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  1. simoneva

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Walking the Camino this summer? The risks of getting COVID

    1300 pilgrims a day currently arriving in Santiago. Not heard of any Covid cases at all and I just walked for 28 days. Of course someone will be unlucky but that would also happen if you visit the supermarket at home. And albergues are very low risk after the first few days.
  2. simoneva

    🌱 Vegetarians, Vegans and friends of plant based food

    What is link to the Facebook group please.
  3. simoneva

    Please don't treat donativos as free

    Paying more for better service encourages better service....and vice versa. I am happy to donate more if they have made more effort.
  4. simoneva

    Please don't treat donativos as free

    The other day I made a critical comment about food at an albergue. Another pilgrim said I should not complain as it was free. If donativos are treated as free then there will be no more donativos. Everyone can afford to donate something. Most pilgrims can afford to donate at least as much as...
  5. simoneva

    LIVE from the Camino Don't forget the curfew!

    Stayed at casa de Trinidad convent in Laredo. Good albergue with most rooms only 2 or 3 beds but....they have a 10pm curfew. Most restaurants don't open until 9pm so it is a bit rushed. Four of us got back from food and beer at 2245. The cunning plan was another pilgrim inside ready to open the...
  6. simoneva

    LIVE from the Camino Albergues on the norte

    sure hot tips.... 1. take gr121 along coast at elorriaga/auzoa instead of camino. see camino wise app for map. gr121 is often a good choice tho sometimes longer. 2. take bus from bilbao to la arena as all the walking routes from bilbao are uninspiring. though worth walking to the Guggenheim on...
  7. simoneva

    LIVE from the Camino Albergues on the norte

    My experience of current albergue situation on the norte.... It is close to capacity with all the municipal albergues still closed. There are beds but you need to reserve a bed in the morning as distance between albergues is quite long. Also prices are generally going up. These are where I...
  8. simoneva

    Albergues open on norte route april/may 2022

    There is a live spreadsheet for the Norte mentioned elsewhere on the forum (link below). I am starting the Norte on Tuesday and aim to walk ideally 25-35km per day. Have a plan for the first 16 nights staying in albergue/hostel accommodation. Not planning to book until each morning - if anyone...
  9. simoneva

    One way ticket

    This can be a problem if you need a visa though unlikely if you are from a developed country. You can actually buy a genuine return ticket which expires before you use it for only $14 from onwardticket.com. There are many others offering fake tickets which may also work. I have not tried these...
  10. simoneva

    Travel Pre paid debit cards

    I use Halifax Clarity credit card and withdraw cash as needed from ATMs. This is the best according to this: https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/credit-cards/travel-credit-cards/ Also in portugal ATM fees vary a lot. The cheap ones are liberbank, kuxtabank, ibercaja, espanaduero, unicaja...
  11. simoneva

    Primitivo or coastal Portugal

    Either would be interesting. I would pick Primitivo as I like hills. Also the albergues are definitely open whereas on the Portuguese coastal many are currently closed (at least that was the situation in October - may have changed).
  12. simoneva

    Awoke with second thoughts.

    An alternative is to stay a night in Madrid near the airport then take early morning flight to Oviedo and start walking when you arrive. I did that in September.
  13. simoneva

    Transport between SdC and Porto

    I travelled in October by train. There is one train a day but with a rather hurried connection in Vigo; or a bus I recall every hour or so. Probably they don't yet have timetables for May on the website.
  14. simoneva

    Which Camino to choose?

    primitivo is my favourite. you can add another few days by doing salvador/primitivo; or primitivo/ portuguese which I have recently done.
  15. simoneva

    Finding places to stay along the ways

    probably hostels in cities. otherwise yha, couchsurfing.com, airbnb? may be challenging to find places on a specific route outside cities. if you can find others to join you for part of it then that would halve the cost.
  16. simoneva

    Camino Frances East to West

    Definitely don't overstay. They may not let you out. I had to wait several minutes at passport control whilst they manually checked all my entry/exit stamps. As a frequent traveller this is going to get painful.
  17. simoneva

    2022 Spring trip- San Salvador + Primitivo

    I walked the Primitivo in June and it got quite hot so need to start early; wear a hat; and carry at least 2.5 litres of water on the more remote days as there is nowhere to top up. When I walked the Salvador in May there was snow on the ground but after an hour walking up hill with a pack you...
  18. simoneva

    transport from Santiago to Lisbon

    You can get a train all the way. One train a day to vigo then 30 minute connection time to Porto; then hourly trains to Lisbon. It is a bit rushed as you have to walk/run 1.4km between the two stations in Vigo. The first station is huge so up 3 escalators to exit using maybe 10 minutes; and...
  19. simoneva

    Camino Frances - April, may or june?

    If you try to stay just after the cities it will feel less crowded. Fewer in the village than the city; fewer starting at the same time as you. The weather will be fine anytime April to June. I have not been in July/August but I can say it is much more pleasant to walk in 22 degrees than 35...
  20. simoneva

    Two stamps from Sarria to Santiago????

    I never got more than one stamp a day. In practice one per day is enough if you also have lots of other stamps.

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