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What I think and how was it 3 years ago for me:
Albergue: +/- 10 EUR
Food + bar + restaurant or something: +/- 20 EUR
And then other personal expenses.
I don't know, but I think 20 EUR/day is not enough, depends on the region.. I think at least 30 EUR/day is optimal.
My question is if it is the same in 2017..
Totally agree!Hi, that's fair enough but I won't be indulging in the restaurants & bars too much unless I have no choice. I've been to Spain (and France many times) before and done the restaurants & bars thing to death, I'm looking for something else on this trip. Who knows, maybe on 20EUR per day all I will find is hunger and loneliness....I guess I'll soon find out
Whatever happens, I will certainly add to this thread on my return and let you know how it went.
BC!
Hello friends!
I wonder what the current prices (albergues, peregrino menu, or some new expenses...) are on the Camino Francés.. I mean current budget for a day. I walked Camino almost 3 years ago and I would like to know if there are some changes or how to prepare for that..
Peregrinos who walked Camino Francés max last year - I would be grateful for your advices..
Thank you!
if one carries dry pasta and some cheese and a couple of tomatoes as long as one carries salt, pepper, and olive oil, maybe a small tube of tomato paste .... one can make a fab meal in the evening ...
The same with breakfast and lunch - there are shops (ask where they are before setting off each day) and one can buy cheap fresh bread and cheese and sausage and fruit and yoghurt .. you get to eat as and when you will - and if you don't have the concept in your head of "buying a meal" then ingredients are really cheap in the local shops (and they are glad to see you) .. one sausage, two tomatoes, three apples, 200gms of cheese, one yoghurt ...
p.s. these are merely personal opinions, no member was intentionally harmed in the making or reading of them.
Good question indeed .. and it really is how long is a piece of string. One good tip for a budget Camino is to give up caffeine a few weeks before you go .. you wouldn't believe how much a coffee here and there every day adds up!!
A simple Camino doesn't necessarily mean penury - if one carries dry pasta and some cheese and a couple of tomatoes as long as one carries salt, pepper, and olive oil, maybe a small tube of tomato paste .... one can make a fab meal in the evening - and what is wrong with having the same or similar meal every day?
The same with breakfast and lunch - there are shops (ask where they are before setting off each day) and one can buy cheap fresh bread and cheese and sausage and fruit and yoghurt .. you get to eat as and when you will - and if you don't have the concept in your head of "buying a meal" then ingredients are really cheap in the local shops (and they are glad to see you) .. one sausage, two tomatoes, three apples, 200gms of cheese, one yoghurt ...
....then if an invite comes up, or you fancy it, occasionally pop into a restaurant and have the pilgrim meal as you will be able to afford it (and it will be fun).
Good red wine - a digestif indeed - you can buy wine in the shops at a quarter or tenth of the price you will find it in a restaurant.
So - well, all I am saying is that one can be simple and self-sufficient and at the same time eat really well without paying restaurant & bar prices - so your budget can indeed be kept to a minimum without hardship, in fact, with a lot of pluses (and pulses, if you like them).
I think it really depends on whether you are doing a Camino or a Pilgrimage. Were you to book yourself into a monastery at home for five weeks, well, they would confiscate all your electronic gadgets, including your phone, at the door, and you would get very simple freshly cooked meals, with very little variety, with no snacking in between and no coffee, though there would most likely be wine! .. and the thing is about eating ... on Camino it can be about pleasure, but on Pilgrimage surely it is merely about not being hungry, don't you think?
Buen Camino!
p.s. these are merely personal opinions, no member was intentionally harmed in the making or reading of them.
Could not agree more on the dent cafe con leche makes on the budget. But what is a Camino without it?Oh, and that 3€ freshly squeezed orange juice.
Hello friends!
I wonder what the current prices (albergues, peregrino menu, or some new expenses...) are on the Camino Francés.. I mean current budget for a day. I walked Camino almost 3 years ago and I would like to know if there are some changes or how to prepare for that..
Peregrinos who walked Camino Francés max last year - I would be grateful for your advices..
Thank you!
That's impressive Curtis. What type of accommodation did you frequent? Where did you eat?I walked the Frances late 2016 and spent an average of 12 euro/day
That's a good question. My best guess is I averaged it out to about 40EUR/day but I spent 3 days around my birthday @ the Parador in Leon with dinner and drinks out etc + had 5 other hotels along the way + that includes walking to Muxia an Finesterra along with eating 'out' basically every day. My guess I could have done it for less than half if I really wanted to so the 20EUR/day thing isn't too far off IMO.
We bought an Opinel #8 with a corkscrew in SJPPD and used it almost every day for bread, cheese, fruit, wine. Also nice to have in the albergue kitchen where the sharp knife is a rarity. Left it as a "gift" at Muxia to the common kitchen.@David - thanks old friend - your post has just reminded me of a couple of extra tools to bring from home: sharp knife; plastic fork/spoon; cork-screw. I expect I can buy any other items that the lunch-time picnic requires eg plastic glass/mug to drink the vino tinto. (BTW don't worry about the knife & cork-screw - backpack goes in checked baggage already). Cheers
Well I do like your reply - I really manage well with so little on the camino as I am a vegetarian I find that the peregrino meals do not suit me so buy from the locals and eat what is on offer along the way. I do find the coffee in Spain is good and so that is one indulgence for me but if it is very hot then 2 cups a day do me well. We can make our camino as pricey as we wish but bearing in mind that 20 Euros a day is almost the minimum.Good question indeed .. and it really is how long is a piece of string. One good tip for a budget Camino is to give up caffeine a few weeks before you go .. you wouldn't believe how much a coffee here and there every day adds up!!
A simple Camino doesn't necessarily mean penury - if one carries dry pasta and some cheese and a couple of tomatoes as long as one carries salt, pepper, and olive oil, maybe a small tube of tomato paste .... one can make a fab meal in the evening - and what is wrong with having the same or similar meal every day?
The same with breakfast and lunch - there are shops (ask where they are before setting off each day) and one can buy cheap fresh bread and cheese and sausage and fruit and yoghurt .. you get to eat as and when you will - and if you don't have the concept in your head of "buying a meal" then ingredients are really cheap in the local shops (and they are glad to see you) .. one sausage, two tomatoes, three apples, 200gms of cheese, one yoghurt ...
....then if an invite comes up, or you fancy it, occasionally pop into a restaurant and have the pilgrim meal as you will be able to afford it (and it will be fun).
Good red wine - a digestif indeed - you can buy wine in the shops at a quarter or tenth of the price you will find it in a restaurant.
So - well, all I am saying is that one can be simple and self-sufficient and at the same time eat really well without paying restaurant & bar prices - so your budget can indeed be kept to a minimum without hardship, in fact, with a lot of pluses (and pulses, if you like them).
I think it really depends on whether you are doing a Camino or a Pilgrimage. Were you to book yourself into a monastery at home for five weeks, well, they would confiscate all your electronic gadgets, including your phone, at the door, and you would get very simple freshly cooked meals, with very little variety, with no snacking in between and no coffee, though there would most likely be wine! .. and the thing is about eating ... on Camino it can be about pleasure, but on Pilgrimage surely it is merely about not being hungry, don't you think?
Buen Camino!
p.s. these are merely personal opinions, no member was intentionally harmed in the making or reading of them.
Pilgrim meals almost always include wine so you wont have to be in abstinence mode. LOLI'll be interested to know this as well, thanks for asking the question
I can see from the people on this forum that there is a wide gamut of expectation as to what is cheap, expensive, essential or elective depending on how you aim to conduct the Camino, I'm probably at the very low end of that spectrum and I expect most of your other respondents will disagree with my expectations.
From what I have determined is possible from my deliberately limited research, I'm aiming to do it on around an average of 20EUR per day, if I have to spend more some days that's fine and I'll try to pull it back by spending less on others.
I will qualify this by saying that I'm not doing the Camino with the intention of treating it like a holiday but at the same time I'm not seeking to inflict 6 weeks of penury on myself either. As far as I'm able, I'll try to travel and eat in a humble, abstinent manner which means sticking to municipal albergoes and eating pilgrim/albergo meals when they are available regardless of whether or not I like what's on the menu. It also means I'll be laying off booze as much as I can- I'll be thinkin' instead o'drinkin'... but I'm no party-pooper either, obviously wine aids the digestion of food so as a Health & Safety issue I won't turn down a glass with dinner and in general, I'm hoping to enjoy it as much as anyone else doing the Camino.
BC!
I am including here a quote about Donativo from the website of the beautiful pilgrim refuge L'esprit du Chemin, one day's walk out of Vezelay in France. They were formerly opposite the pilgrim office in St Jean Pied de Port.Hello friends!
I wonder what the current prices (albergues, peregrino menu, or some new expenses...) are on the Camino Francés.. I mean current budget for a day. I walked Camino almost 3 years ago and I would like to know if there are some changes or how to prepare for that..
Peregrinos who walked Camino Francés max last year - I would be grateful for your advices..
Thank you!
Pilgrim meals almost always include wine so you wont have to be in abstinence mode. LOL
...Who knows, maybe on 20EUR per day all I will find is hunger and loneliness....I guess I'll soon find out
SuperLeggera-Just based on your participation in this forum thus far, I can't imagine you will *ever* be "lonely". I appreciate your common sense approach and will guide myself similarly. Keep Posting! -jgp
Omg, Curtis. How?I walked the Frances late 2016 and spent an average of 12 euro/day
3€? Who charges that these days? Because I'm assuming that if one can eat for 5-10€ three times a day one has money to cover the cost in a donativo.I stayed in the big Albergues (€3-10 a night) and usually ate twice or three times a day for (€5-10).
You should get by just fine on that. A lot of pilgrims budget less than that.Who knows, maybe on 20EUR per day all I will find is hunger and loneliness
I really wish more albergue would put such signs up. In fact on he Primitivo there often was a "suggested donativo". It was then up to the person hoping not to pay it to verbalise this.So you yourself decide how much you can and want to give. And of course it's great if you can and will consider what the hospitality costs us. That allows us to offer the same kind of hospitality to future pilgrims. To give you an idea, based on an overnight stay with dinner and breakfast:
- if you give between € 22 and € 26, it covers the expenses,
- if you give more than € 26, we can pay the extras which make our hostel a very special place,
- if you give less than € 22, then you will have a good reason for doing that.
You should get by just fine on that. A lot of pilgrims budget less than that.
There are several albergues that are donativo option (I wonder if someone has a list of those?). Save you at least 5 euros each time you stay at those, and they are designed for pilgrims truly on a budget, but unfortunately a lot of pilgrims not on a budget take advantage of that and stiff the place.....cheap charlies #10
Not to mention how much you save by going to the grocers/market and prepping your own meals.
Hello friends!
I wonder what the current prices (albergues, peregrino menu, or some new expenses...) are on the Camino Francés.. I mean current budget for a day. I walked Camino almost 3 years ago and I would like to know if there are some changes or how to prepare for that..
Peregrinos who walked Camino Francés max last year - I would be grateful for your advices..
Thank you!
3€? Who charges that these days? Because I'm assuming that if one can eat for 5-10€ three times a day one has money to cover the cost in a donativo.
I remember that albergue, stayed there twice. Super modern and clean, but just cafeteria style tables, microwave ovens and vending machines. Did not remember it being 3€, still a heck of a deal to sleep and shower in an important European city.What a presumption. I never, and would never, pay only €3 for a donativo. I paid that amount when staying at the 400+ Albergue in Burgos, where there is no wifi, no food, no laundry and no sheets provided. €3 was their posted amount. I got what I paid for.
WildPlace, can you remember what type of food you purchased and how well it kept whilst you were walking? Do I need to bring a food container - already have packed zip lock bags in various sizesIn 2015 I went along with two friends (a married couple) to "show them the ropes" I'd said to them that I would budget 30 euros a day - meaning for each of them (albergue/food & drinks during the day/meal in the evening) they took it as 30 euros between them! They actually got by on not much more than 30 euros a day between them from SJPdP to Santiago, they stayed mainly in albergues with the odd private room and the very occasional hotel (which with three/four people worked out roughly the same as an albergue bed).
For my 2017 planning i'm budgeting for a maximum of 30 euros a day for everything and don't think it'll be far off - I can only very rarely eat a pilgrims menu (because of dietary restrictions) but I like my coffee and zumo natural while walking during the day, prepare my own food for the evening and like to go and soak up the atmosphere with a vino or two in the evening.
WildPlace, can you remember what type of food you purchased and how well it kept whilst you were walking? Do I need to bring a food container - already have packed zip lock bags in various sizesand a very small melamine plate to cut food on. I have already packed small salt & pepper shakers as well (read you needed them as none were found by the author of the book) Food is going to be a bit of a bug bear for me I feel. The simplier the better.
WildPlace only dietary unfortunately... I don't mind paying for food I just have to be careful with microbes, what they actually contain and especially fat content as that will bring on some severe vomiting/intestinal reactions. I cannot do soups unless it has been made that day or the vegetables ferment which most people don't realise. I need to have fresh stuff daily but I am prepared to do what it takesHi, yes, I usually bought chorizo, cheese, nuts, jamón, paté, chicharrones, tinned tuna in oil, sardines in olive oil, olives, oranges, apples, dried fruit if I could get it and it didn't contain any additives that are on my "illegal" list. If I was staying somewhere with cooking facilities (not that frequently available) I would go out and buy some eggs to hard boil and see also if I could buy some salad to go along with whatever of the other items mentioned that I could eat. I never eat breakfast or lunch.
I had a couple of very small plastic containers with the clip tops to make them airtight (I brought them from home with me) and would keep the eggs in those for travelling over the new couple of days. A spork is one of my vital pieces of kit!
I didn't carry all that stuff at the same time, just a selection. I found everything kept pretty well and didn't worry too much for a couple of days - the chorizo once opened needed to be in a ziplock because it would go a bit "sweaty" ditto the cheese.
I remember getting to the albergue at Ventosa and having to wait for it to open. I sat with a French Canadian lady who I'd originally met at Orisson on the first night. She whipped out a chunk of cheese to eat for lunch - this was day 11 of walking for me - she said that she'd bought it from the stall/van we'd seen when crossing the Pyrenees to Roncesvalles on day 2
Is food going to be a bug bear in terms of cost or dietary requirements?
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