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Does anybody know how likely it is that I'd be able to book a flight from Santiago back to the UK at short notice?
Also - I'd love to see Finisterre but can't extend my trip that long - are there public transport options from Santiago to make the trip in a day?
There are several buses that leave from Santiago every day, go to Finisterre and return the same day. The cost is between 30 and 40 euros.
I prefer to eat earlier in the day, between noon and 2 pm and buy the Menu del Dia, which is less expensive and better, in my opinion, than the Pilgrim menu.
24.90E round trip at the moment.it was 12 Euros or so, return trip
Anniesantiago, I think the price of the bus to Finisterre is a bit high. If memory serves me right, it was 12 Euros or so, return trip.
As for eating earlier and prefering the menu del dia vs the evening Pilgrim menu: absolutely! Learned that last fall on Norte - what a difference in the quality and variety you get. Great tip.
Does anybody know how likely it is that I'd be able to book a flight from Santiago back to the UK at short notice?
Hello! I'm new to the forum and am planning my first Camino walk - the Primitivo, Oviedo to Santiago in May 2015.
Firstly this forum has already been so interesting, useful and informative - thank you so much to all contributors! And I apologise in advance if some of my questions have already been discussed and I've missed them.
I'm planning to do the route in 13 days including a day off in Lugo so that averages 25km most days. I do hope I'm not overestimating my capabilities - I am 55 and have a spinal fusion; I am used to walking trails in the UK including Scotland and other mountainous areas but not on so many consecutive days carrying a pack. I intend to train of course. However if I find I'm slower I don't want to get stressed about missing a flight home. Does anybody know how likely it is that I'd be able to book a flight from Santiago back to the UK at short notice?
Also - I'd love to see Finisterre but can't extend my trip that long - are there public transport options from Santiago to make the trip in a day?
I have read a lot about the eating possibilities but am still wondering about eating at albergues that have a kitchen but not a bar, or a shop nearby, where they offer common meals or it's suggested you get food in the previous town. This is probably a silly question but I wonder how to know what to buy and how much in such cases. Not keen on walking with big bags of groceries but how to know what might be needed to produce a hot meal... Even how many people will be there?!
Lastly - I'm a keen wild swimmer and wonder if anyone knows if there are particular spots on the route that might be good for a dip - river pools or lakes with access.... would be the icing on the cake(I hope in May not literally "icing")
Best, Anna
One followup to Annie Santiago's point. Some buses to Finisterre are much more direct than others. So sometimes the ride can be LONG! If you do the bus and not the taxi, make sure you check both the departure and arrival time so you don't get on a bus doing the local milk route! Liz
Hello! I'm new to the forum and am planning my first Camino walk - the Primitivo, Oviedo to Santiago in May 2015.
I have read a lot about the eating possibilities but am still wondering about eating at albergues that have a kitchen but not a bar, or a shop nearby, where they offer common meals or it's suggested you get food in the previous town. This is probably a silly question but I wonder how to know what to buy and how much in such cases. Not keen on walking with big bags of groceries but how to know what might be needed to produce a hot meal... Even how many people will be there?!
Best, Anna
Oops, so sorry. I always mix those two up. You are so right. It up the hill from Grado. I've edited the post. Thanks, LizLaurie -- did you mean that San Juan Villapanada is up the hill from Grade (not Salas)? Liz
Hi Anna and welcome to the forum.
Trying to respond to your question about swimming
In the Primitivo you'll find quite a few little rivers but not deep enough to swim.
In first satage river Nalón is deep but i think is not safe and clean, instead you have a swimming pool in Grado (climatized)
In second stage you'll find river Narcea in Cornellana, wide but not deep enough, but you could ask someone if there is any pool in the river.
Then, you have swimming pools in Tineo (not sure), Pola de Allande and Grandas de Salime.
In Lugo you have the fantastic river Miño, but as far as I know it wouldn´t be easy to have a bath (anyway you can ask).There is a municipal project to build a fluvial beach, but probably the beach wouldn´t be available this summer .
http://elprogreso.galiciae.com/nova...go-renuncia-retoque-proclama-concello?lang=es
Tia, did you take the track to the old village? What was there? Why don't you recommend it?The track to the old village is marked, but it is a long detour as it only goes to the lake and then you have to return to follow the Camino waymarking. Not recommended. It might be possible to swim from the Hotel at El Salto if staying as a guest. It looks as though their terrace might have access to the water. I suspect that anywhere the water will be bitterly cold as it will be melt-water at that time of year.
We took the advice in the CSJ guide which is not to follow the old wooden sign to Salime - it points downhill as one descends Buspol and is before the 6km sign for the GR route. The reason being thatTia, did you take the track to the old village? What was there? Why don't you recommend it?
If you haven't already booked your flights, you might want to reassess the costs including all the costs of getting around, including the cost of travel from Barcelona to Oviedo and SDC to Madrid, and then compare that to more direct options.Few more questionsWe are landing in Barcelona ('cause of the cheapiest flights), what's the best way to get to Oviedo? How's hitchhiking in this part of Spain? We are planning to catch a flight from Madrid after walking Camino ('cause it's the cheapiest ), whats the cheapiest way to go from Santiago to Madrid?
Will be very happy if you calm our minds...
Giedre
We are landing in Barcelona ('cause of the cheapiest flights), what's the best way to get to Oviedo? How's hitchhiking in this part of Spain?We are planning to catch a flight from Madrid after walking Camino ('cause it's the cheapiest ), whats the cheapiest way to go from Santiago to Madrid?
considering weather in May. Is it all rainy days and cold? What should we bring with us, what kind of clothes? I'm looking to buy a new jacket now, but don't know how warm\light it should be.
We are planning a really REALLY small budget journey. Will we find working albergues along the way?
Few more questionsWe are landing in Barcelona ('cause of the cheapiest flights), what's the best way to get to Oviedo? How's hitchhiking in this part of Spain? We are planning to catch a flight from Madrid after walking Camino ('cause it's the cheapiest ), whats the cheapiest way to go from Santiago to Madrid?
Giedre
Together with two other pilgrims i hitchhiked from the Finisterre lighthouse back to townTook about 5 cars before we could hop in with a nice Spanish couple
The thumbs UP was more for fun then for the ride though haha
Well now that you mention it Dutch, I too have "hitchhiked" a ride on a couple of recent caminos. One, the four kms from the Camino to the church at Santa Eulalia outside Lugo and once on the Vadiniense from the monatery of Santo Toribio in Liebana back into Potes. Just last summer I flagged down a car to take my walking partner about 8 kms into our destination of Aguilar de Campoo because of her blisters. On minor roads in small towns, you can always count on people to stop.
These more obviously "local" hitches are very easy to get, but I wouldn't want to try to hitch hike from Barcelona to Oviedo. Buen camino, Laurie
Furthermore from Barcelona to Oviedo you would have to change train in Leon and there are only 3 trains per day in March
Last year in Muxia (on Sunday) I hardly finished my cigarette by the road and the car stopped. It was approximately 30th car that passed by and I was in Cee in a matter of minutesI wouldn't count on hitchhiking in Spain anywhere.
Oh, a hitchhike like that would put a BIIIG smile on a my faceAnd now your post made me think again. I happily "cheated" once also, from Finisterre to Muxia. I took a wrong turn.
I litteraly went left where i should have gone right and i ended up on a long and winding road for km's on end and i walk away from muxia imstead of towards. The walk only should have lasted an hour or two, but i was on that road for at least 3 hours and did not pass any form of life. I got so sick of it, walking on the shoulderless tarmac road, that my thumb went up. Again after about 4 cars ( there wasnt alot of traffic) a nice man stopped amd said he wasn't going to Muxia, but he would drop me in the right direction.
We got to talking and then he just decided to drive me all the way to Muxiawhere he did not have to go to. How nice is that!!
The car ride lasted for at least 30 minutes. Thats how far of i was. I was sooooooo happy.
When we got to Muxia he stopped somewhere inconspicuous so that other pilgrim would not see me getting out of a car hahaha. I thought that was hillarious. Then he openend his booth and insisted i take at least 2 bottles of drinks with me.
He was a salesrep for Heineken and his booth was filled with all sorts of drinks
I thought that was so awesome and nice. I was proud to tell other pilgrims i hitched a ride with a fantastic guy
Thats the camino for ya!
Are there more some good Primitivo guides?
And for the Lithuanian who is planning to go from Barcelona to Oviedo, it is not only a long distance, but also an awkward route in a way, Spain was designed so that every trip pretty much has to to through Madrid, otherwise connections are awkward and long and time consuming.
I do not mean to discourage you, but if you look at the roadmap or the trainmap in Spain, connections are complicated and distances are long.
Giedre -- In addition to the online sources recommended above, The Confraternity of St. James has a great step by step guide with info about sites, albergues and places to eat. You can get it for 5 lb. at their website here: http://www.csj.org.uk/product/los-caminos-del-norte-f-camino-primitivo/. Also there is a great guide by Cicerone Press that includes the Camino Primitivo -- Whitson & Perazolli, The Northern Caminos. It will be out in a new 2015 edition later this spring and the new edition is already available on kindle. Here's the link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RVEO89C/?tag=casaivar02-20 . The cicerone guide has little maps and lots of great historical info as well as info about albergues and places to shop and eat. LizAre there more some good Primitivo guides?
I think that any km you have walked without getting a Compostela gets credited to another Camino where you do get to Santiago. No? Sounds good to me!When we got to Muxia he stopped somewhere inconspicuous so that other pilgrim would not see me getting out of a car hahaha. I thought that was hillarious. ... I thought that was so awesome and nice. I was proud to tell other pilgrims i hitched a ride with a fantastic guy
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