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Usually people walk to Finisterra and or Muxia after Santiago.I am planning to start my first solo camino, from Porto on 13nd of april. I will start on my 46th birthdayI think I will follow interior route since I am a bit nervous about being all alone on coastal way.
My return back flight from Santiago de Compostela is on 26th of april. This gives me 13 days.
Do you think it’s manageable? If I add also Finisterre and Muxia to my route would that be too ambitious?
Maybe just Finisterre, not sure.
I mean before to arrive to SdC I want to pass through those places.
What would be your advices to a newbie like me?
thank you and buen camino
how auspicious to set out on your birthday - starting a new cycle of life with a pilgrimage -I am planning to start my first solo camino, from Porto on 13nd of april. I will start on my 46th birthdayI think I will follow interior route since I am a bit nervous about being all alone on coastal way.
My return back flight from Santiago de Compostela is on 26th of april. This gives me 13 days.
Do you think it’s manageable? If I add also Finisterre and Muxia to my route would that be too ambitious?
Maybe just Finisterre, not sure.
I mean before to arrive to SdC I want to pass through those places.
What would be your advices to a newbie like me?
thank you and buen camino
May I ask you a question about the weather on the Portuguese. I know there is no absolute but my husband and I are planning on walking in the Spring , 2018 and wondering whether April or May would be better. We prefer to walk when it is cooler and have all necessary rain protection but would of course prefer to walk in balmy weather! Thank you.how auspicious to set out on your birthday - starting a new cycle of life with a pilgrimage -
This schedule appears to be of such nature that it does not leave much time/space to meander, explore the places you walk through.
you don't share any info regarding your pacing - what is your walking pace with a backpack ? or if you arrive from an oversea's journey (aka jet-lag issues to consider as well).
I walked that route - but started in Lisboa - in early May. And it took me a good week+ to get into an easeful pacing and having my body better adjusted to those walking stages.
And I allowed myself rest days. your schedule would not allow for that all - and to me, that would be stressful ... and very counter to what - to me - a pilgrimage is also about.
enjoy the planning - and then Bom Caminho !
There is not right answer.May I ask you a question about the weather on the Portuguese. I know there is no absolute but my husband and I are planning on walking in the Spring , 2018 and wondering whether April or May would be better. We prefer to walk when it is cooler and have all necessary rain protection but would of course prefer to walk in balmy weather! Thank you.
I am planning to start my first solo camino, from Porto on 13nd of april. I will start on my 46th birthdayI think I will follow interior route since I am a bit nervous about being all alone on coastal way.
My return back flight from Santiago de Compostela is on 26th of april. This gives me 13 days.
Do you think it’s manageable? If I add also Finisterre and Muxia to my route would that be too ambitious?
Maybe just Finisterre, not sure.
I mean before to arrive to SdC I want to pass through those places.
What would be your advices to a newbie like me?
thank you and buen camino
with weatherpatterns going hay-wire all over the worlds, one can't really answer that with any level of certitude.May I ask you a question about the weather on the Portuguese. I know there is no absolute but my husband and I are planning on walking in the Spring , 2018 and wondering whether April or May would be better. We prefer to walk when it is cooler and have all necessary rain protection but would of course prefer to walk in balmy weather! Thank you.
Hi Nimo & welcome
You would have time to bus out to Finisterra also. It doesn’t take a long time to walk out to the lighthouse from the bus stop. Explore the little village and there are some nice beaches that you walk on or beside if you ‘walk’ to Finisterra.
You don’t actually need to book a tour as there are regular buses to and from. Visit the tourist office in Santiago when you’re there for a timetable.
HiI am planning to start my first solo camino, from Porto on 13nd of april. I will start on my 46th birthdayI think I will follow interior route since I am a bit nervous about being all alone on coastal way.
My return back flight from Santiago de Compostela is on 26th of april. This gives me 13 days.
Do you think it’s manageable? If I add also Finisterre and Muxia to my route would that be too ambitious?
Maybe just Finisterre, not sure.
I mean before to arrive to SdC I want to pass through those places.
What would be your advices to a newbie like me?
thank you and buen camino
I just completed my Camino from Matosinhos to Santiago. It was easier to start in Matosinhos than in Porto although i went to the Cathedral in Porto first. It took me 11 days and i carried my pack. I’m 63 and it was my first Camino. I started walking with another person but she was injured and unable to continue after the third day. I did the coastal route but it wasn’t marked in some areas. I went in August and was alone for a few days. You won’t have problems finding hostels in April. I stayed in both hostels and hotels. Bom caminho!
10 days is about right for Porto to SDC. We took the train to Matosinhos and started there. Bom Caminho!I am planning to start my first solo camino, from Porto on 13nd of april. I will start on my 46th birthdayI think I will follow interior route since I am a bit nervous about being all alone on coastal way.
My return back flight from Santiago de Compostela is on 26th of april. This gives me 13 days.
Do you think it’s manageable? If I add also Finisterre and Muxia to my route would that be too ambitious?
Maybe just Finisterre, not sure.
I mean before to arrive to SdC I want to pass through those places.
What would be your advices to a newbie like me?
thank you and buen camino
PI am planning to start my first solo camino, from Porto on 13nd of april. I will start on my 46th birthdayI think I will follow interior route since I am a bit nervous about being all alone on coastal way.
My return back flight from Santiago de Compostela is on 26th of april. This gives me 13 days.
Do you think it’s manageable? If I add also Finisterre and Muxia to my route would that be too ambitious?
Maybe just Finisterre, not sure.
I mean before to arrive to SdC I want to pass through those places.
What would be your advices to a newbie like me?
thank you and buen camino
Hi Nimo,I am planning to start my first solo camino, from Porto on 13nd of april. I will start on my 46th birthdayI think I will follow interior route since I am a bit nervous about being all alone on coastal way.
My return back flight from Santiago de Compostela is on 26th of april. This gives me 13 days.
Do you think it’s manageable? If I add also Finisterre and Muxia to my route would that be too ambitious?
Maybe just Finisterre, not sure.
I mean before to arrive to SdC I want to pass through those places.
What would be your advices to a newbie like me?
thank you and buen camino
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