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- june 2017
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French if it's your first, for many reasons. Portuguese if you'd rather not have the crowds. Self-guided will get you a place near the Camino, usually a step up from the small albergues. Book well in advance if you plan at staying at the 'nicer' places 'on' the Camino. Good luck and Buen Camino!My family and I, 2 50+ adults and 2 22+ male adventurers, are planning to walk a small portion of the Camino de Santiago in 2017 probably at the end of May into June. Our varying fitness levels have decided on trying the last 100 km either Sarria to Santiago or Tui to Santiago.
So many questions, where to begin? While I know there is no right answer, we could use some advice on which of these sections would be better in this time period. Also, we would like to stay in pensions or small hotels and could use some advice on this as it may help us determine route chosen. I see a lot of self guided tours, but I am leaning toward booking the rooms and consequently setting our pace ourselves.
Portuguese from Porto is no more tricky infrastructure-wise than the Frances. And there are way more arrows!!
My husband and I walked from Porto last year for our 25th wedding anniversary.You have done the Portugese route? I would love to hear impressions from a fellow kiwi. We returned from the Frances 3 weeks ago. Second time for me and my husband's first Camino. We are considering the Portugese next year. We are older and don't want long stages... maximum 20kms a day. Is this doable? We thought of doing the coastal route but note that a lot of people move from it to the inland route part way through.
My husband and I walked from Porto last year for our 25th wedding anniversary.
Here are threads I have contributed to:
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/camino-portugues.38041/#post-371749
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/ponte-de-lima-steep-climb.36014/#post-336924
and my summary of our walk: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...tial-impressions-post-walk.34684/#post-321098
If you want to see our day-by-day accounts you can look at our blog and click on Camino Portuguese....http://charitywalking.wordpress.com/
Any further questions I would be happy to answer.
Have a look at gronze for accommodation options to see what kind of distances you'd need to do.
The Litoral is literally on the coast The Coastal is inland. These are tough routes to budget because the food is so good. We walked in October as expected it rained!... Ultreya.... Willy/Utah/USAThanks for the insight!
I'm wondering which route you took in Portugal. I'm looking at the coastal one but it seems as there are two.
I'm looking at going from Porto- Santiago in October of this year.
What is a good budget to plan on for the Portuguese route.
Thank you for any info!
My family and I, 2 50+ adults and 2 22+ male adventurers, are planning to walk a small portion of the Camino de Santiago in 2017 probably at the end of May into June. Our varying fitness levels have decided on trying the last 100 km either Sarria to Santiago or Tui to Santiago.
So many questions, where to begin? While I know there is no right answer, we could use some advice on which of these sections would be better in this time period. Also, we would like to stay in pensions or small hotels and could use some advice on this as it may help us determine route chosen. I see a lot of self guided tours, but I am leaning toward booking the rooms and consequently setting our pace ourselves.
And thank you again. I had wondered about the Primitivo. I need to Google the Sanabres. I am not familiar with it. Interesting about the Pacer poles. I have the lighter ones so hope they stand the pace OK.One of my Pacer poles broke on the Via de la Plata in May. Heather arranged to have a replacement section mailed to Merida and it arrived the day before we left the town. Unbelievably the other pole broke two weeks later. On both occasions, no excessive force was being applied as we were simply walking along a paved path. In each case, the bottom section simply fell out. Again, they replaced it, no questions asked. Of course it is not good that they should be faulty, but the service was second to none. And I realised just how good they are - I had to walk a week through the hills of the Sanabres with only one pole and ended up with knee trouble! I still wholeheartedly and unreservedly recommend Pacer Poles.
I endorse the idea of doing the Portuguese route too, so long as you understand how it differs to the Frances. (If I were you though, I would opt for either the Salvador/Primitivo combination - or if you are short on time, the Sanabres - both of these have more spectacular scenery than the Portuguese).
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