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I walked the Inglés this January, and had no issues with finding an open albergue along the way! The entire Inglés is in Galicia, and the Xunta makes a point of having the municipal albergues open all year round.
In Pontedeume, the municipal albergue is excellently located on the bank of the...
There are several buses running from Muxía to Santiago, but I'd advise you to double- and triple-check the timetable on the bus company website (Monbus). When I needed to travel from Muxía to Santiago in January, the timetables at the bus stop and in the albergue said that the morning bus leaves...
I walked ~35 km a day on several occasions, particularly on the Invierno where you just don't have albergues every 5-10 km, and I'm usually a fast walker - it's just my comfortable pace.
If people want to add an element of competition to their Camino, I also don't see anything wrong with it -...
I've been to Muxía in January, and here's my experience: first, don't trust the bus schedule you see on the bus stop or printed out in the town, check the website for the actual schedule. The schedule on the bus stop said the morning bus starts at 6:30, but on the day I needed to leave the town...
Second this! Ferrol is a great starting point, Pontedeume and Betanzos are both beautiful and pleasant towns, and I loved walking this Camino.
The Invierno is my favourite route, but if you're starting in Monforte de Lemos (which is magnificent), you're missing some of the most picturesque...
It's entirely possible to do shorter stages - my main reason for going for longer ones was the fact that I had limited time for the Camino and needed to make it to Santiago by a certain date to catch my return flight.
Also, your endurance grow on the Camino, so after the first week, walking...
I've walked the Invierno several years ago, in winter, and as a first-time pilgrim, after just 4 days on the Frances. I loved it, and it's still my best and favourite Camino :)
I'm a dog-phobe generally, but dogs on the Invierno were no more ferocious than those on the Primitivo, for example...
Gronze gives the hospitaliera's email and a link to the albergue's Booking.com page and says reservations are accepted: https://www.gronze.com/galicia/coruna/amarela/albergue-san-pedro
Hi all,
This January, I've walked to Fisterra and Muxía, and I'd like to share my discovery of a wonderful and very conveniently located brand-new albergue. It's particularly convenient, in my view, because it's located right on the Camino, 2 km after Corcubión, where the municipal albergue is...
I've just returned from my Inglés (with an additional walk to Fisterra and Muxía), and I was lucky to have two weeks of warm and sunny weather, just as I did several years ago when I walked the Invierno from late December to early January. As the Inglés passes close to the ocean, the weather...
Hear, hear! Magnificent scenery, and lovely people in the towns and villages along the way. I've walked two more popular routes since my Invierno, and it's still my favourite, not least because of its feel of authenticity.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with walking the Camino solo, just as there's absolutely nothing wrong with walking it in company. The right thing is what feels right to you :)
I've walked three Caminos: one in mid-winter, one in September, and one again in mid-winter. One of the reasons why I...
Good news from the Camino de Invierno Facebook group: a new albergue has opened in Rodeiro!
It is located in the same building as the Hostal Carpinteiras (enter Rodeiro, turn left at the crossing, walk all the way uphill, turn left again, walk some more, and you're there), and is run by the...
The forum guide lists almost all if not all accommodations on the Invierno! There are very few albergues indeed, but quite a lot of inexpensive pensiones and hostales. I second Eric's advice to carry some food with you, too.
Here's my detailed and very recent account on the Invierno, including...
I walked the Camino this winter, and I wore Forclaz mountain trekking trousers* with very warm thermo leggins. They kept me warm in the early mornings when it was cold (often slightly below zero), and after walking for two or three hours, I would take off the leggins and walk on in the trousers...
I walked it in late December and early January, and I found it very well-marked!
The stretch along the Sil and through the Ribeira Sacra was my favourite part, two :)
Found this article today via one of the Facebook groups dedicated to the Invierno:
El Camino de Invierno duplicó durante el año 2018 el número de peregrinos
Way to go!:cool:
I'll venture to clarify this issue: @dedubya speaks of a printed book, and @peregrina2000, of the forum guide which is updated yearly and published on this forum as a pdf file. The forum guide has an extensive list of accommodations along the Invierno - it includes most, if not all, accommodations!
I walked the Francés to Ponferrada and then the Invierno between Christmas and Epiphany. On the Francés, there were 15 to 20 other pilgrims every night in the same albergue as myself (mostly the same people, of course), but from the moment I left the Francés at Ponferrada, I haven't met any...
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