ElCaminanteChileno
New Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino Frances Jun/July 2016
Hi everybody,
Longtime lurker, first time poster. My girlfriend and I are going to be starting el Camino Frances mid-June from St. Jean and we are very excited about this. However, we have been reading all about the busy albergues and we are getting a bit worried, so I had a couple questions.
1) I have read about lots of people booking days in advanced. However I thought most of the albergues (at least the municipal and parish ones) were first come first serve. Has this changed? These are the ones we were hoping on staying since they are more in our price range.
2) What happens if you get to a town that is all “completo” and you don’t have time to get to another town? Where do you sleep?
I would be perfectly fine with sleeping on a sleeping pad on a church porch but would this be allowed?
3) I read the post that suggested to walk other caminos and it got me interested in the Northern route. I know next to nothing about that route and when I have time I will research it more but how does it compare to the Frances? Is it as well demarcated? Does it have the same support system in terms of cheap albergues and menu peregrino, etc?
Thanks!!
Longtime lurker, first time poster. My girlfriend and I are going to be starting el Camino Frances mid-June from St. Jean and we are very excited about this. However, we have been reading all about the busy albergues and we are getting a bit worried, so I had a couple questions.
1) I have read about lots of people booking days in advanced. However I thought most of the albergues (at least the municipal and parish ones) were first come first serve. Has this changed? These are the ones we were hoping on staying since they are more in our price range.
2) What happens if you get to a town that is all “completo” and you don’t have time to get to another town? Where do you sleep?
I would be perfectly fine with sleeping on a sleeping pad on a church porch but would this be allowed?
3) I read the post that suggested to walk other caminos and it got me interested in the Northern route. I know next to nothing about that route and when I have time I will research it more but how does it compare to the Frances? Is it as well demarcated? Does it have the same support system in terms of cheap albergues and menu peregrino, etc?
Thanks!!