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There are almost no robberies on the Camino. The fact that a robbery, without violence, becomes news, proves it. But for things to continue like this, it is necessary that when you know of some type of criminal act you report it to the police as soon as possible.
How many pilgrims do you find in the albergues? An average day, I mean.
I am thinking about starting next week. In Leon? Logroño? ... Primitivo? I am not sure yet.
Here in Spain we have not had any extreme weather event in recent times ... and even counting the unpredictability of the weather ... I have not heard any extreme weather forecast.
I can tell you what is required to enter Spain (I have no idea about the French requirements). You have to enter Spain with a document proving that you are fully vaccinated or with a negative PCR test.
This is something that, since it is evident for pilgrims, is not so evident for the general population, who have mostly never walked the Camino. Some initiatives have been proposed, not very successfully, such as requiring 300 km for the granting of the Compostela.
I would say of of them!🤣
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I would say that the Camino is indeed irrelevant from a financial point of view (approximately 0.4% of the total number of tourists and tourists with a very low rate of expenses per day), but instead it can be seen that governments (as much national and regional as local) are paying a lot of...
For most albergues, yes you can. Some other albergues have an agreement with a bar or a store (always very close to the albergue) and the company will leave your backpack in the store or bar. If that is the case, the albergue manager (el hospitalero) will inform you upon arrival about the place...
To plan your Camino, I think you must first answer yourself a few questions:
Is it important for you to start at the beginning of the Camino (assuming that any Camino has a beginning) and go to the end of the Camino (which is probably Santiago or Fisterra) or you don´t care about the starting...
I think the answer is not that difficult. I think that what leads you to carry your backpack, that forcing you to leave many things at home that you would normally take with you, is the same reason that leads a person to climb a steep mountain instead of taking the chairlift and enjoying a...
I think it is a mixture of both situations.
On the one hand, you see albergues that are operating at a minimal fraction of their capacity (10/15%). This is due to the sum of two factors, the low number of pilgrims, the need to reduce the capacity of the albergue. (e.g.: in Cornellana, with a...
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