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  1. Pilgrim2023

    Requirements for Crossing into Spain on Foot

    You don't need anything. Shengen areas are borderless.
  2. Pilgrim2023

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD New entry conditions for France.

    No covaid restrictions now in France!
  3. Pilgrim2023

    Le Puy Camino

    Walking in France never seems to have an international mix of people and the French will generally not be very sociable to outsiders. This has been my experience in the Alps, Pyrenees, Jura particularly. For this reason, I wouldn't take the Le Puy path. It's also much more expensive too plus...
  4. Pilgrim2023

    Variante Espiritual Boat Ride

    Can you avoid the boat and walk? I am very strict about joining footsteps on these walks, so would always take the foot option.
  5. Pilgrim2023

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Documents Required upon entry?

    I flew into Spain recently and didn't have to show any documents. Maybe they are finally opening up and common sense is back as we live with it, just as we do flu etc
  6. Pilgrim2023

    Accommodation issues (a warning)

    But that is early in the season, before the Spanish take their holidays. I am cancelling my Norte this year because so many public albergues are still closed from the pandemia.
  7. Pilgrim2023

    LIVE from the Camino Phil and Janet on the Camino

    Just for anyone wondering, I checked the prices of trains on RENFE and TheTraineLine App and they were almost identical!
  8. Pilgrim2023

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Avoiding Covid

    Many people were travelling last year. I witnessed this myself and was at very busy airports and resorts. What is happening on the ground is often the opposite to what the CNNs and BBCs of the world report, but they no longer report the truth unless it fits their narrative. Maybe the veteran...
  9. Pilgrim2023

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Avoiding Covid

    Fair enough, but the risks are still minimal. If you are walking a camino then clearly you are in pretty good health anyway. Sadly people are not moving on with their lives. Mainstream media seems determined to keep everyone in fear and there is always another crisis waiting to replace the...
  10. Pilgrim2023

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Avoiding Covid

    People should just try move on and stop living in fear. Just look at the stats for covid deaths, something like 95% of deaths in Portugal were over 75 with co-morbidities.
  11. Pilgrim2023

    Albergue windows and doors open or closed at night now.

    Even before 2020 I never understood why pilgrims would always shut windows and not let any air circulate, even if it's warm outside.
  12. Pilgrim2023

    Camino Central from the Algarve

    There wasn't much open at all but it was only the month after a lockdown had ended. Albergues were non existent until Santarem (I walked around Lisboa). There were some guesthouses but you will probably need a healthy budget. There Rota Vicentina did have good accommodation options. It was from...
  13. Pilgrim2023

    Faro to Santiago 910km

    Yes I did it last summer. It ended up being extremely challenging, particularly the lower part of the Camino Portuguese where very few go, in fact I walked for three weeks without seeing another pilgrim or hiker until Santarem. I had planned to walk the Norte backwards from Santiago to France...
  14. Pilgrim2023

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Entry requirements for those unvaccinated entering Portugal from the UK

    Just a test (PCR 72 hrs or Antigen 24 hrs). Nothing more.
  15. Pilgrim2023

    Camino Central from the Algarve

    I found there to always be available beds from Santarem, which is where I joined this route. My main issue with accommodation was south of there. The albergues were pretty nice when I stayed in them, but many of the municipals were closed due to Portugal just coming out of lockdown. I would...
  16. Pilgrim2023

    Camino Central from the Algarve

    In Portugal it's a grey area but wild camping is more frowned upon if you do it in a vehicle, rather than a tent. In Spain it can vary from region to region, but it usually not permitted. There I would seek the permission of land owners or the local community if it's in a public area. To be...
  17. Pilgrim2023

    Camino Central from the Algarve

    Yes I travelled with everything and my pack weighed around 10kg without food and water. I was fully self sufficient, even carrying a small lightweight solar panel. I had full camping gear which was all ultra light. I even started off with a cooking stove but found that I was too tired too cook...
  18. Pilgrim2023

    Camino Central from the Algarve

    Just wanted to share my experience of walking from the South of Portugal to Santiago last summer. My intended starting point was Faro, but I decided to take the "easy option" (in terms of finding accommodation) from Cape St Vicente, which is the end or start of the Rota Vicentina. I left Cabo...
  19. Pilgrim2023

    COVID Camping on the Camino Portugués

    I have camped on all my Caminos and found it fairly straightforward in Portugal. Many landowners were surprisingly ok to allow camping on their land. There are campsites, particularly on the coastal Camino. I did the central Camino from the Algarve and most of the time south of Santarem I had...
  20. Pilgrim2023

    Has any pilgrim decided to move to Spain?

    Moved to Portugal from the UK but having second thoughts to be honest. Places are never the same when you live compared to when you visit.

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