Jacintha Warren
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Hopefully this coming year
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Thank you! Not going to make Santiago this time round tho!Booking a "nice" place ahead of time in the big city's is always a good idea so you can incorporate a "rest" day with a sight seeing day combined. I would certainly book a "nice" hotel in Santiago ahead of time. (I really like Hotel Montenegro there).
that was really helpful. I have 12 days to get myself together and get some bookings done. Really appreciate that.My wife and I walked from SJPP on 2 May last year, and after having difficulty finding accommodation at Zubiri, booked most of the rest of the way. Others who left a day or so later claimed they had no problem finding accommodation. My advice is that if you do decide not to book ahead, have a strategy for how you are going to deal with finding places full. This might mean:
I find the site at gronze.com useful for information on pilgrim accommodation, but in many cases the number of reviews are relatively small. Booking.com has good coverage of a lot of private albergues and other private accommodation, but not normally municipal or other albergues that don't take bookings.
- searching for other, generally more expensive, options locally
- walking on to the next place if it is close enough
- finding private accommodation off the main path but close enough to take a taxi
- taking a taxi to the closest larger town with available accommodation (and returning the next day to where you were).
I have 12 days to get myself together and get some bookings done. Really appreciate that.
I am willing to bet two-bits that you will change your mind! Have fun; be flexible; change your mind when that works out better. Buen camino.Thank you for your advice, think I won't be booking ahead!
You're right! My plan is to be completely flexible, and see where it takes me. 7 days to go!!!!!I am willing to bet two-bits that you will change your mind! Have fun; be flexible; change your mind when that works out better. Buen camino.
In 2015 when I walked in April/May, the May 1st holiday also fell on a weekend. It was busy that week, as many Spanish people walked for one week. I arrived in Puente La Reina on the Friday night of the long weekend to find the albergues almost full, and many Spanish people started from there on the Saturday (and I was in that wave). It was busy for about a week and then it got quiet again. Since you are starting out on the Monday, you may be between the waves of people starting on Saturday from different cities on the Camino. Even in the wave I only had one night where I had to walk an extra 3 km to find a place to sleep.
In the Resources Section there is a list of favourite albergues. There should also be a list of albergues that have communal meals - I travelled alone and enjoyed communal dinners. Buen camino!
I did this on the Le Puy route in France after I ran into a large hostel that was completely booked and ended up having to stay at a bed and breakfast that was very nice, but much more than I had wanted to spend. I didn't bother in Spain, though. Never had problems.I book ahead - but only 24 hours.
Once I have finished for the day, I assess how I am feeling, legs, feet, back, etc, count up how far I have just walked that day. Then check the map, consider where the albergues are for the next day, and how far I think I might want to walk.
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