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To me, Primitivo is the best, certainly better than Portuguese. Yes, less facilities but way more Camino spirit. We are 60yrs old and had no issues with the route or terrain (which is beautiful btw). Only somewhat mehh sector was Lugo to San Romao. Everything else is really nice. We didn’t do...
I think of the 3 Camino I have done (Frances, Portuguese and Primitivo), Primitivo is by far the nicest. No fear of falling, you are always on a path, and can stay well away from the edge. Frankly, the walk up to the Virgin from St. Jean on the first day of the Frances was probably more dicey...
We did Primitivo a few years ago. Started in Oviedo with “normal” passport. From memory, our hotel in Lugo stamped the credential.
Looking at the trail above the issue is whether you get the one euro Lugo credential or the two euro normal one? Maybe as one of the people above suggested, just...
Hi. My wife and I are both in our 60's, reasonably active but not crazy so and we did the Primitivo with no problems at all last year. I think there is a fair amount of scary stuff out there about how tough it is, but in my mind, if you are in your 30's, in reasonable shape then no reason why...
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