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That is a great time of year. It's green not brown. Might be a little cold on occasion. You'll meet people.Hi Everyone. I am planning on going on my Camino in May 2025. I am a single woman in her 40s. I intend to do the entire 800 km. My question is this: Is May a good time to travel on the Camino? Also, will I meet a lot of fellow travellers at that time of the year?
Another question? Where do I get guidebooks to plan the route and to help me navigate? I would love to get a book to help me with this. I intend to spend 60 days so that I have enough time to explore the route and not walk with just the end in mind.That is a great time of year. It's green not brown. Might be a little cold on occasion. You'll meet people.
Why not use the book most use? Here's a link to it.HI. I am doing the Camino for the first time in May 2025. I am wondering is there a website, a book or a pdf document that will help me in planning the Camino? Something that I can rely on as a day to day guide on my walk. Any suggestion will be helpful. TIA
Also, you will find everything you need to know in this website! you've found your way to the source of nearly everything you need to know.HI. I am doing the Camino for the first time in May 2025. I am wondering is there a website, a book or a pdf document that will help me in planning the Camino? Something that I can rely on as a day to day guide on my walk. Any suggestion will be helpful. TIA
Lots of both. The John Brierley guide is the granddaddy of them all and it is on sale in bookstores and online. The best website is probably Gronze which is in Spanish but you can Google translate into English. Plus where you are now, this forum.HI. I am doing the Camino for the first time in May 2025. I am wondering is there a website, a book or a pdf document that will help me in planning the Camino? Something that I can rely on as a day to day guide on my walk. Any suggestion will be helpful. TIA
I don't use books. Apps + websites only.. As others have noted already, Gronze.com is awesome (probably my #1 planning source). Camino Ways & Buen Camino (apps) for navigating. For general guidance, or opinions and reactions to questions, definitely caminodesantiago.me.Another question? Where do I get guidebooks to plan the route and to help me navigate? I would love to get a book to help me with this. I intend to spend 60 days so that I have enough time to explore the route and not walk with just the end in mind.
Hi, in 2018 I left SJPdP on May 1st and had a cold wind with light snow and freezing rain near the top of the Napoleon route. The rest of the walk was mostlyHi Everyone. I am planning on going on my Camino in May 2025. I am a single woman in her 40s. I intend to do the entire 800 km. My question is this: Is May a good time to travel on the Camino? Also, will I meet a lot of fellow travellers at that time of the year?
Many consider May one of the best times to walk the Camino Frances. For that reason, the beginning of May is one of the busiest times of year for departures from St. Jean Pied de Port (the other busy time is early September). So you can be very confident that you will meet plenty of fellow travelers at that time of year! You may want to book the first few days of accommodations in advance, up to Pamplona, where people start to spread out.Hi Everyone. I am planning on going on my Camino in May 2025. I am a single woman in her 40s. I intend to do the entire 800 km. My question is this: Is May a good time to travel on the Camino? Also, will I meet a lot of fellow travellers at that time of the year?
I'm sure Ivar can hook you up with guide books!Hi Everyone. I am planning on going on my Camino in May 2025. I am a single woman in her 40s. I intend to do the entire 800 km. My question is this: Is May a good time to travel on the Camino? Also, will I meet a lot of fellow travellers at that time of the year?
There are a number of guide books you can get to help you plan and navigate. The Brierley guide is probably the most popular one in English, but I also liked the Village to Village guide and the Moon guide. Wise Pilgrim also publishes a paper guide. All of these can be purchased from the Forum Store, and I believe that Ivar will throw in a free credencial if you purchase from there.Another question? Where do I get guidebooks to plan the route and to help me navigate? I would love to get a book to help me with this. I intend to spend 60 days so that I have enough time to explore the route and not walk with just the end in mind.
I really liked the godesalco planificador, which I've used on the CF and CP in planning my stages. Once I knew the range of distances I was comfortable with, this app allowed me to choose multiple starting and stopping points and to see the distance between any two points. Once I had 2 or 3 options, I would use gronze.com to see what accommodations each ending point offered. On my first Camino (CF Sep-Oct 2021), I found I needed to plan two or three days out for the last 100km as it got more crowded and some accommodations were "completo".Here's another good site for planning
Planificador - Camino de Santiago - Godesalco.com
Perfiles altitudinales, planificación de etapas y archivos GPS para el Camino de Santiago.godesalco.com
If you are looking for early part of the year, I think end April is the perfect time as walking through SpainHi Everyone. I am planning on going on my Camino in May 2025. I am a single woman in her 40s. I intend to do the entire 800 km. My question is this: Is May a good time to travel on the Camino? Also, will I meet a lot of fellow travellers at that time of the year?
camino de santiago. by john brierley. amazonAnother question? Where do I get guidebooks to plan the route and to help me navigate? I would love to get a book to help me with this. I intend to spend 60 days so that I have enough time to explore the route and not walk with just the end in mind.
Hi Everyone. I am planning on going on my Camino in May 2025. I am a single woman in her 40s. I intend to do the entire 800 km. My question is this: Is May a good time to travel on the Camino? Also, will I meet a lot of fellow travellers at that time of the year?
Ok, that is a great point. One thing I love about walking in the Spring vs Fall is everyday the days get longer, not shorter. Well, I love them both... but... it is an added bonus to Spring.I walked May 18th to June30th this year. Only 3 days of rain and its light out early in the morning and later at night which I liked. Only walked one morning in the dark (it was the last day into Santiago and everyone wanted to get there for the noon mass) but I did not enjoy walking in the dark. I like to see the surrounding when I walk.
I have walked the CF in may and walked well and would advise the Pyrenees can be cold and confusing. My first walk to Roncevalles it sleeted twice on the way. I have never stayed at Orisson in five crossings but some do . It makes for a short first day, maybe 7 km. If you are friendly , don’t complain until a beer at the end of the day, and are helpful you will meet lots of pilgrims. I like the Brierly book but don’t always stay at the advise stop overs. Some of the really crowded albergues but fun .I am not young and have walked a dozen times and will walk again in the spring. It habit forming-Hi Everyone. I am planning on going on my Camino in May 2025. I am a single woman in her 40s. I intend to do the entire 800 km. My question is this: Is May a good time to travel on the Camino? Also, will I meet a lot of fellow travellers at that time of the year?
May is a great time to walk and you will find plenty of company. The French Way it's easy and well signed, Saint Jean Pied de Port /Santiago normally takes around 30/35 days (around 13/15 ml per day). It really depends on how much you are able to walk in a day and be comfortable. I suggest you Forwalk. It is a great resource with maps, information about the different stages and a list of accommodation along the Way. It will tell you how far off the Camino an accommodation is. You can also check reviews and book your accommodation in advance comfortably using this guide, https://app.forwalk.org/2/1/en-us/19/ I hope it works for you, buen camino!I am wondering is there a website, a book or a pdf document that will help me in planning the Camino? Something that I can rely on as a day to day guide on my walk. Any suggestion will be helpful. TIA
One thing I love about walking in the Spring vs Fall is everyday the days get longer, not shorter.
Thank you! I just bought the book. I am glad I did. It is so compact and light. I am certainly bringing it along on my trip!Why not use the book most use? Here's a link to it.
Camino de Santiago French Way
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