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    Overcrowded Camino Frances

    Keep in mind that Booking.com has little to do with actual availability. Hotels don't post all of their rooms and many other small places aren't listed at all. It's a little more trouble, but calling directly is much more likely to find you a bed.
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    Booking Orisson

    Not uncommon in winter, they will get back to you eventually.
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    How much did you spend and what was the total cost of your Camino Frances, start to finish?

    I have done it for under $20/day in 33 days, municipal hostels & donativos, and eating picnics and ramen for my meals, spending under $650 total, and I have just done it again this year, a few years older and more financially solvent for about $3,000 in 38 days, around $80/day using fairly...
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    guide for CF in pilgrims office?

    And any smartphone will let you download a variety of guidebook apps that can be used on or offline.
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    Non-thinking Pilgrims taking Short-cut!

    We need to all remember that on every step of the Camino we are in someone else's home, and they are graciously and unselfishly hosting thousands of us every year. I have also read people's comments about eating "the delicious grapes until we couldn't eat any more" when traversing the Navarre...
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    Camino Day 1 From Sjdp. A Bit Scared !!!

    The trip over the Napolean was my favorite day of the whole Camino. The clouds that I started walking in after leaving Orrisson sank into the valleys below, and the views were amazing, with rainbows here and there to frame them. I am not in the best shape, so I opted for a night in Orisson...
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    Why start in St. Jean?

    It's true that it is perhaps historically as random a place to start as any, but one reason is that at least in my experience, the Napolean route from there on the first day is one of the very most beautiful and dramatic days of the whole camino. I am glad I did it, but if someone doesn't, it's...

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