For 2024 Pilgrims: €50,- donation = 1 year with no ads on the forum + 90% off any 2024 Guide. More here. (Discount code sent to you by Private Message after your donation)
Definitely Pamplona to Logronó.
Stop at Puente la Reina , Lorca , Estella , Torres del Rio , Viana even Azqueta just to mention a few.
Ruby red vino , good food , temperate weather as opposed to Galicia where it can rain for weeks on end.
Less pilgrims , plenty of places to stay as this route...
Last night I was pontificating about the Camino Frances and San Bol came to mind. Years ago San Bol had a version of 'Snakes and Ladders' game painted on the walls outside, The goose featured quite frequently. At first I thought it had some sort of Pagan like origins but then I was treated to a...
The same question has been asked many times even this last month. I for one start off from Pamplona , I even take the number 10 bus to get out of the city and get off at Cizur Menor. That way I walk straight into the countryside. My Camino , my prerogative.;)
20 years ago on my first Camino a fellow pilgrim told me that the first six pilgrims queing at the staff entrance in the morning armed with their compostela certificates would be treated to a full breakfast. Anyone know or is it just folklore?
More than one pilgrim have told me that the first row was planted especially for pilgrims , BULLSHINE!!
And they are really not what I would call edible? The waste must be significant.
This painting can be found in Viana on the staircase to the library. I particularly like what I would call the impressionist style. The scene may just be looking towards Viana from close to the Ermita de la Virgin de la Cuevas?
Can one imagine how much toilet paper is 'stolen' in the bars and cafés? I bet shrinkage costs a fortune. Just a thought.
Best carry your own and ensure the avoidance of that sinking feeling.
My Bud , come on? You are out of line here , It was not my fault that I was bitten , it almost sounds as if I never showered and I was dirty and There was a young lady that I walked with and she was also bitten?
that Condes stretch always felt more than 17 km. Once I set up a free feast for pilgrims on this route It was in protest to that Englishman who had charged me €3 for the vilest coffee from his van on Alto Perdón in 2003!
Well , you have had some excellent replies so all of them I support. Tores is wonderful , Viana is brilliant and is a small city, Bobillio el al camino on the meseta , so many places , WHY PLAN?
Do you know that the USA has a far bigger problem than Spain, In 20 years on the camino I have been bitten twice. Remember it is you that carries those bugs that is why as Hospis we insist that there are no packs are allowed on beds. One cannot blame the Albergue as the must have come from...
when I was Hospi at San Anton a lady checked in and had enough time to create a watercolor , you see time is of the essence as well . look carefully as there a lot of detail which is not immediately apparent. Top left are our owls . one female and a male. The mother at 4am would bring them live...
This site is run by Ivar at in Santiago de Compostela.
This site participates in the Amazon Affiliate program, designed to provide a means for Ivar to earn fees by linking to Amazon