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Hi, Robert,... Advice re travelling from USA, which airport and onwards to Villafranca. ...
Madrid airport, then ALSA buses to Leon (stop in the same terminal, T4), and from there a connection to Villafranca.
For a 10 people group, reservation is a must. Yes, organizing this kind of group will be toilsome, but tour companies are very, very expensive.
I second the recommendation of Albergue Leo, in Villafranca. Good premises, kind people.
Next day, I suggest Pequeño Potala, in Ruitelan. Very good communal dinner.
Buen camino!
Madrid airport, then ALSA buses to Leon (stop in the same terminal, T4), and from there a connection to Villafranca.
For a 10 people group, reservation is a must. Yes, organizing this kind of group will be toilsome, but tour companies are very, very expensive.
I second the recommendation of Albergue Leo, in Villafranca. Good premises, kind people.
Next day, I suggest Pequeño Potala, in Ruitelan. Very good communal dinner.
Buen camino!
I think how you organize your group really depends on how you all want to walk the Camino. Is it important that you all stay together? Do you want to walk together each day or is it ok to split up and them meet up down the road? Do you want to all stay at the same place or at least the same town each night? Or are you ok going at different paces and ending up in different places? Booking through a group that organizes pilgrimages is probably the easiest solution if you all want to stay together each night. Alternately, you can choose the stops ahead of time and book them for your group - private alberques, casa rurales, and hotels accept advanced reservations. Otherwise if you are all ok with going at your own pace - starting together and meeting up 10-12 days later in Santiago, then no real planning is required - just get there and start walking - people will end up where they end up each day and eventually get to Santiago.
We walked with a group last year - more or less together. Most of the group started in Saint Jean and my husband and I met up with them in Burgos. We had booked the first 3 nights after our arrival in Burgos so the group could stay together, then we all just went at our own pace. We all ran into each other many times along the way, but didn't stay in the same towns each night - sometimes yes, sometimes no. We all got to Santiago within a couple days of one another.
When you get to Your location do a small walk to Trabadelo and stay with Casa Susi she is an Australian and has walked the Camino many times her information will be invaluable and the 7 km will give you time to assess pace and pack restrictions not to mention a nice easy shake out walk and a brilliant English speaking Hostelero Tell her Mick the Ausssie sent youI am organising a group camino for September 2018, Probably starting at Villafranca del Bierzo , covering 10=12 miles daily. There will be 10-12 in the group. Advice re travelling from USA, which airport and onwards to Villafranca. hostels you recommend and maintaining group coherence would be welcome.
Thanks really helpful. Do you have a web address for the bus /train companies that I can contact. I too enjoyed the Potala.
I think how you organize your group really depends on how you all want to walk the Camino. Is it important that you all stay together? Do you want to walk together each day or is it ok to split up and them meet up down the road? Do you want to all stay at the same place or at least the same town each night? Or are you ok going at different paces and ending up in different places? Booking through a group that organizes pilgrimages is probably the easiest solution if you all want to stay together each night. Alternately, you can choose the stops ahead of time and book them for your group - private alberques, casa rurales, and hotels accept advanced reservations. Otherwise if you are all ok with going at your own pace - starting together and meeting up 10-12 days later in Santiago, then no real planning is required - just get there and start walking - people will end up where they end up each day and eventually get to Santiago.
We walked with a group last year - more or less together. Most of the group started in Saint Jean and my husband and I met up with them in Burgos. We had booked the first 3 nights after our arrival in Burgos so the group could stay together, then we all just went at our own pace. We all ran into each other many times along the way, but didn't stay in the same towns each night - sometimes yes, sometimes no. We all got to Santiago within a couple days of one another.
We are a group of alumni from the Living School in Albuquerque Being together is part of the deal , accommodating different paces, personalities and needs for solitude is also part of it. Avoiding chaos is in the thinking somewhere!I wish you the best with your endeavor, however I am curious why you don't have the people with you just have the responsibility of finding a place as they move along?Since everyone's pace is so different? Just curious..
Keith
You may find this to be more difficult, a bit like herd control of cats. By just letting it flow all the way to Santiago individually each person will have the independence that makes the Camino so special yet still have the group to share the experience. In any case you may find this happens naturally.We are a group of alumni from the Living School in Albuquerque Being together is part of the deal , accommodating different paces, personalities and needs for solitude is also part of it. Avoiding chaos is in the thinking somewhere!
Just to ask also :We are a group of alumni from the Living School in Albuquerque Being together is part of the deal , accommodating different paces, personalities and needs for solitude is also part of it. Avoiding chaos is in the thinking somewhere!
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