How easy is it to get taxis along the way?

[molly1952]

Just wondering how to get a taxi in villages along the way? I probably won't have taxi numbers myself and don't speak Spanish anyway. Would the alberque staff normally order a taxi for you? I will probably need to shorten a couple of the stages as I won't walk much more than 20km per day, and there may be days when I need to give myself a 6 or 8km start by taxi. Last year when I walked from St Jean to Logrono I found that local buses weren't really an option, but didn't come across options for calling a taxi.

 

[jeffnd]

I know that the staff at albergues will get a taxi for you. But I too wondered just how good a taxi would be at finding you out in the middle of nowhere.

 

[molly1952]

I know that the staff at albergues will get a taxi for you. But I too wondered just how good a taxi would be at finding you out in the middle of nowhere.

Thanks Jeff - I think I'd play safe and start the day with the taxi ride rather than trying to arrange to be collected - as you say - in the middle of nowhere. The days in the Meseta are particularly long and tedious so it'd be great to be dropped a few kms on my way and then walk on from there.

 

[MTtoCamino]

Seems like any cafe or bar could help folks as well.

 

[Anniesantiago]

Just about any albergue or bar will call a taxi for you And you are SMART to do the taxi at the beginning of the stage.
There are some stages where getting a taxi in the middle could be difficult.

 

[mspath]

... I will probably need to shorten a couple of the stages as I won't walk much more than 20km per day, and there may be days when I need to give myself a 6 or 8km start by taxi. ...

You need NOT complete any stage in one day! As long as accommodation is available you can stop walking for the day where you want/need. Might you wish a list of 'my halts in-between' ? If so send a PM.

Buen camino!

 

[Anniesantiago]

What mspath said.
Walk as many k as you are comfortable walking and stop when you want to stop!
There are no rules about how far you must walk each day.
Give yourself extra days and when you get to Santiago if you have extra time, there is plenty to see and do.

 

[waveprof]

Just wondering how to get a taxi in villages along the way? I probably won't have taxi numbers myself and don't speak Spanish anyway. Would the alberque staff normally order a taxi for you? I will probably need to shorten a couple of the stages as I won't walk much more than 20km per day, and there may be days when I need to give myself a 6 or 8km start by taxi. Last year when I walked from St Jean to Logrono I found that local buses weren't really an option, but didn't come across options for calling a taxi.

Easy but can be expensive in rural areas. But you'll have no trouble asking for their numbers. Taxi is the same word in spanish (though pronounced differently)

 

[molly1952]

Thanks everyone - yea I take your point about only walking as far as I'm able. But my time is limited and in order to get to my goal - Leon - which is the best place to get my bus to Madrid to fly home, I need to plan my stages, - at least up to a point.

Easy but can be expensive in rural areas. But you'll have no trouble asking for their numbers. Taxi is the same word in spanish (though pronounced differently)

Thanks Waveprof. Thing is - I don't even have enough Spanish to have a phone conversation with a taxi-driver, which is why I'm hoping to get someone to call one for me.

 

[waveprof]

Thanks everyone - yea I take your point about only walking as far as I'm able. But my time is limited and in order to get to my goal - Leon - which is the best place to get my bus to Madrid to fly home, I need to plan my stages, - at least up to a point.

Thanks Waveprof. Thing is - I don't even have enough Spanish to have a phone conversation with a taxi-driver, which is why I'm hoping to get someone to call one for me.

Molly, most likely the people at the bar or cafe or albergue will want to call for you anyway since most will be using their cell phones

 

[CaminoKentucky]

Another suggestion...as you walk, you may want to snap a photo whenever there is a sign with a phone number for a taxi.
You will have the number if you need it as you walk. I heard that the taxi drivers know the Camino very well and even if
not able to communicate in fluent English, will usually be able to locate you with some basic description of your location.
And...as others have mentioned above, stop whenever you need to stop. The only stages that matter are your stages!
Buen Camino!

 

[molly1952]

Good idea Yakremark. Hopefully I won't need taxis at all, - last year on my walk from St Jean to Logrono I was fine - but it's nice to have options if the going gets hard.