JenMaeNoyes
New Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- June (2018)
Hello!
This is my first post, but have been reading for awhile. Back story: My plan was to walk from SJPD to Santiago, but I asked my teenage daughter if she'd like to come along on her first trip to Europe so................I decided I wanted her to see more of Europe on her first trip so we will be walking from Astorga to Santiago, July 2018. I chose Astorga as our starting point, because I want to go to Cruz de Ferro for personal/religious reasons. It's also important to us to earn our Compostela.
With that said, is it convenient to hop on a bus along our route after Cruz de Ferro, but before the start of the last 100 km at Sarria? Where would I find bus information and schedules? Or train?
Do we need reservations each night at the alburgues or can we just show up?
We are flying into Paris and will be heading to Germany and Poland. The goal is to fly from Warsaw to Madrid as that looks like our best option on how to get to Spain. I initially thought we'd go straight to Spain from Paris, but it looks like this is the most economical flight-wise and logistic-wise. How do we get from Madrid to Astorga?
Day 1: Astorga to Foncebadon
Day 2: Foncebadon to Ponferrada
Day 3: Ponferrada to Sarria (Train or bus -- how to do this?) Rest day as we will have been traveling since June 23rd,
Day 4 - ??? How many days will it take us to get to Santiago? I'd like to walk at a nice pace, but still be able to "smell the roses" during the day. Once we get to Santiago, will one day be enough there? I'm imaging we will be very tired after our long trip and from previous long trips I've taken -- I remember towards the end, being a tourist gets old and one just wants to sleep in their own bed.
Our flight out will be from Madrid. It looks like flying out of Santiago is the best way to go instead of a long plane ride. Is it easy to get to the airport from Santigo?
Thanks if you can help me in any way. I'm up for any suggestions on how to have the best walk with my daughter. I hope to one day be back to do the whole walk, but for now this will be our pilgrimage. Thank you!
Foncebadón to Ponferrada
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This is my first post, but have been reading for awhile. Back story: My plan was to walk from SJPD to Santiago, but I asked my teenage daughter if she'd like to come along on her first trip to Europe so................I decided I wanted her to see more of Europe on her first trip so we will be walking from Astorga to Santiago, July 2018. I chose Astorga as our starting point, because I want to go to Cruz de Ferro for personal/religious reasons. It's also important to us to earn our Compostela.
With that said, is it convenient to hop on a bus along our route after Cruz de Ferro, but before the start of the last 100 km at Sarria? Where would I find bus information and schedules? Or train?
Do we need reservations each night at the alburgues or can we just show up?
We are flying into Paris and will be heading to Germany and Poland. The goal is to fly from Warsaw to Madrid as that looks like our best option on how to get to Spain. I initially thought we'd go straight to Spain from Paris, but it looks like this is the most economical flight-wise and logistic-wise. How do we get from Madrid to Astorga?
Day 1: Astorga to Foncebadon
Day 2: Foncebadon to Ponferrada
Day 3: Ponferrada to Sarria (Train or bus -- how to do this?) Rest day as we will have been traveling since June 23rd,
Day 4 - ??? How many days will it take us to get to Santiago? I'd like to walk at a nice pace, but still be able to "smell the roses" during the day. Once we get to Santiago, will one day be enough there? I'm imaging we will be very tired after our long trip and from previous long trips I've taken -- I remember towards the end, being a tourist gets old and one just wants to sleep in their own bed.
Our flight out will be from Madrid. It looks like flying out of Santiago is the best way to go instead of a long plane ride. Is it easy to get to the airport from Santigo?
Thanks if you can help me in any way. I'm up for any suggestions on how to have the best walk with my daughter. I hope to one day be back to do the whole walk, but for now this will be our pilgrimage. Thank you!
Foncebadón to Ponferrada
4,251 views