• For 2024 Pilgrims: €50,- donation = 1 year with no ads on the forum + 90% off any 2024 Guide. More here.
    (Discount code sent to you by Private Message after your donation)
  • ⚠️ Emergency contact in Spain - Dial 112 and AlertCops app. More on this here.
  • Get your Camino Frances Guidebook here.

Search 69,459 Camino Questions

Last 100 km - which route based on these criteria:

Bookistan

New Member
Time of past OR future Camino
Planning my first walk in May 2015
My greetings to all; this is my very first post. I plan to walk the camino in just about a year. I'll have a week and would like to walk the last 100 km but am not sure which path to take. I'm female, will be turning 60, and in medium decent shape, but I've never done anything nearly this adventurous. I'll be alone by choice, and would prefer a quieter route. But I'll also need a route where places to sleep are not too few and far between - I know I can't walk the long stretches that are required for some routes. With that said, what route is most scenic, not too strenuous, and not too isolated, but still meets these criteria? I seem to always circle back to the Camino Frances based on all the research I've done, but want to make sure I'm not closing off other better options for a more contemplative experience. Thanks to all for any and all advice.
 
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,-
Welcome to the Forum!
I only have experience of the Camino Frances and the Camino Portuguese when it comes to the last 100 km. I think they both are what you are looking for. No long stretches without albergues or hotels.
Just listen to all advice given here, pack light, and don't worry.
Buen Camino from Pontevedra in Galicia.
 
My experience is with the Camino Frances, Camino Ingles, and Camino Finisterre.

Camino Frances - probably the most noisy, but also the most vibrant of the three. Plenty of accommodation options.
Camino Ingles - quiet. Fewer albergues, but plenty of other options. If you are after a contemplative experience, in my experience this would be the better of the three.
Camino Finisterre, starting in Finisterre, walking to Muxia and then to Santiago. There are good accommodation options to support doing this over five days, rather than, for example following the four day pattern in Brierley.

None of the routes is particularly isolated, although the CF is least so. The other two both have days where you might be walking for 15km or so without a bar!

Regards,
 
The 2024 Camino guides will be coming out little by little. Here is a collection of the ones that are out so far.
The first edition came out in 2003 and has become the go-to-guide for many pilgrims over the years. It is shipping with a Pilgrim Passport (Credential) from the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela.

Most read last week in this forum

A message has just been posted on the Facebook account of the albergue in Roncesvalles. It seems the combination of pilgrim numbers beyond their capacity and poor weather has made this a difficult...
I’m on the Camino Frances since April 4. I just finished the Meseta and it feels unpleasantly busy and has since the beginning. No time time to smell the roses or draw much. There is a sense from...
The group running the albergue in the ruins of the San Anton monastery near Castrojeriz have announced that the albergue and the ruins will be closed from 1 May until the ruins have been made...
Hello, I'll be starting the Camino soon and there's one bit of it that worries me. The descent from Collado de Lepoeder to Roncesvalles seems quite steep (according to the Wise Pilgrim app) which...
We are in SJPP today While we were standing in line today, one of my pilgrims met 3 people from Taiwan, who could not find a bed. He said he also saw several people on their phones, frantically...
Good morning, all: I'll be starting my first-ever Camino (and first trip to Europe, actually) in one month. I'd appreciate any and all advice regarding the price(s)/price range for lunches on the...

❓How to ask a question

How to post a new question on the Camino Forum.

Forum Rules

Forum Rules

Camino Updates on YouTube

Camino Conversations

Most downloaded Resources

This site is run by Ivar at

in Santiago de Compostela.
This site participates in the Amazon Affiliate program, designed to provide a means for Ivar to earn fees by linking to Amazon
Official Camino Passport (Credential) | 2024 Camino Guides
Back
Top