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Doing my first camino in May (English way)
- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2021
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No, since May hasn't arrived yet!Do you have any covid-related information for may?
As it is today, it should be possible to walk the Camino Ingles. It is possible to travel to Galicia (Santiago) now, then take the bus/train up to your starting point and walk back. You would need to check booking.com or call ahead for lodging since many places are still closed. So if you can do it today, you should be able to do it in may (things are hopefully getting better virus wise before then).Hi!
I am planning to do the English way in the middle of May. The Spanish state of emergency ends the first week in May, so I have booked my flights right after. Due to the COVID situation I have also booked private room stays on my journey (no albergue this time for me).
This will be my first camino and a special one for me as I should arrive to Santiago on my birthday. So I do not really want to cancel but one should be prepared well.
Is anyone wondering to do the camino (any) in May as well? Do you have any covid-related information for may?
Take care
Barbora
Thank you all for yor reply!I am flying to A Coruña the second week in May, and I have already booked all the accommodations on the route in advance, now only thing is to find out how to get to Ferrol from A Coruña airport. Oh and also keep my fingers crossed for a good weather (this year is so far cold and rainy) .
Buen camino!Thank you all for yor reply!I am flying to A Coruña the second week in May, and I have already booked all the accommodations on the route in advance, now only thing is to find out how to get to Ferrol from A Coruña airport. Oh and also keep my fingers crossed for a good weather (this year is so far cold and rainy) .
When I flew into A Coruna in 2019 on a very late flight there wasn't even a taxi! It was only thanks to a very nice Spanish couple who sat next to me on the plane and their son who was picking them up from the airport that I got a ride into town. So please be aware that if you fly in late then you may have to start walking from the airport.Note that the Airport Bus (Alsa A4) does not actually stop at the A Coruna bus station but at a nearby stop on one of the main roads into the city, the Avenida Alcalde Alfonso Molina. This stops serves both the bus station and the train station which both have connections to Ferrol. The bus is more regular I believe.
Also note that the Airport bus stops earlier than the last flight (or ar least did in pre-Covid times) so if you are catching a late flight then a taxi may be necessary. This was just over 20 Eur between airport and Train station a couple of tears ago.
As @SabineP says, the Ingles is a really nice route so assuming it is possible and safe to travel, I'm sure you will have a great walk.
Buen Camino.
When I flew into A Coruna in 2019 on a very late flight there wasn't even a taxi! It was only thanks to a very nice Spanish couple who sat next to me on the plane and their son who was picking them up from the airport that I got a ride into town. So please be aware that if you fly in late then you may have to start walking from the airport.
The forum member who started this thread is from the Czech Republic and wants to walk for about a week in Galicia in about three week‘s time.On April 20th the US State Department issued level 4 travel advisories for Spain
You'll have to hope that that changes………
Hi,The forum member who started this thread is from the Czech Republic and wants to walk for about a week in Galicia in about three week‘s time.
Just for general information: in Europe, governments and official public health institutions often publish travel advice not for a whole country but for a country‘s regions. Just to give an example, Germany currently warns their citizens of non-essential touristic travel to Navarra, La Rioja, Castilla y Leon, the Canary Islands and a few other Spanish regions but only advises them to refrain from non-essential touristic travel to Galicia and the Balearic Islands - a much lower warning level in their advisory system ...
I would find it difficult to give any advice at this moment in time but would like to point out that the fact that the ”state of alarm“ ends in Spain on 9 May and will not be prolonged does not mean an ”all clear“ from Spain. It has more to do with their Constitution and how power is shared by the national government and the regional governments than with the current evolution of the public health/COVID-19 situation in Spain. So don’t make the mistake of thinking that it is fine to travel to Spain from the 10th of May but inform yourselves carefully from official government sources in the country you live in as well as those in Spain if you want to practice responsible travel.
Do you know of this pilgrim ritual: you post a list of the content of your backpack on this forum and readers will take it to pieces and advise you what to dump or to replace or assign to double and triple use? :-DCurrently only thing that makes me nervous is the weather, it looks that is will be cold and rainy during the whole trip, so I had to add more rain clothes, and my backpack is currently 12kgs, which I think is really heavy :-D.
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