Albergue available in October

[StefaniaGiustiziero]

Hi, my name is Stefania. I'd like to do my third Camino in October. I want to do the Northern Camino but I would like your help and some information please. I have a few questions.

1) are the albergues still open in October?

2) is there a large distance between the albergues on average?

3) I am planning to do the camino on my own but I would like to find other pilgrims along the way. Are there other/many pilgrims doing the walk in Oct?

4) I am finding it difficult to find info on this camino. Is there a guide book which you could recommend? I'm Italian but a book in English would be fine.

I'm sorry if these questions have already been answered in this forum. I hope some of yoy can help me as I'm a bit nervous about doing the camino with so little info at this stage.

Thanks again

 

[MichelleElynHogan]

Hi Stefania,

The Camino Norte is not as developed as the Camino Frances but I did find this recent post;

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...updates-accommodation-list.37309/#post-552531

Hope this helps.

 

[StefaniaGiustiziero]

Hi Stefania,

The Camino Norte is not as developed as the Camino Frances but I did find this recent post;

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...updates-accommodation-list.37309/#post-552531

Hope this helps.

 

[GerFol]

Hi Stefania,
There is a very good website called www.gronze.com that gives details of all Camino routes...stages, albergues, elevations etc. The site is in Spanish, however, if you open Google Translate, type in the web address, in the drop down box type 'Italian' and you will read all the information in your own language.
Regards,
Gerard.

 

[poogeyejr]

Hi, my name is Stefania. I'd like to do my third Camino in October. I want to do the Northern Camino but I would like your help and some information please. I have a few questions.

1) are the albergues still open in October?

2) is there a large distance between the albergues on average?

3) I am planning to do the camino on my own but I would like to find other pilgrims along the way. Are there other/many pilgrims doing the walk in Oct?

4) I am finding it difficult to find info on this camino. Is there a guide book which you could recommend? I'm Italian but a book in English would be fine.

I'm sorry if these questions have already been answered in this forum. I hope some of yoy can help me as I'm a bit nervous about doing the camino with so little info at this stage.

Thanks again

Hi Stefania -

Here is the link for the Norte section of this forum. The top 6 pinned threads will give you general information, then there are 100's of others you may find of interest.
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/forums/el-camino-del-norte.21/

I went in Oct of 2013 - there were at least 20 people per day on my stage. There was accommodation every 15-20km or so but not always Albergues.

Enjoy!

Kathy

 

[StefaniaGiustiziero]

Hi Stefania -

Here is the link for the Norte section of this forum. The top 6 pinned threads will give you general information, then there are 100's of others you may find of interest.
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/forums/el-camino-del-norte.21/

I went in Oct of 2013 - there were at least 20 people per day on my stage. There was accommodation every 15-20km or so but not always Albergues.

Enjoy!

Kathy

Thank you very much kathy. I m happy to know I will be not alone. And the weather? Is it very cold?

 

[norelle]

I walked the entire Norte last October and stayed in Albergues most nights.

As I was well prepared for cold, wet weather....it was the opposite! Most days I walked in shorts and when I arrived in Santiago it was 28oC!!

I used the Cicerone guide and the Wise Pilgrim App on my phone.

Most pilgrims turned off to walk the Primitivo but I stayed on the Norte as I had previously walked the Primitivo. I was never alone and made some lovely camino friends.

There were options to walk short or longer stages.

A beautiful way! Feel free to PM me if you have any other questions!

buen camino

 

[StefaniaGiustiziero]

Norelle thank you.

 

[poogeyejr]

Thank you very much kathy. I m happy to know I will be not alone. And the weather? Is it very cold?

The weather in Northern Spain is notoriously variable. It was 26-30 degrees Celsius (78 degrees - 86 degrees) for the last week of Sept 2013 and first week of October 2013 and after that it went down to about 16 degrees Celsius (60 degrees) and rain.

 

[poogeyejr]

Thank you very much kathy. I m happy to know I will be not alone. And the weather? Is it very cold?

The weather in Northern Spain is notoriously variable. It was 26-30 degrees Celsius (78 degrees - 86 degrees) for the last week of Sept 2013 and first week of October 2013 and after that it went down to about 16 degrees Celsius (60 degrees) and rain.

 

[jamataster]

Hi walkers! So much divergent info about open albergues in the Camino Norte from October on. Some pilgrims have been able to walk the whole distance only sleeping in albergues, others say they would have to stay in private accomodations. I guess it will depend a bit on how long etapas one walks, but with my budget I would prefer to sleep in places costing no more than €15-18. Possible?