AllisonNFLD
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- October 8-15, 2016 (St. Jean to Los Arcos)
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The requirement for a Compostela is 100 km, which is only 62 miles. The common "final" stretch from Sarria is about 115 km (about 70 miles).the final 100 miles
Also Invierno from Monforte de Lemos and Primitivo from Lugo.Lots of options to walk 100km to Santiago to which you can add a few days to Fisterra/Muxia if you still have time.
The Frances, from Sarria
The Portuguese, from Tui
The Ingles from Ferrol, or from A Coruna if you walk an extra 25km at home.
The Sanabres, as well from Ourense.
For all of these, fly into Santiago and take a bus or tren to your walking starting point. To get to Santiago you can fly in from Madrid or London for example.
Rome2rio website may be helpful.
I would spend two nights in Santiago, and take the cathedral roof top tour.
Can't believe I forgot Lugo!Also Invierno from Monforte de Lemos and Primitivo from Lugo.
Trusty forum members have given you some great advice, Spain is well served with airports, trains and by bus so you should have no problems getting to your start point once you have selected it.My Dad is 66 and I am 36. We are both in good shape. Our walk together last year was one of the greatest memories I have ever made and I'm so excited to get back on the road this year. Thank you in advance for your advice!
Hi there. For my first Camino I flew into Madrid and took a coach direct from the airport to Ponferrada. The coaches are easy to use and cheap and its a pleasant journey. Here is a link to that particular journey - click on bus in the LH column...Hello! Please let me start by saying I have tried to find this information on my own but having a hard time figuring out some specifics that I'm hoping the wonderful people of this forum can help me with!
A little background: Last October, my Dad and I walked from SJPP to Longrono, where we "paused" our pilgrimage due to my work obligations. This year, we'd like to skip ahead to the tail end of the Camino, as we are unsure that this will be a viable trip next year.
We have about 7/8 days to devote to walking and can manage about 20-24 miles per day. I've looked at some of the options of starting points BUT this is where I get confused. My questions are:
1 - Where should we fly in? Last year we flew to Paris and took a train to SJPP. Does it make more sense to fly into Madrid or elsewhere? (We are coming from North America)
2 - Where is the best place to start this portion of the Camino if you had 7 days to walk to Santiago di Compostella?
3 - OR should we just do the final 100 miles and instead, walk to Finsterre at the end? Would you recommend taking a couple of days to tour the area at the end?
4 - What is the best airport (read: easiest to get to) to fly out of following the end of the Camino? I'm sure this is easily found in the threads but I figured I would ask while I was here
My Dad is 66 and I am 36. We are both in good shape. Our walk together last year was one of the greatest memories I have ever made and I'm so excited to get back on the road this year. Thank you in advance for your advice!
This tops all other Camino stories I have ever heard. Who walks the Camino based on the number of km, vs hours walked or just getting to which ever village is shown on the map that has an albergue? I'm stunned. And she must have been suffering and wondering why she wasn't having cafe con leche, an after drink and not walking with a cohort.A lady walking a few yrs ago ended up in Hospital as she walking up to 50km as she mixed up miles and kilometers. We had to carry her one day for 10km to nearest town and ambulance buen camino
1O0 miles = 160 kilometers.
Walking 20/25 miles a day = 32/40 kilometers. At 66 yrs dad might be a bit over tired after a few days. Europe distances in Kiklometers on all signs. A lady walking a few yrs ago ended up in Hospital as she walking up to 50km as she mixed up miles and kilometers. We had to carry her one day for 10km to nearest town and ambulance buen camino
I think she must have been suffering from something else...... And she must have been suffering and wondering why she wasn't having cafe con leche,--.
Hello! Please let me start by saying I have tried to find this information on my own but having a hard time figuring out some specifics that I'm hoping the wonderful people of this forum can help me with!
A little background: Last October, my Dad and I walked from SJPP to Longrono, where we "paused" our pilgrimage due to my work obligations. This year, we'd like to skip ahead to the tail end of the Camino, as we are unsure that this will be a viable trip next year.
We have about 7/8 days to devote to walking and can manage about 20-24 miles per day. I've looked at some of the options of starting points BUT this is where I get confused. My questions are:
1 - Where should we fly in? Last year we flew to Paris and took a train to SJPP. Does it make more sense to fly into Madrid or elsewhere? (We are coming from North America)
2 - Where is the best place to start this portion of the Camino if you had 7 days to walk to Santiago di Compostella?
3 - OR should we just do the final 100 miles and instead, walk to Finsterre at the end? Would you recommend taking a couple of days to tour the area at the end?
4 - What is the best airport (read: easiest to get to) to fly out of following the end of the Camino? I'm sure this is easily found in the threads but I figured I would ask while I was here
My Dad is 66 and I am 36. We are both in good shape. Our walk together last year was one of the greatest memories I have ever made and I'm so excited to get back on the road this year. Thank you in advance for your advice!
Yes! I am mixing up my miles with KM'sI'm just checking here, that you aren't mixing miles and km in your calculations... (Your walking rate of 20-24 miles/day is higher than is typical, so I thought I'd ask.)
The requirement for a Compostela is 100 km, which is only 62 miles. The common "final" stretch from Sarria is about 115 km (about 70 miles).
Ha! I was completely mixing up my KM's with milesO Cebreiro to Santiago is 150 km / 7 days = 21.4 km/day = 13.34 miles/day
20-25 miles/day is realistic as a goal in this context, as there will inevitably be days when the goal isn't reached, because of circumstance, opportunity, or decision, and that'll be fine as what's needed is actually less on average
Also, a goal of 20-25 miles/day is in practice a slower pace than a 20-25 miles/day average hiking speed, as the latter will require some days of 30-35 miles length to compensate for the slower days and the rest days. When I could manage a 40 km/day average back in the 90s and 2000s, it required some 50-65 km days, so that basically my goal was 35-65 km/day (though at the time, I thought of it as 40)
A 25 mile/day average is FAR more demanding than 20-25 miles as an ideal daily target, but never mind if you don't reach it every day
Hi! I was mixing up miles with kilometers and the only reason I mentioned them at all is because it's important to us to get the "last 100". Thank you for your advice and don't worry - we won't over extend ourselves!1O0 miles = 160 kilometers.
Walking 20/25 miles a day = 32/40 kilometers. At 66 yrs dad might be a bit over tired after a few days. Europe distances in Kiklometers on all signs. A lady walking a few yrs ago ended up in Hospital as she walking up to 50km as she mixed up miles and kilometers. We had to carry her one day for 10km to nearest town and ambulance buen camino
Hello! Please let me start by saying I have tried to find this information on my own but having a hard time figuring out some specifics that I'm hoping the wonderful people of this forum can help me with!
A little background: Last October, my Dad and I walked from SJPP to Longrono, where we "paused" our pilgrimage due to my work obligations. This year, we'd like to skip ahead to the tail end of the Camino, as we are unsure that this will be a viable trip next year.
We have about 7/8 days to devote to walking and can manage about 20-24 miles per day. I've looked at some of the options of starting points BUT this is where I get confused. My questions are:
1 - Where should we fly in? Last year we flew to Paris and took a train to SJPP. Does it make more sense to fly into Madrid or elsewhere? (We are coming from North America)
2 - Where is the best place to start this portion of the Camino if you had 7 days to walk to Santiago di Compostella?
3 - OR should we just do the final 100 miles and instead, walk to Finsterre at the end? Would you recommend taking a couple of days to tour the area at the end?
4 - What is the best airport (read: easiest to get to) to fly out of following the end of the Camino? I'm sure this is easily found in the threads but I figured I would ask while I was here
My Dad is 66 and I am 36. We are both in good shape. Our walk together last year was one of the greatest memories I have ever made and I'm so excited to get back on the road this year. Thank you in advance for your advice!
That's so special! My Dad and I had an incredible time last year and we're both excited to get back to the road again togetherTrusty forum members have given you some great advice, Spain is well served with airports, trains and by bus so you should have no problems getting to your start point once you have selected it.
I love walking with my dad, he taught me how to tramp and over the years our trails have gone from him picking me up (and my sisters) and carrying me in at the end of the day, to epic teenage climbs, to more leisurely strolls where I have carried his pack into the hut at the end of the day. Over the years we have learnt so much about each other from our walks together, he never did get to go on a Camino and I regret that, but dad and I still walk the farm tracks through our orchards every day, he is 87 now . Have a great trip and make plenty more memories with you dad.
Hi! If you and your Dad can walk 25-30 Km with packs (you can take a small day pack and for 5 euros send your pack on to the next albergue if having any blister/ leg or medical physical issues) then as others have said O'Cebreiro would be a beautiful starting point. My daughter and I finished this leg of the walk in 7 days. We did have one very short day of 13 Km, which we both decided was way too short. We both love walking and stopping along the Camino at little Cafe's meeting other pilgrims were highlights of our Camino.
From Sarria on the Camino definitely has a different feel. We found it to be not as quaint or communal and a starting point for lots of pilgrims!
As others mentioned if there is another route that is less travelled it may give you more of that feeling that you and your Dad had when you first went.
After getting up, oh dark stupid early, to walk our last 20 Km to Santiago, going to the pilgrims mass at noon was an amazing feeling that we will always remember.
Good luck with you planning!
Buen Camino!!
PS we did go to Finisterre and walk to Muxia . The sea is an incredible force. A great ending to our incredible journey!
Hi Paul. I'm getting married next fall and hopefully starting a family. We plan to do the middle portion at another time but have decided that doing the end will be very special, in case life happens and we don't get back sooner than we would like. All this said, my favourite thing I learned on our first Camino "leg" is that there is no right or wrong way to do it, and that knowledge was very freeing to us and we are just gonna do whatever feels good/right for us. I hope the same to you!Consider continuing onward from Longrono and walk as far as you can. Come back next year and continue. Why skip any part of the experience?
-Paul
That is so heartbreaking a beautiful. What an incredible thing to do in your parent's memory. Thank you for sharing your story and I promise we will go there for the sun set!I walked from SJdPDP last September/October and ended up taking the bus from Santiago to Finastirre to spread my parents ashes. Got there for the spectacular sun set. Stayed on the highest point and saw the sun rise the next day. I did not have enough days for the 3 day walk. It also rained heavily before and after I got to Finastirre. While there it was beautiful. Have a Buen Camino
thank you SO much for this information- this was exactly what I wanted to know.Yes, as above. We came from Los Angeles. We flew LA to Madrid. Madrid to Santiago. Santiago we took a prebooked taxi who met us at the airport to Sarria. We didn't want to see any of Santiago as that was our destination, so kept it a surprise. The private taxi was expensive but we arrived late in the evening and didn't get to Sarria until midnight.
Took us 8 days and we walked short days of 8 miles. Most are done earlier. We stayed in Santiago for 3 days and thoroughly enjoyed the town. We were able to see the botafumerio swing by attending several masses. It was spectacular to see in person. We wanted to go to the coast but it was raining so in the end, we were glad to remain and explore Santiago.
We then flew back to Madrid from Santiago - then back to LA. Thus the only extra travel cost was really the taxi ride to Sarria - otherwise the RT was LA - Madrid - Santiago.
Buen Camino.
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