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This could be pinned at the top of many threads.
If you haven't done a lot ofwalking, sadly, you're out of luck and won't know until you have tried various things over a few thousand kms. Just think that a first Camino is a learning experience...
Other's recommendations are theirs, and we don't know your taste or interests.
The joy of an unplanned camino with some days of cushion is that you can just decide in the moment to stay a bit longer in a town or city that's interesting. So...
On a very small sample, I note #3 has no votes. I wonder what else I might understand about people on this Forum and their biases, or other ... , that influences their advice or comments here.
Of course we all have our preferences and our personal sense of "busy or crowded".
After walking the Mozarabe from Almeria last year, I found then joining the VDLP relatively quite busy and social, and easily walkable without carrying food...
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