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best Orujo
I think the difference would be at least marginal. Starting on a Monday or Tuesday will make a difference to the number of pilgrims starting that day compared to the " finish work Friday, fly on Saturday, start on Sunday" pulse but if you are determined to walk the camino Frances in September or at any time other than deep winter you will encounter many fellow travellers but also an infrastructure that has grown to cope. Temperatures in August will, likely, be high but the impact of latent temperature depends on your life experience. Anything above 20c is to warm for serious hiking for me but i'm old and I grew up in an arctic maritime climate where 25c is considered an excuse for newspaper headlines featuring photos of girls in bikinis on the beach. Your mileage may vary.
If you want to make Pilgrimage to Santiago, or just hike some Camino, and you have opportunity: do it.
All the other stuff: best time, best Albergue, best Bocadillo, best route, best Orujo, best Backpack, best underpants, best grumpy old mans opinion.... Well thats all just "stuff" and has no real significance.
Buen camino
Sadly, the best Orujo isn't available anywhere on the Camino Frances: you have to go to.... Oh no, I'm not giving that one away
I had the best Orujo on the Sanabrès (can’t remember off-hand the village).... Home-made, served in a large brandy glassMuch as I would like to walk every Camino and taste every orujo looking for the best, sadly that isn't possible...
We walked last year starting the last week of August and booked at Orisson, and the following night, which wasn't necessary and none thereafter, and had no problem finding Albergue bed's for the night.Hi everyone.
I'm planning to do a couple of weeks of the Camino in September, starting at SJPDP on Sept 1st and seeing how far I can get in two weeks, my guess is Burgos.
I chose September because I wanted lower temperatures and to not have to struggle every day when trying to find a bed at the end of the day. However, after doing some research now I'm a bit worried about how crowded it might be on those dates, it seems like a lot of people like to start at SJPDP in September! (also, sept 1st is a Sunday, which probably wont help)
I'd love to hear what people who have started at SJPDP in early Sept have to say, will it be too crowded or is it manageable? I speak spanish and could easily book a bed ahead of time, but I'd like to avoid that since I want to experience the freedom of deciding what I'm doing as the day goes by. But I also don't want to rush my walk just to get a bed.
Thoughts?
Thanks!
Joseito, just a thought; unless you’re hard set on starting at SJPP, you might consider the Primitivo, starting at Oviedo and walking all the way to SDC in 12-13 days. Far less crowded, beautiful scenery, a bit more rugged.Hi everyone.
I'm planning to do a couple of weeks of the Camino in September, starting at SJPDP on Sept 1st and seeing how far I can get in two weeks, my guess is Burgos.
I chose September because I wanted lower temperatures and to not have to struggle every day when trying to find a bed at the end of the day. However, after doing some research now I'm a bit worried about how crowded it might be on those dates, it seems like a lot of people like to start at SJPDP in September! (also, sept 1st is a Sunday, which probably wont help)
I'd love to hear what people who have started at SJPDP in early Sept have to say, will it be too crowded or is it manageable? I speak spanish and could easily book a bed ahead of time, but I'd like to avoid that since I want to experience the freedom of deciding what I'm doing as the day goes by. But I also don't want to rush my walk just to get a bed.
Thoughts?
Thanks!
I'm starting on September 7 and I have booked albergues through Pamplona. I've read that after Pamplona things start to thin out.Hi everyone.
I'm planning to do a couple of weeks of the Camino in September, starting at SJPDP on Sept 1st and seeing how far I can get in two weeks, my guess is Burgos.
I chose September because I wanted lower temperatures and to not have to struggle every day when trying to find a bed at the end of the day. However, after doing some research now I'm a bit worried about how crowded it might be on those dates, it seems like a lot of people like to start at SJPDP in September! (also, sept 1st is a Sunday, which probably wont help)
I'd love to hear what people who have started at SJPDP in early Sept have to say, will it be too crowded or is it manageable? I speak spanish and could easily book a bed ahead of time, but I'd like to avoid that since I want to experience the freedom of deciding what I'm doing as the day goes by. But I also don't want to rush my walk just to get a bed.
Thoughts?
Thanks!
Thank you for the link i was trying to find average temp and rainfall for my Sept./ Oct. camino all my ?s answeredYou’ve picked a season when many walk, though the peak crowds of July will have claimed their compostelas and gone home many have your aspirations - cooler temperatures and fewer pilgrims. Everybody flocks there for the peace and solitude.
Seasonal average temperatures are here: http://www.aemet.es/en/serviciosclimaticos/datosclimatologicos/valoresclimatologicos?l=9263D&k=nav
I'd book your first two or three days accommodation, plan to go slowly, and maybe spend an extra night in StJdpP and start on Monday with the bun-fight of the week-end departures well ahead of you. It'll all settle down by Pamplona.
Buen Camino
I started September 1st three years ago and found no problems with crowds however the temperatures hit 38degrees on day one walking the Pyrenees .Hi everyone.
I'm planning to do a couple of weeks of the Camino in September, starting at SJPDP on Sept 1st and seeing how far I can get in two weeks, my guess is Burgos.
I chose September because I wanted lower temperatures and to not have to struggle every day when trying to find a bed at the end of the day. However, after doing some research now I'm a bit worried about how crowded it might be on those dates, it seems like a lot of people like to start at SJPDP in September! (also, sept 1st is a Sunday, which probably wont help)
I'd love to hear what people who have started at SJPDP in early Sept have to say, will it be too crowded or is it manageable? I speak spanish and could easily book a bed ahead of time, but I'd like to avoid that since I want to experience the freedom of deciding what I'm doing as the day goes by. But I also don't want to rush my walk just to get a bed.
Thoughts?
Thanks!
Buen Camino Joseito, I'm very excited for you.Hi everyone.
I'm planning to do a couple of weeks of the Camino in September, starting at SJPDP on Sept 1st and seeing how far I can get in two weeks, my guess is Burgos.
I chose September because I wanted lower temperatures and to not have to struggle every day when trying to find a bed at the end of the day. However, after doing some research now I'm a bit worried about how crowded it might be on those dates, it seems like a lot of people like to start at SJPDP in September! (also, sept 1st is a Sunday, which probably wont help)
I'd love to hear what people who have started at SJPDP in early Sept have to say, will it be too crowded or is it manageable? I speak spanish and could easily book a bed ahead of time, but I'd like to avoid that since I want to experience the freedom of deciding what I'm doing as the day goes by. But I also don't want to rush my walk just to get a bed.
Thoughts?
Thanks!
Perhaps it gets lighter as September moves forward?I wish you the best of Camino experiences! But if you want to avoid the crowds leaving SJPdP, the first two weeks of September are not going to work well. Here is a link to an earlier thread, which has a graph of the numbers of pilgrims walking the first stage of the Camino Frances. You will notice that May and September are the two highest months of the entire year, and I've seen weekly numbers that show the first two weeks of September are the absolute highest two week period of the year. (The graph is from 2015, but this has not changed in the last few years). It always disturbs me to see experienced members of this forum saying that September is a lighter month on the Camino. It is true the number of pilgrims entering Santiago begins to drop in September, but that is because so many folks start in Sarria (or some other 100km point along one of the other routes). Here is the link:
Buen Camino!
Hi there,Hi everyone.
I'm planning to do a couple of weeks of the Camino in September, starting at SJPDP on Sept 1st and seeing how far I can get in two weeks, my guess is Burgos.
I chose September because I wanted lower temperatures and to not have to struggle every day when trying to find a bed at the end of the day. However, after doing some research now I'm a bit worried about how crowded it might be on those dates, it seems like a lot of people like to start at SJPDP in September! (also, sept 1st is a Sunday, which probably wont help)
I'd love to hear what people who have started at SJPDP in early Sept have to say, will it be too crowded or is it manageable? I speak spanish and could easily book a bed ahead of time, but I'd like to avoid that since I want to experience the freedom of deciding what I'm doing as the day goes by. But I also don't want to rush my walk just to get a bed.
Thoughts?
Thanks!
I don't know how long you plan to take, but if you start on 9/28 it will be pretty cold when you arrive in Santiago.Thanks for all the feedback peregrin@s! you are seriously making me re-think my plans.
Basically due to other constraints, if I don't start on Sept 1st, I'd either have to start a week earlier or postpone until the 28th of September.
I know that the temperature in that region is quite nice in October, so perhaps it's a better choice? Hmm...
I don't know how long you plan to take, but if you start on 9/28 it will be pretty cold when you arrive in Santiago.
I started in SJPP September 13. After getting through Roncesvalles the midday temps were pretty high-- upper 30's Celsius, day after day. We started walking every morning before dawn.The temperatures can still get hot in September.
I'm starting on September 7 and I have booked albergues through Pamplona. I've read that after Pamplona things start to thin out.
Basically due to other constraints, if I don't start on Sept 1st, I'd either have to start a week earlier or postpone until the 28th of September.
I know that the temperature in that region is quite nice in October, so perhaps it's a better choice? Hmm...
Thanks for all the info. I will starting in a couple of weeks.I think the difference would be at least marginal. Starting on a Monday or Tuesday will make a difference to the number of pilgrims starting that day compared to the " finish work Friday, fly on Saturday, start on Sunday" pulse but if you are determined to walk the camino Frances in September or at any time other than deep winter you will encounter many fellow travellers but also an infrastructure that has grown to cope. Temperatures in August will, likely, be high but the impact of latent temperature depends on your life experience. Anything above 20c is to warm for serious hiking for me but i'm old and I grew up in an arctic maritime climate where 25c is considered an excuse for newspaper headlines featuring photos of girls in bikinis on the beach. Your mileage may vary.
If you want to make Pilgrimage to Santiago, or just hike some Camino, and you have opportunity: do it.
All the other stuff: best time, best Albergue, best Bocadillo, best route, best Orujo, best Backpack, best underpants, best grumpy old mans opinion.... Well thats all just "stuff" and has no real significance.
Buen camino
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