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Notre Dame is scheduled to reopen on 08 December 2024.Hi DPat! I had been mulling over the same issue. My plan has been to walk the combined Via Podiensis & Camino Frances. I plan to visit Paris and attend Mass at Notre Dame following the restoration after the great fire. I was concerned about the impacts of the Paris Summer Olympics, which officially ends 11 August 2024. I decided to push off my start date in Paris until 5 September. From there I plan to train down to Le Puy-en-Velay and start my Camino there. I expect to be on the trail 10 Sep - 22 Nov. Impacts I’ve seen so far are airfares - at least for the route I plan to go, are up hugely. Buen Camino.
Depends how long you think you’re going to live I suppose. I’m at the stage where I’d prefer to do it yesterday rather than tomorrow.I was considering walking the French Camino this fall. Visiting Paris and Juno Beach prior to hitting SJPDP. I am concerned the impact of the Olympics in Paris will increase traffic on the crowded Frances and increase prices. I am now leaning to 2025. Thoughts?
As I stated, I was considering doing the French Camino in the fall. To clarify that would be starting late Sept at the earliest. Nor sure how many days yet but I definitely won't be experiencing the last 100 km. I don't need another compestela, find SDC more about $$ than crosses and abhore the last 100 km crowds.I was considering walking the French Camino this fall. Visiting Paris and Juno Beach prior to hitting SJPDP. I am concerned the impact of the Olympics in Paris will increase traffic on the crowded Frances and increase prices. I am now leaning to 2025. Thoughts?
The crowds are that bad on the last 100 km?As I stated, I was considering doing the French Camino in the fall. To clarify that would be starting late Sept at the earliest. Nor sure how many days yet but I definitely won't be experiencing the last 100 km. I don't need another compestela, find SDC more about $$ than crosses and abhore the last 100 km crowds.
In 2023 there were almost 220,000 compostelas issued for the Frances and 62.5% of those started in Sarria. So more than that when you consider those who don't collect a compostela and aren't counted.The crowds are that bad on the last 100 km?
Why not switch to the Invierno at Ponferrada, it won't be crowded. Or why not another something other than the Frances if you prefer more solitude?As I stated, I was considering doing the French Camino in the fall. To clarify that would be starting late Sept at the earliest. Nor sure how many days yet but I definitely won't be experiencing the last 100 km. I don't need another compestela, find SDC more about $$ than crosses and abhore the last 100 km crowds.
in response to:In 2023 there were almost 220,000 compostelas issued for the Frances and 62.5% of those started in Sarria. So more than that when you consider those who don't collect a compostela and aren't counted.
The crowds are that bad on the last 100 km?
My experience at the end of June was similar to @David Tallan's. I also joined the Francés from the Primitivo at Melide. I spent the two nights on the Francés at Boente (5.6 km after Melide) and at Albergue Astrar (700 m off the Camino at Santa Irene). Other than the group that I was walking with I only saw two other pilgrims (also from the Primitivo) in the first hour. We got a "late" start at 7 am. All the other boots and shoes were gone from the albergue racks by the time we woke up. At Albergue Astrar our group were the only pilgrims at the albergue.The crowds are that bad on the last 100 km?
I have just been typing out my handwritten diary from my first Camino in 1990 which I rediscovered not long ago when putting almost all my belongings into storage . Thought I had lost it years back. Reminded myself of some very long obligatory stages back then when accommodation was very thin on the ground indeed.I can also say that accommodations were much easier to find when 220,000 compostelas were issued for the Frances than when less than 5,000 compostelas were issued.
I've been looking at airfare USA to Europe for this summer. The costs have doubled since our Del Norte trip Oct. 2023. We are not going to Europe this summer. Hopefully 2025 will be different. Buen CaminoI was considering walking the French Camino this fall. Visiting Paris and Juno Beach prior to hitting SJPDP. I am concerned the impact of the Olympics in Paris will increase traffic on the crowded Frances and increase prices. I am now leaning to 2025. Thoughts?
If Sydney 2000 is anything to go by, The Olympics won´t affect prices and availability unless you are in Paris while the games are actually in progress. I very much doubt if the Olympics will have any impact at all on the camino.I was considering walking the French Camino this fall. Visiting Paris and Juno Beach prior to hitting SJPDP. I am concerned the impact of the Olympics in Paris will increase traffic on the crowded Frances and increase prices. I am now leaning to 2025. Thoughts?
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