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Some good thoughts, thank you. And I get your point - if it's not the pilgrimage experience they are after we don't need to restrict ourselves to camino routes.Wait till you’ve walked. You’ll have experienced the scenic and the not so. You’ll have experienced Camino, sacred and profane. You’ll be able to reframe your question.
If your family want a walking holiday why not take them on one. There are fantastic, well provisioned, routes in Andalusia, in the Basque region, around Barcelona- try walking to Figueres and the Museo Dali.
I’m not suggesting, before someone suggests I am, that the pilgrimage routes should be left to pilgrims. Far from it. What I’m suggesting is that your family’s desires might be more easily met other than on one of the thousand roads to Santiago. If they change any parts of their inclinations when they hear your tales then plan to walk the Camino Ingles
Yeah I'm thinking that the crowds and festive atmosphere of the last 100kms - which is often a perceived negative in the minds of pilgrims that have walked from further away - might be appealing to my wife and daughter (who will be 15 then).If you can ignore all the noise, the last 100km from Sarria to SDC is really very beautiful. And for the young ones it's a hoot. A moving fiesta.
What?!! But . . . but there's more people.If you can ignore all the noise, the last 100km from Sarria to SDC is really very beautiful. And for the young ones it's a hoot. A moving fiesta.
Haven't yet walked my first camino and here I am planning my second...
I'll be walking the CF this spring/summer, but I'm looking ahead to summer 2024, when my wife and teenage daughter will join me. We are starting to consider routes.
With the following criteria, which section would you recommend?
For a 100 km walk that may or may not qualify for a compostella depending on route taken see the thread Lugo to Santiago.I'll be walking the CF this spring/summer, but I'm looking ahead to summer 2024, when my wife and teenage daughter will join me. We are starting to consider routes.
Le Puy to Conques or RocamadourHaven't yet walked my first camino and here I am planning my second...
I'll be walking the CF this spring/summer, but I'm looking ahead to summer 2024, when my wife and teenage daughter will join me. We are starting to consider routes.
With the following criteria, which section would you recommend?
Assumptions:
- travel is in July or August
- reaching Santiago isn't a must
- walking for 5-7 days maximum (as part of a 2-3 week trip to Spain)
- looking for a relatively easy walk - not too much up and down. Some is ok - welcome even - but not looking for a gruelling hike.
- not fussy about which camino we walk (ie doesn't have to be the CF, but it could be)
We're really just looking for the most beautiful/scenic/interesting section of a camino to walk. My wife and daughter will be treating this very much like a walking holiday, not a pilgrimage.
Not having walked anywhere myself yet I have no opinion to offer my wife, so I'm reaching out to you guys for some suggestions. She will then spend some time researching some of the suggestions and hopefully pick a route. I suspect this research will help keep her occupied while I'm off enjoying myself walking the CF.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
looking for a relatively easy walk - not too much up and down.
I’m a big fan of the experience of walking an early part of a Camino. The connection that forms with others is magical like I’ve never experienced anywhere else. Starting in St. Jean requires a hard first day. An easier start is from Pamplona.Haven't yet walked my first camino and here I am planning my second...
I'll be walking the CF this spring/summer, but I'm looking ahead to summer 2024, when my wife and teenage daughter will join me. We are starting to consider routes.
With the following criteria, which section would you recommend?
Assumptions:
- travel is in July or August
- reaching Santiago isn't a must
- walking for 5-7 days maximum (as part of a 2-3 week trip to Spain)
- looking for a relatively easy walk - not too much up and down. Some is ok - welcome even - but not looking for a gruelling hike.
- not fussy about which camino we walk (ie doesn't have to be the CF, but it could be)
We're really just looking for the most beautiful/scenic/interesting section of a camino to walk. My wife and daughter will be treating this very much like a walking holiday, not a pilgrimage.
Not having walked anywhere myself yet I have no opinion to offer my wife, so I'm reaching out to you guys for some suggestions. She will then spend some time researching some of the suggestions and hopefully pick a route. I suspect this research will help keep her occupied while I'm off enjoying myself walking the CF.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Because you only have a week, Portuguese coastal till it turns into Spain is perfect!Haven't yet walked my first camino and here I am planning my second...
I'll be walking the CF this spring/summer, but I'm looking ahead to summer 2024, when my wife and teenage daughter will join me. We are starting to consider routes.
With the following criteria, which section would you recommend?
Assumptions:
- travel is in July or August
- reaching Santiago isn't a must
- walking for 5-7 days maximum (as part of a 2-3 week trip to Spain)
- looking for a relatively easy walk - not too much up and down. Some is ok - welcome even - but not looking for a gruelling hike.
- not fussy about which camino we walk (ie doesn't have to be the CF, but it could be)
We're really just looking for the most beautiful/scenic/interesting section of a camino to walk. My wife and daughter will be treating this very much like a walking holiday, not a pilgrimage.
Not having walked anywhere myself yet I have no opinion to offer my wife, so I'm reaching out to you guys for some suggestions. She will then spend some time researching some of the suggestions and hopefully pick a route. I suspect this research will help keep her occupied while I'm off enjoying myself walking the CF.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
I have considered that possibility, and promptly banished it from my mind. I'm quite certain I will love it, but even if I hate it for some reason I will finish my camino, no question about it.I certainly do not want discourage you but did you consider the possibility that when on your first Camino you might not enjoy it?
Most likely this will not happen to you but lots of pilgrims take the decision to stop en route.
This does not necessarily mean because of a physical injury, many other reasons might occur.
Excellent points!Not trying to be discouraging here, but I would be a bit hesitant about this idea. Combining pilgrimage and travel sounds great in theory but it can be a bit difficult in practice, firstly on a practical level (clothes, luggage etc) but mostly on an emotional/mental level. The two things require different mindsets and different energy and it can be difficult to transition from one to the other. If you are set on this plan, I would do the pilgrimage part at the end, because going from pilgrimage to tourism is harder than it sounds.
It would be helpful if you gave us some indication of where your interests lie (to determine what you might find interesting) or what kind of scenery you find beautiful. Unfortunately, for many, the Caminos that are considered the most scenic are also the ones that are more challenging with more ups and downs.Haven't yet walked my first camino and here I am planning my second...
I'll be walking the CF this spring/summer, but I'm looking ahead to summer 2024, when my wife and teenage daughter will join me. We are starting to consider routes.
With the following criteria, which section would you recommend?
Assumptions:
- travel is in July or August
- reaching Santiago isn't a must
- walking for 5-7 days maximum (as part of a 2-3 week trip to Spain)
- looking for a relatively easy walk - not too much up and down. Some is ok - welcome even - but not looking for a gruelling hike.
- not fussy about which camino we walk (ie doesn't have to be the CF, but it could be)
We're really just looking for the most beautiful/scenic/interesting section of a camino to walk. My wife and daughter will be treating this very much like a walking holiday, not a pilgrimage.
Not having walked anywhere myself yet I have no opinion to offer my wife, so I'm reaching out to you guys for some suggestions. She will then spend some time researching some of the suggestions and hopefully pick a route. I suspect this research will help keep her occupied while I'm off enjoying myself walking the CF.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Thanks David. In retrospect I'm jumping the gun here, and I should hold off on picking a route until I've had a chance to walk the CF, as that no doubt will inform and influence my decision. Coming from the west coast of Canada we are used to hiking in the mountains, so what's novel and exciting to us would be the beautiful medieval villages and cathedrals. Things we don't see in Canada. I have a feeling we will end up opting to walk a part of the CF, as that seems to have everything we are looking for. I'll know for sure this May!It would be helpful if you gave us some indication of where your interests lie (to determine what you might find interesting) or what kind of scenery you find beautiful. Unfortunately, for many, the Caminos that are considered the most scenic are also the ones that are more challenging with more ups and downs.
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