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September is a busy month on the Camino - as is May. If you can choose a less popular month it will be less crowded.
This year I walked from Pamplona to Santiago starting March 10 and has zero issues with overcrowding or overbooking.
Mom and I used 600 euros all together during our 38 days on the Camino Frances. We finished 2 1/2 weeks ago.
I’d recommend 250 - 300 euros for your trip.
We used cards as much as possible but a few pensións, albergues and many bars (restaurants) only took cash. Depends on your route -...
Wow that’s the spirit! Keep on soaking in every day!!!!
When mom and I went through Castrojeriz and Frómista in March we had snow, sleet and powerful winds but even still there was much beauty to be found in every day!
Buen camino!
The sideways entering Ponferrada were rough on my feet too. Unfortunately you will be alongside rural roads on asphalt leaving Ponferrada as well for a couple of hours until you cross the highway and enter a gorgeous vineyard. Leaving Villafranca the scenery is beautiful but you will be...
My mom and I walked through the ‘massacre’ last month and were wondering what could have happened there. It definitely was done with malice and the perpetrators put a lot of time and energy into its destruction.
There are yellow arrows but not enough to rely on them alone. We used the Wise Pilgrim app which has the river route on its map - turn location sharing on for the app and you can easily navigate the river route without getting lost as it always will show your real time location in relation to...
We just climbed from Astorga to Foncebadón yesterday and trail conditions were awful from Rabanal to Foncebadón. Besides the heavy snow falling - once you get 2 km outside Rabanal the trail becomes a full on stream and is completely flooded in huge puddles and ankle deep mud. No way not to get...
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