Next Camino, which one?

[falconbrother]

My wife said the words I wanted to hear the other day: "Start looking for our next Camino. Make sure it has good infrastructure, like a bag forwarding service." We walked the Frances from SJPDP to Santiago this year. I loved it very much.

Which way has good infrastructure other than the Frances? Does the Norte or Portuguese Coastal?

 

[Jarrad]

Just a thought: Maybe look the Le Puy route to SJPdP, if you aren't wedded to the Iberian peninsula. Different experience, different country, good infrastructure and baggage service.

 

[trecile]

The Francés has the best overall infrastructure of all the routes that I've walked.
There is bag transport available on the Norte, but limited pilgrim accommodations, and distances between towns can be longer.

 

[GaTeach]

Nothing wrong with doing the Frances again. ))))))

 

[dbier]

Primitivo has bag transport. And I think Ingles has Correos, at a minimum.

 

[KGBurk]

I think you have to prioritize the key factors in choosing a Camino and then work down the decision making tree. If bag shuttling is crucial then that narrows it down. If you don’t want to stay in Albergues, that narrows it down even more. Don’t want to walk on grades greater than 10%? That eliminates the early stages of the Le Puy and other Caminos. Want a strong social walk? Not going to find that on the Mozarabe and many others so those are eliminated. The open ended question of “which Camino to do next” gets narrowed down pretty quickly based on your priorities and non-negotiables.

 

[KeyserSoza]

Having done the CF in 2023 & again in 2024 I second GaTeach suggestion. In 2024 we finished on the Invierno from Monteforte, avoiding Sarria to SDC.

 

[KeyserSoza]

Next year we are planning to do the San Salvador & Primitivo, both of which have luggage transfers.

 

[trecile]

Next year we are planning to do the San Salvador & Primitivo, both of which have luggage transfers.

I didn't realize that there was any luggage transport available on the Salvador, but checked the bag transport thread and found this post:

On the Salvador there are a couple of taxi services that service the route. They are not cheap but reasonable - pretty much standard taxi rates. Great service.

Juan Morales - Léon to Pajares + 34 630 990 179

and Joaquin Moran ( a very pleasant person) from Pajares to Oviedo +34 619 146 726.