that the distance should be roughly the same as walking the entire Frances. Our hope is that we will have plenty of time after completing this walk, including a few days rest here and there, to do some more sightseeing in other parts of Spain or Portugal.
2. Assuming we have enough time after reaching Santiago to go touring around the country for a few weeks, we would like to send some extra clothes to Santiago when we start out to use after our walk. I'm not finding a link on the forum site for the service to have our stuff held in Santiago. Would we send a bag via the post office from Madrid, and who would we send it to?
3. We don't see a guide available for purchase in the forum store for the Aragones. Where should we look for one, or is there an app that would suffice?
Thanks in advance.
1. What's a ballpark number of days to do this walk at a relaxed pace. It seems from looking at maps that the distance should be roughly the same as walking the entire Frances. Our hope is that we will have plenty of time after completing this walk, including a few days rest here and there, to do some more sightseeing in other parts of Spain or Portugal.
2. Assuming we have enough time after reaching Santiago to go touring around the country for a few weeks, we would like to send some extra clothes to Santiago when we start out to use after our walk. I'm not finding a link on the forum site for the service to have our stuff held in Santiago. Would we send a bag via the post office from Madrid, and who would we send it to?
3. We don't see a guide available for purchase in the forum store for the Aragones. Where should we look for one, or is there an app that would suffice?
Thanks in advance.