Easter Camino 1 week. Best route to do ? solo traveller

[Larky1888]

hey Pilgrims, 45 year old male ,pretty fit, want to walk at least the last 100k of 1 of the camino routes to get my certificate

will want to cover the ground in 6 days or so i get to spend a couple of days in santiago at the end .

arrive in santiago, flying from Dublin Good friday . plan to start walking easter sunday ...

any advise or recommendations would be appreciated

 

[Tincatinker]

Bus/train to Ferrol, walk the Camino Ingles. Claim your prize and enjoy Santiago. Aim to travel on the Saturday. Black Friday and the Sunday are likely to be challenging

 

[Larky1888]

thanks for the advise mate, nice walk?

 

[Martin 888]

Tui on the Portuguese border to Santiago on the central route of the Portuguese…… walking and countryside is exquisite!

 

[Tincatinker]

I like the Ingles 'cos its rolling Galician countryside. Challenging in places, at my age, but never daft. The local people are usually pleased to see a pilgrim (not necessarily so on some other routes) and the Albariño is great.

 

[Kirkie]

I agree with the Inglés suggestion offered by @Tincatinker. Six days is plenty. The link here will help you. The Camino office in Dublin will also be able to help if you want to think of walking 25k on a recognised route, in Ireland, and then you could start from A Coruña rather than Ferrol.

Camino Inglés

Either from Ferrol or A Coruña, the camino commonly used by medieval pilgrims from the British Isles.

www.csj.org.uk

Camino Society Ireland - All about the Camino de Santiago

The Camino Society provides Information, support and official Pilgrims Passports for the Camino de Santiago. Independent, non-commercial and All Island(Ireland).

www.caminosociety.ie

Buen camino.
Edit: This is old, but interesting to read.

https://www.afotc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Camino-Ingles-Master-v.1.pdf

 

[Grousedoctor]

Having walked it during a Semana Santa (the week prior to Easter), let me put my recommendation in along with @Tincatinker for the Camino Inglés. We flew into Santiago and the same day bused up to Ferrol. Although not a long Camino, there are plenty of hills to get the blood flowing and have a tremendous walk. Marvelous countryside along with a couple of great overnight stops (i.e., Pontedueme and Betanzos). Do try the tortillas in Betanzos! The one served at Casa Miranda is excellent! The week we walked wasn’t particularly crowded, but we got to meet a lot of wonderful Spanish pilgrims. We plan to walk it again.