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Yes, we do.Do they do Semana Santa processions in Portugal? An extraordinary experience in some Spanish towns and cities. Might not be so impressive if you have to sleep under a bush somewhere, hope you find a bed.
I think it will be. Many pilgrims are switching to alternative routes, and the Camino Portugues is the main one. Infrastructure has not increased much, so there is likely to be tremendous crowding this summer. Easter Week is just a harbinger of that!Hi!
will it be like that on June and July? i hope no... :S im going
After the Easter rush, there will be a lessening before the summer rush. You should be in the middle...O, help, now you are scaring me..
I am leaving in 1 week from Porto, and I hoped to have a quiet walk without worrying about finding a bed, because I hated that at the CF!
O, help, now you are scaring me..
I am leaving in 1 week from Porto, and I hoped to have a quiet walk without worrying about finding a bed, because I hated that at the CF!
That was in April, presumably last year since we have not gotten to April 26 of this year, and the concern is for this summer. If Easter Week has accommodations jammed up, this summer will be worse, I suspect. It sounds like you had problems even last April if those without reservations were being turned away.You will be fine, I walked from Porto starting on April 26 and had no problems finding somewhere to stay. The only time I nearly missed out was because I arrived late at Rates having limped there owing to blisters on my first day. I was glad that I had booked ahead to reserve a place at Casa Fernanda because, when I arrived there, others who had not booked were being turned away because it was full.
Just a reminder for pilgrims on the CP that 25th April is a public holiday. I have seen it listed as Freedom Day and also Liberation Day. When I was in Porto last year it meant I had to wait 24 hours before starting walking as the post offices were closed and I needed to send a box of unwanted stuff forward to Ivar in SdC for safekeeping.
My sister and I start may 31st from porto. SO glad I booked b&b's, small hotels every step of the way to Santiago. Very excited!Hello from Ponte de Lima where a number of pilgrims are still homeless, wandering around in the half light of sunset. I started from Porto a few days ago and its been busy in the Albergues without the bed rush, but I fear this is changing now.
I just bumped into a couple of female peregrinos who looked close to tears as everything is full in town, even the expensive hotels. There seems to be a million Spanish here on their Easter break too.
Things sound much worse across the border. Another pilgrim has a friend 4 days out of Santiago and she has had to sleep in a cellar one night and races everyday. She said the Spanish stay up late every night partying in all the albergues too.
I am due in Rubiaes tomorrow and I know there is going to be way too many pilgrims to beds. Only yesterday I donated my tent and camping gear away, which I regret now. I did manage to camp in an albergue one night, but decided that I had carried this gear long enough (over a year).
I will avoid Easter for future caminos
When is the Corpus Christi long weekend?Easter, Corpus Christi long weekend... are times to be avoided in general, not easy times for pilgrims!
(A) Caminos can be tough on extroverts, as well as the whole spectrumMaybe it's just me, but if I was in a group of pilgrims who had all met on a Camino and there was someone obviously not in a group, but sharing the same dorm, I would not ignore them when it came to eating out etc. Some people are inconsiderate.
Caminos can be tough on introverts.
Ironic that it's often English people who the culprits. Thank god I don't live there anymore.
Just did the coastal road, quiet and easy, a pilgrim here and there, lots of space.Hi
I guess all these dont apply to the portoguese costal way, right...?
This year has had 2,500 more pilgrims Wednesday through Saturday of Easter week than last year! That is over a 600 per day increase. Daily statistics are not published for the various Caminos, but the Camino Frances and Camino Portugues are the two busiest routes annually. Summer pilgrims should be hoping that it is just a trend for Easter...the week leading up to Easter Sunday, and the week immediately following are a proverbial "pig in a python" along the major Camino routes (e.g. Frances and Portuguese)
Yikes!This year has had 2,500 more pilgrims Wednesday through Saturday of Easter week than last year! That is over a 600 per day increase. Daily statistics are not published for the various Caminos, but the Camino Frances and Camino Portugues are the two busiest routes annually. Summer pilgrims should be hoping that it is just a trend for Easter...
The huge number of pilgrims to Santiago this Easter has not been explained, so it is hard to guess what will be happening for the rest of the year. Crowds are a reason to adjust one's approach to a pilgrimage, not a reason to stay home!! Be flexible each day. Pilgrims have to adjust to the Camino; it won't adjust to suit a pilgrim.Yikes!
@falcon269 , if the festival for Fatima is May 12-13, does that mean that the days leading up to the festival will make for a heavy number of pilgrims on the CP on the days leading up to May 12-13....if so, like a whole week or ten days of crowded conditions? I understand that May is Corpus Christi: Will that also make the CP more crowded during that time?
These are wonderful times to be in Spain as ypu get to witness the celebrations first hand. All you need is a bit of planning. Easy to do these days in the Web. Just plan and book accordingly.Easter, Corpus Christi long weekend... are times to be avoided in general, not easy times for pilgrims!
When did Easter fall last year?You will be fine, I walked from Porto starting on April 26 and had no problems finding somewhere to stay.
When did Easter fall last year?
And to you as well. It is lovely to spend it in Spain.Easter 2016 was March 27.
Happy Easter to you today!
Please remember May 2017 is the hundred year anniversary and indeed celebration of Fatima that's why it's going to be very busy and not just in May.Pope Francis will pay a short visit to Fatima on 12 and 13 May this year. I have no idea whether this will have any repercussions for the number of foot pilgrims on the Portuguese camino.
We have just been through Fatima in the past week or so, and their are signs up that pilgrims will be accommodated in army tents on a first come first served basis during the popes visit. ALL commercial accommodation is already booked out.Pope Francis will pay a short visit to Fatima on 12 and 13 May this year. I have no idea whether this will have any repercussions for the number of foot pilgrims on the Portuguese camino.
You may be correct in your assessment @falcon269 but with regard to casa fernanda there is always a need to pre-book to stay there because it is so popular.
I'm so grateful to you for help! Will call to Fernanda and try to book a place! Thanks a lot!Hi Caminogirl2017, the number is: +351 914 589 521 sorry but I don't know about dialling codes. The post by Albertinho on this forum dated February 15 2017 gives all the details, again, sorry my computer skills are insufficient to know how to link to a previous post. Fernanda speaks good English and will help if she can. Bom Caminho!
The change to CET took place on 16 Mar 1940, which most of us would consider to be in the 1940s, but I am told by my mathematically literate friends should be considered the last year of the 1930s (similar to the year 2000 being the last year of the millenium!).If you look at a map of Europe you can see the Portugal, and indeed most of Spain, is well west of the rest of Continental Europe. The Spanish time zone arrangement goes back to the late 1930s, when General Franco opted to align his country's time zone with Germany...just a factoid...
Busy in the city, I agree. Almost impossible to move at University campus. Seen only one pilgrim headingto Fatima so far. Possibly increasing among next days becauae of coming celebration days on 12-13 of may.
it is 60 days after Easter Sunday, always on a Thursday, but in some places the festivity has been moved to the following Sunday. In this case, we would be talking about June 15th, 2017, but that will change next year again.When is the Corpus Christi long weekend?
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