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I stayed in the Parador de Santo Domingo de la Calzada near the Cathedral very nice & not that expensive, although I must admit it was a two night stay after my Camino Frances in August and myself and my wife were touring the Rioja region
I have done nine different Caminos and until August this year I hadn't done the Camino Frances but after walking it I needed to do it again so I am returning to Spain in March and will begin April 1. I want to experience a completely different countryside to the one at the height of summer with...
I will be ahead of you by a day or two, I will be 71 when I start my ninth Camino on the first day of April when hopefully the Route de Napoleon will be open, I will be trying to do four Caminos covering all the entries into Santiago, Frances Inglés, Invierno and Portuguese so we will be in...
40-45 kms days every fifth day followed by days around 28-30 kms will easily get you to Santiago in about 25-26 days. I did just that in August for a total of 26 days and I am 70 years old.
Regular consistent training as we age is extremely important "use it or lose it" is very much a thing and it's much harder if we spend a year planning our Camino and we leave the physical training to the very last.
The mental side is equally important we think that once we pass a certain age we...
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