EvilPickle
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Plan to hike (????)
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So...you want to walk in a place that you have little interest in, just for a piece of paper? Why not save your money and go someplace that really speaks to your heart? Life is short and you can't take pieces of paper with you when you go.As nice as I'm sure northern Spain is, it's never been on our radar as a place we wanted to visit with limited vacation time in Europe.
Myself, the wife and our 8 year old daughter are urope.
My questions are...
Where is the best place to start to do 100km's and finish at Santiago?
Is it possible to make reservations at places costing around $30-50 a night? While I'm sure we would enjoy some of the cheap albergues, the idea of not having a place reserved for my family is not something I'm willing to do. I've read that there are some very nice ones(albergues) with private rooms, and while I would have no problems staying there, again, I'm not taking the chance of not having a place reserved well in advance.
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Robo, thank you for the response..
Our one and only reason for going is to get the Compostella. And Sarria sounds just as good as anywhere else we could start. Is it easy to get to by bus?
I'll definitely be talking to the wife about this more.. thanks again for all the info. It's really helpful.
I think my decision on whether or not to actually do this will be a bigger journey that the actual hike.. lol Those of you saying that it might not be worth going if it's not something that I really want to do have given me thought. Like I said, I have never considered going to Spain during a trip to Europe.
It's a beautiful country with wonderful people, traditions, culture and scenery. I hope you are able to carve a little time out of your schedule to experience this for yourself. Never know... maybe you'll start to understand what all the fuss is about
I'm not an addict... I could quit any time I want to...And become an addict like most of Us here
I'm not an addict... I could quit any time I want to...
Sigh... nope. My name is Jordon and I'm a Pilgrim.
Besides I'm still getting the family into doing multi-day hiking. We usually just do a one day hike and go home. So I think anything more than 5 days would be hard to convince the wife to do anyways. =)
Never really thought of it as Hiking
More like, walk a couple of hours ..... 2nd breakfast.
Walk a couple of hours....coffee
Walk a couple of hours.......lunch
Start thinking about where to stop.
Check in.
Have a Siesta.
Dinner.......
Repeat..........
At least on that Sarria section.....
See.. that's why I wanted to talk to some people that have actually done it. The hiking we've done here is 99% woods and not a lot of time to get to the village.
Myself, the wife and our 8 year old daughter are planning on doing the 100km of the Camino de Santiago in order to get 'Dual Pilgrim'. I'm getting really depressed though when searching about information for the Camino. We've been hiking the Kumano Kodo here in Japan over the last year or so and love it. Reading about how the Camino is mostly road and very little trail hiking has really depressed us. Add to the fact that everyone seems to talk about how busy it is. I guess the Kumano Kodo really spoiled us as far as true nature hiking.
We've decided to do the Camino anyways. But we want to do the fastest, easiest route possible in order to be able to spend some time in other parts of Europe. As nice as I'm sure northern Spain is, it's never been on our radar as a place we wanted to visit with limited vacation time in Europe.
My questions are...
Where is the best place to start to do 100km's and finish at Santiago?
Is it possible to make reservations at places costing around $30-50 a night? While I'm sure we would enjoy some of the cheap albergues, the idea of not having a place reserved for my family is not something I'm willing to do. I've read that there are some very nice ones(albergues) with private rooms, and while I would have no problems staying there, again, I'm not taking the chance of not having a place reserved well in advance.
From everything else that I have read, it seems like the hike should be pretty easy and straightforward. Plenty of places to eat and get water. Lots of nice things to see. While this probably won't be the hike of our dreams, It sounds like a good way to see some of the European countryside and should be fun.
Thanks in advance for any help or information.. And please let me know if you have any questions about the Kumano Kodo!!
Hi EP,
As others have said, you will have no trouble with the logistics of booking accommodation for your family on one of the routes to Santiago. But the Kumano Kodo is a totally different sort of environment than the last 100 kilometres to Santiago and I hope that if you decide to walk in Spain you will embrace and enjoy the experience and not fall into the trap of comparing the two.
Yes, there can be crowds, but also tremendous comradery. You might find that in comparison to the silent, forest trails of the Kumano Kodo the more urban landscape of the Camino will surprise you! If you decide to walk a Camino perhaps the best approach would be to to focus on the journey, not the certificate, despite how appealing the 'Dual Pilgrim' might seem.
Look at the link I posted. You can 'see' what it's like.
It's a really nice section. Lot's of bits through nice woods, farmland.
But you'll hit a small village every hour or so.
The Sarria bit starts here. Just past Sarria. http://robscamino.com/2016/28th-of-april-camino-day-1/
It is! Very nice. Just not a Wilderness walk ....I checked out some of your videos.. very nice. It does look like a nice.. walk. =D
I think you should consult with a travel agent who specializes in the Camino.
They will likely charge you for three people.I was actually looking at a couple online sites. I think we would have zero problems doing this on our own, but after looking at booking.com and the dates that we can go, March, it may be a bit harder than I thought as almost everything is booked up already.
Anyone know how kids are treated as far as the hotels/pensions/albergues in reference to price? Our daughter usually sleeps with us and probably wont eat what they offer for breakfast as she is super picky(we're working on that). And she doesn't eat all that much anyways so will probably just eat off of our plates. Will they charge us for 3 people or can we get away with just getting charged for 2? Any experience with this??
Good Friday is on March 30, 2018, so the Easter crowd will begin walking on the previous weekend, March 24. The stretch from Sarria will be very busy that week.after looking at booking.com and the dates that we can go, March
Good Friday is on March 30, 2018, so the Easter crowd will begin walking on the previous weekend, March 24. The stretch from Sarria will be very busy that week.
Ahh.. Didn't know that. That's the only time that my daughter is out of school long enough besides summer.
Re your comment about booking.com
Those booking sites generally don't show much availability when you look long term.
They are not actually 'full'. More a case of no rooms available via that site. Yet..
Hotels don't release rooms to them until nearer the time.
Logical really, as they want to try to sell rooms at full price, before 'filling' up with bookings from consolidation sites who will charge a commission.
Nearer your dates, you should start to see availability.
Probably along with everyone else's kids
We always took ours out during term time to avoid the peak periods
Re your comment about booking.com
Those booking sites generally don't show much availability when you look long term.
They are not actually 'full'. More a case of no rooms available via that site. Yet..
Hotels don't release rooms to them until nearer the time.
Logical really, as they want to try to sell rooms at full price, before 'filling' up with bookings from consolidation sites who will charge a commission.
Nearer your dates, you should start to see availability.
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