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Cool days with cold nights but hopefully sunny (fingers crossed) and not busy. Oops have just realised you are doing the Portuguese and I have never walked that route. However, did travel through Portugal in mid to late October by bus and that is the sort of weather we had.Hi We are planning to walk the Camino Portugues central in mid Oct. What type of weather can we expect and how busy is it that time of the year.?
I was told by the albergues, that the Spanish favour July/August. I have never done a Camino then, it would be too hot for me.There has been a lot of talk about "what is the best time to walk", so I thought I would set up a poll on this.
Taking into account crowds and weather, what would be the best month to walk?
We walked in a holy year, it was super busy. At Roncesvalles people were spilling out everywhere and being taxied to other places.I just finished walking the Camino in April and May .Started April 4th at Sauveterre de Bearn on the Vezelay route and finished in Santiago on May 22nd. It was a wonderful time to walk never crowded but lots of interesting people to meet. Just by luck I started at the right time I have a friend who started three weeks later from Rancesvalles and the Camino was a mob scene with people having to sleep outside because there was no room, in the Inn so to speak.
Your walk in the Autumn sounds wonderful. I'm thinking of walking again in September and October of 2010 which I think is a Holy Year. Anyone care to make a guess about crowds in the fall of a Holy Year. :roll:
We bought a Brierleys the second time, and found that it is popular, so if you follow its recommendations you will tend to stay in crowded places. If you pick villages or towns either side of his recommendations, you tend to get easier accommodation, and support some of the smaller places.Thanks, I don't have a Brierley's, I used the English Confraternity Guide and was very disappointed with it. An Australian friend that I met on the Camino used Brierley's and I fell in love with it. I think I will do a search in ABE Books for a used copy. I won't buy a new copy until the 2010 issue is available.
for when the weather gets hot, I love the heat and sunshine...makes drying of clothes fast..There has been a lot of talk about "what is the best time to walk", so I thought I would set up a poll on this.
Taking into account crowds and weather, what would be the best month to walk?
The joys of the broad question...'which route' does make a difference! Walking from early Spring to early Summer as you walk south to north...or late Summer (really late because it can be WARM in late August) into Autumn...it depends on what the pilgrim likes. I am OK with gleaning from the post-harvest fields and trees (I walked Madrid/Salvador/Primitivo from late August, arriving in SCQ early in October) but, storks, flowers and frogs are my 'thing'...Spring it is...There has been a lot of talk about "what is the best time to walk", so I thought I would set up a poll on this.
Taking into account crowds and weather, what would be the best month to walk?
I walked the CF route from Pamplona, starting in January 2018 and finishing late February. I encountered sunshine, heavy snow and torrential rain ( towards the end). I was well equipped, and not too cold as I am from western Canada, but the heavy snow did make for an interesting several days. There were days when I saw several people, and others where I saw none as I did put in some longer days to find a bed. If you are looking for tranquility on the Camino, then I suggest the winter.There has been a lot of talk about "what is the best time to walk", so I thought I would set up a poll on this.
Taking into account crowds and weather, what would be the best month to walk?
With all the reports of crowds, why is September so popular?There has been a lot of talk about "what is the best time to walk", so I thought I would set up a poll on this.
Taking into account crowds and weather, what would be the best month to walk?
Yes, it was crowded especially after switching over from Camino de la Plata to Frances. I walked as far as Zamora then took a bus to Astorga. walked from there very crowded but took my time and always found a place and also took advantage of pensions. I arrived in Santiago without a place reserved. Although Seminario Minor was booked they found me a place closer to the old city. La Salla pensions/hotel/Albergue is a great friendly place highly recommended it; it's like being at home. I had a small room with bathroom place was fabulous.Re: Best time to walk
My son and I just finished the Camino and it was hot, hot, hot! It was crowded, crowded, crowded! It was a race from place to place. It wasn't pleasant. I felt so sorry for the less agile and slower who found refuges full or more accurately closed because the season was too long to maintain them. Obviously demand is outstripping supply. Would not recommend September. Would not recommend any month in the present context. MICHAEL ROGERS
SeptemberThere has been a lot of talk about "what is the best time to walk", so I thought I would set up a poll on this.
Taking into account crowds and weather, what would be the best month to walk?
Heartily agree..I did the Frances from Le Puy in 2007 and I hated it...The CF is NOT THE Camino it is one of many and to me is overrated and over crowded. My first camino was the VDLP in 2006 because the Confraternity of St James said the CF was too crowdedDepends on which Camino you mean.There is a great tendency to refer to the Camino Frances as THE Camino.I therefore find this poll to be of very limited value.
@Davey Boyd, you didn't ask themDecember has been my favorite so far! Would do it again in a heartbeat! Highest nationality walking at that time was Koreans. They outnumbered us all (not that there are many of us around then). Would love to know why it is popular for Koreans at that time. (Not complaining though, the Koreans are wonderful)
@Davey Boyd, you didn't ask them? Most of them are young and still in education or have just finished it. There are two vacation times in South Korea, in summer from July to August and in winter from December to February.
There has been a lot of talk about "what is the best time to walk", so I thought I would set up a poll on this.
Taking into account crowds and weather, what would be the best month to walk?
One of the great things about late May early June is the almost overwhelming fragrance of blossoms on bushes and trees. Unforgettable jasmine.There has been a lot of talk about "what is the best time to walk", so I thought I would set up a poll on this.
Taking into account crowds and weather, what would be the best month to walk?
How was the Primitivo in March for you?My vote:
For the CF November / December & March/May
For Primitivo & Norte March/November
mspath, have you ever walked in the Spring?In the happy, easier past years late autumn and winter were the best times to walk the CF for me.
Accommodation started to close mid October but some place was always open. Hospitaleros usually could give advice on who/what was available on the next stage. There were no summer crowds and beds/bunks were available. I usually slept in an albergue, often the sole pilgrim, but also in back rooms of an open bar/restaurant.
Walking off-season during those past years I rarely saw more than 20 pilgrims at one time. There usually was a strong sense of camaraderie amongst those on the route especially during storms or difficult stretches.
Helpful passing strangers also gave advice. Little was hectic; without the hordes of summer all had time to share info.
No Jill I have not. In the years I walked my husband and I ran a b&b/pilgrim house in our farmhouse along the Marne. Spring, summer and early autumn for the vendage were THE season.mspath, have you ever walked in the Spring?
How was the Primitivo in March for you?
Jill,No Jill I have not. In the years I walked my husband and I ran a b&b/pilgrim house in our farmhouse along the Marne. Spring, summer and early autumn for the vendage were THE season.
Thus I walked happily in late autumn/ winter.
And cherries..I have walked the CF in both May and Sept. Spring is so much better, there is no comparison to me. Storks. Flowers. Green fields. Even less people. STORKS ON THEIR NESTS. Ok, don't tell anybody else.
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