- Time of past OR future Camino
- May 2023: Via Francigena, Lucca to Rome
I'm looking at a schedule for 2016 that will put me in Santiago near the Feast of St. James. I'm wondering what other pilgrims' experiences have been with that weekend, and whether you all would recommend trying to time your arrival a few days before the festival (I've seen great advice on not arriving on the Feast Day itself).
I can envision the festival being an amazing and cathartic end to a camino, but I can also imagine that the sudden crowds can make it feel impersonal and overwhelming.
Side: the same calendar would put me near Burgos on El Día de las Peñas, which looks interesting.
I can envision the festival being an amazing and cathartic end to a camino, but I can also imagine that the sudden crowds can make it feel impersonal and overwhelming.
Side: the same calendar would put me near Burgos on El Día de las Peñas, which looks interesting.