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skilsaw said:You certainly can take an arranged tour, but I don't believe those bus tourists experience the true Camino.
If one walks without support one develops a huge sense of accomplishment.
That is not to say the guided tours are wrong.
sillydoll said:Most of the camino tours allow you to book an unguided walk.
mel410 said:Hi we are wanting to walk a section of the french way - we only hve 8 days. Can anyone recommend which section to do. We have been told that the route through the winelands is worth doing? We are also wanting to take a package that arranges your accommodation before hand (followthecamino) has anyone else done this?
thankyou
Mel
sillydoll said:Almost every pilgrimage to Holy shrines such as to Rome, the Holy Land, or even to Lourdes, are booked through tour operators. And, very few people even try to walk to those.
I told this forum of meeting a lovely Irish pilgrim on the camino in 2007. She'd had a spinal operation when she was 42 and promised God that if she walked again, she would walk to Santiago. And so she did, in her 50th year - with the support and back-up of a tour agency. They booked all her accommodation and transferred her luggage for her because she couldn't carry her backpack. She walked every inch of the way - and was very proud to reach Santiago.
Yes, George Orwell was rigfht - "Enlightened people seldom or never possess a sense of responsibility".
That is exactly what we did the first time - started in Roncevalles and finished up in Nájera (8 days). The bug bit hard and we have been back 3 times now. The second year picking up the Camino in Nájera and walked to Santiago. The next year, we walked straight through Roncevalles to Santiago and this year's Camino was only a short one from Ourense to Santiago. As you see, the bug bit hard! AnneRENSHAW said:Start at Saint Jean Pied de Port or Rocesvalles on the Camino Frances and aim for Logrono ..........Then , if the bug bites :mrgreen: , you'll be back before long and you can pick up again from where you left off.
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