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What is the one albergue you would avoid?
I have submitted this elsewhere, but I thought I would repost to echo the opinion expressed by FatmaG Let me add to your list of not recommended. 8.6 km past O’Cebreiro is Alto do Poio. If you cross the road to the Hostal Santa Maria do Poio, you will come across the rudest, and obviously the...- kkcamino
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- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🇪🇸 Camino FRANCÉS (Most popular route)
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***** MAYBE SILLY QUESTIONS *****
Let me suggest that you purchase A Pilgrim’s guide to the Camino de Santiago by John Brierley. I bought it beforehand to help me with my preplanning, and brought it with me. I too felt that all I needed was a sheet or two, and I almost left my Brierley guide behind in St. Jean when I received...- kkcamino
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- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🇪🇸 Camino FRANCÉS (Most popular route)
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***** MAYBE SILLY QUESTIONS *****
Robert, I flew from Canada and back last March/April. I flew to Amsterdam, then Lyon, then Biarritz. It cost just slightly more than to Paris, but I felt it easier to get to Biarritz directly by plane. It was then a short bus ride to Bayonne, then the train to St. Jean. Coming home, I caught...- kkcamino
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- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🇪🇸 Camino FRANCÉS (Most popular route)
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Places we would not recommend
Re: not recommended Let me add to your list of not recommended. 8.6 km past O’Cebreiro is Alto do Poio. If you cross the road to the Hostal Santa Maria do Poio, you will come across the rudest, and obviously the most unhappy bar owner in Spain. After almost four weeks on the Camino, it was my...- kkcamino
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- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🇪🇸 Camino FRANCÉS (Most popular route)
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Jeans or Sweatpants?
Tim, Isn’t it great that we all have different ideas and experiences! I started my Camino in March of last year from St. Jean Pied de Port. I brought two pair of the light weight quick dry cargo pants with zip off legs. I wore the one pair as shorts every day over a pair of very light polypro...- kkcamino
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- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🥾 Equipment and Clothes
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Hiking Shoes, or Hiking Boots?
Here are some thoughts about gear selection for walking the Camino in the spring. Two items I found invaluable were my light foam ear plugs, and my roll of duct tape. There are some amazing snorers out there, and my ear plugs helped block out some of the noise. Every morning I would take...- kkcamino
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- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🥾 Equipment and Clothes
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