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Horse ride for a day or two on route

Crazy Dave

New Member
Time of past OR future Camino
8 May Porto (2019)
Hi
This is my family first Camino. My son is 10 years and wife are both great horse riders (we own horses) and would love to do one or two days on route from Porto.Please give us advise how to do it if at all possible.
Just one or two days horse or donkey.Thanks
 
Technical backpack for day trips with backpack cover and internal compartment for the hydration bladder. Ideal daypack for excursions where we need a medium capacity backpack. The back with Air Flow System creates large air channels that will keep our back as cool as possible.

€83,-
Edited: oops, sorry. I reread your post and see you are talking about from Porto.
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On the Frances:
The most commonly known opportunity is a horse ride up the hill to O'Cebreiro. I forget the village it starts from, but it's just a couple of hours ride. The farm advertises right on the camino and the trail goes past the horse barn.

There is a farm somewhere around Logroño that has rented out rides for pilgrims. Not cheap, as they have to trailer the horses back home after the one day, but the people I met who did this were pretty happy with the experience. They organized this on the camino, likely by asking around at albergues and maybe at tourist offices in larger towns.
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The principle should apply though. Check with tourist offices along the way.

Good luck.
 

Check out the Portugese camino via horseback as cited in this web.
www.caminosantiagoacaballo.com

This is a fine French account of one rider and his horse riding towards Santiago. --
www.worldtrailrides.com/rando/compostelle-claude-bonnot

For several other posts/links re horses and the camino check out this earlier forum thread--
www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/rent-horse-in-france.42568/

Good luck and Bom camino!
 
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Down bag (90/10 duvet) of 700 fills with 180 g (6.34 ounces) of filling. Mummy-shaped structure, ideal when you are looking for lightness with great heating performance.

€149,-

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