How best to utilise time.

[countydownrose]

Myself and my husband have booked flights to Santiago de Compostela in April 2014 and hoped to walk some of the Camino. I know we are starting from end but is it possible to just book a night in a hotel when we arrive and plan to walk for a few days and find accommodation en route. We hoped to walk between 10- 15 kms each day. We are there for 5 nights?

 

[Stephen Nicholls]

Myself and my husband have booked flights to Santiago de Compostela in April 2014 and hoped to walk some of the Camino. I know we are starting from end but is it possible to just book a night in a hotel when we arrive and plan to walk for a few days and find accommodation en route. We hoped to walk between 10- 15 kms each day We are there for 5 nights?

Hi Rose!
Many pilgrims fly into Santiago, then take a BUS or TRAIN to a convenient starting point on the Camino. I'm doing that in May!
So ... if you plan to average, say, 12 kms a day, and plan to walk for maybe 4 days, that = 50 kms. So find a town on the Camino about 50 kms from Santiago, and take a bus there, before walking back.
If you check the forum for accommodation along your chosen 50 kms stretch, you'll have a good idea where you'll be able to stay each night.
You'll have a great time - but beware! You will probably catch the Camino bug and want to return again and again!
Good luck and buen camino!

 

[whariwharangi]

Walk from Santiago to Fisterra ... 80km. Camino Finisterre. Take the bus back to Santiago.