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  1. annmte

    Following the GR123 on the Coast Between Gernika and Portugalete

    I love this option! When I walked the Norte in May 2022, I took an extra day in Bilbao in order to bus up to Bakio to visit San Juan de Gaztelugatxe- ended up as one of the highlights of my whole Camino! It had just reopened after a landslide closed it for 2 years, and reservations were not...
  2. annmte

    Camino del Norte May 2023

    I'm from Chicago as well and I did the Norte in May last year, including almost all of Laurie's alternatives, which added time/days (took me 42 in all). I took a train from Bilbao to Getxo/Portugalete, and frankly thought the walk out of Portugalete was pretty unpleasant as well, at least until...
  3. annmte

    Is San Juan de Gatzelugatxe worth visiting on the Camino Norte

    I LOVED it - one of the highlights of my Camino del Norte this spring. Possibly since I only learned upon arriving in Bilbao on May 5 that it had only reopened days before - after 2 years of closure. The weather that day was spectacular and it exceeded all expectations for me. No dragons...
  4. annmte

    weather

    I started April 28th this year, with the same weather forecast you have. In fact, here is a thread that someone started about that time with a similar question as yours: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/weather-near-the-start-of-the-camino-del-norte-mid-april-2022.74331/. It...
  5. annmte

    Bilbao to Portugalete

    I agree with most of what’s said here, especially @WestKirsty was spot on. When I was on the Norte in early May, I was on the fence about walking to Portugalete. What clinched my decision not to walk was learning in Bilbao that San Juan de Gaztelugatxe had just re-opened a couple of days...
  6. annmte

    LIVE from the Camino Mountain route from Soto de Luiña

    I think I’m the friend Laurie’s referring to - and yes, Pepe was a chief discourager (and also strangely seemed to work in many places at Soto de Luiña, like a Monty Python skit!), but I was also warned off that route at my very pleasant hotel Casa Vieja del Sastre, where they told me someone...
  7. annmte

    Le Puy vs. Norte.

    I walked the Norte this year April 28-June 7. Had rain the first day, then not again until Galicia, though it did rain occasionally in the afternoons after I was in for the day. Did almost all the alternatives in @peregrina2000’s extremely helpful ‘alternatives’ thread, and highly recommend...
  8. annmte

    Advice needed with Camino del Norte route

    I had also heard not great things about Lezama, and chose to stay at a lovely casa rural Miamendi, slightly off Camino near Larrabetzu. I read on this forum about a detour discovered by guidebook author @Dave, that coincidentally went right near our casa rural to Bilbao and avoided Lezama...
  9. annmte

    Advice needed with Camino del Norte route

    I just finished the Camino Del Norte (Irún to Santiago) last week. I am 59, also hiking enthusiast and in reasonably good shape. I was very nervous after all I read here. I found the first week to be challenging but not horrible. I think the main reasons Deba to Markina is considered hard is...
  10. annmte

    Weather near the start of the Camino del Norte, mid-April 2022

    I suspect that @MaryStella has, as I have, thoroughly researched the Norte in advance of preparing her Camino - and is well aware of the higher chance of rain on this route. But I have also previously noted ‘live from the camino’ threads, such as a recent one from @Eve Alexandra, saying that the...
  11. annmte

    Recommendations for Camino del Norte Guidebook

    @ivar it looks like the Cicerone guidebook is currently sold out in your store. Any idea when you may have it back in stock, or should I look for it elsewhere?
  12. annmte

    Albergues with private rooms on the Norte

    I am planning to walk El Norte as my first Camino in April/May/June 2022. Partly due to COVID, partly my sleep issues, I am hoping to stay in private rooms - but I was thinking I'd have more opportunity to meet/dine with other pilgrims if I stayed at private albergues that have private rooms...

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