Which is the best camino to do starting mid-late October?

[rablettj]

Hiya!

I finished the Camino Frances from SJPDP in mid September and I LOVED it. I am hoping to do another Camino before I head home to Australia but am struggling to decide which would be best. I would be starting in mid to late October. I am 23, relatively fit and am happy to walk alone or with people. I am looking at doing the Camino Portuguese, Camino Del Norte, or Via de la Plata, and I was hoping for information on all three. My main questions would be whether I'll have trouble finding open albergue's, whether I'll be washed out on the Camino Del Norte, and which one I would be most likely to meet people on? I would also be open to other routes that anyone could recommend.

Thank you in advance!!

Rosa xxxx

 

[Deleted member 3000]

There will be few people on any camino other than the Camino Frances and Portugues. Albergues will close at the end of October, so only major stops will have accommodations. It is a great time to go, but expect a lot of solitude on all routes except the Camino Frances.

 

[RJM]

The time I walked the Frances during mid October all the way to early November it was not crowded at all and quite a few days I walked alone, no other pilgrims around. As the month wore on I stopped only in the most popular towns as so many albergues had closed already.

 

[happymarkos]

Hiya!

I finished the Camino Frances from SJPDP in mid September and I LOVED it. I am hoping to do another Camino before I head home to Australia but am struggling to decide which would be best. I would be starting in mid to late October. I am 23, relatively fit and am happy to walk alone or with people. I am looking at doing the Camino Portuguese, Camino Del Norte, or Via de la Plata, and I was hoping for information on all three. My main questions would be whether I'll have trouble finding open albergue's, whether I'll be washed out on the Camino Del Norte, and which one I would be most likely to meet people on? I would also be open to other routes that anyone could recommend.

Thank you in advance!!

Rosa xxxx

Hi Rosa
I think the Seaside or Atlantico route in Portugal (not the coastal).
It could be a bit wild in places but fantastic scenery and accommodation other than albergues in some places. Quite a few hostels in the seaside towns. Suggest you get Brierley's book that includes the Spiritual Variation as you will join the Central Route in Spain.
Buen Camino
Mark