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Only a few have private rooms. Private albergues may take reservations. Check gronze.com to see which ones do.Is it possible to book at the Albergues and are there any Albergues with single or double rooms?
40kms is aggressive...i liked 30km a dayWe were covering about 40km per day and regularly ended our days after 4 or 5 p.m. This was in July. Had no problem finding lodging options. Sometimes the municipal allergies were full, but unless you are on a tight budget, you may want to stay elsewhere anyway. This discussion comes up ofter and most veterans suggest not sweating it and stay flexible.
Buen Camino
40kms is aggressive...i liked 30km a day
To each their own. However, next time, I plan to stick to 20-25km per day and spend more time exploring.40kms is aggressive...i liked 30km a day
So on our Camino, I booked a room our first night and then let it just unfold after that - it was great and always worked out well. A couple times when we wanted a hotel room and there was a large enough town coming up, I got on booking.com at lunch time and made a reservation for that night.
This flexibility allowed us to adjust our pacing to suit the day, our mood, the weather, what others we were walking with had decided to do. Sometimes you just feel like walking more and other times you really feel like stopping before you thought you would that da
I like your work! Excited as I spotted some I've booked on a quick scan. Can't read it properly on the ipad but will definitely download to a real computer. Muchas gracias.We really liked the flexibility of choosing a destination a day at a time and either showed up or called ahead the night before. The majority of the time (June and October 2015) we stayed in double rooms. If you search: hotels on this site - - you should be able to find a spread sheet I posted tonight of recommendations and comments from a bunch of pilgrims, including us. It's a pretty primitive spread sheet, but you might find it useful. Buen Camino!
5km an hour is a brisk walk...so 8 hours without a break or even a moment to consider the views or the steep ascents and descents just seems more of an exercise routine than a spiritual journey...one woman did it in 18 days..bravoWhy "aggressive"? If someone is fit enough to walk that distance and still enjoy the experience how does that threaten or intimidate? Seems a legitimate choice to me.
i agree....i like the singleness of purpose which is traversing the 500 miles to santiago...I would be bored out of my mind spending 2 days in Burgos and Leon and never thought any place the CF takes you through is really interesting enough to soend lots of tome in when I am in Camino mode. I mich prefer doing shorter days along the way in terms of getting rest. This being said, I am in love with Rabanal and could walk around, and aroind, and aroind, that village for days and days, it just tugs at my heart. Even its bees I love.
5km an hour is a brisk walk...so 8 hours without a break or even a moment to consider the views or the steep ascents and descents just seems more of an exercise routine than a spiritual journey...one woman did it in 18 days..bravo
this is not a personal attack on 40km a day wakers...it's just a reply to a thread to those who are first time camino pilgrims who are trying , like we all did, to try and plan in our hearts and physical bodies our time frame to do the camino....i leave this thread at that...I quite often walk 35-40 km days on camino. Along the way I usually stop several times for coffee, a beer or a snack. Or simply to talk with other pilgrims or chance encounters on the way. When there is the opportunity I will take a long lunch break and enjoy a leisurely menu del dia - preferably with a generous dose of vino tinto. If a church or museum or something else of interest catches my eye I will stop and visit it. I do not feel that my day is a forced march or exercise routine. 5km/h is my natural walking pace in most circumstances and 35km is a comfortable distance for me without undue strain. I walk longer daily stages than many others simply by walking for more hours each day - not by forcing my body excessively. So I usually aim to arrive at an albergue in early evening rather than mid-afternoon. One of the reasons why I prefer to walk on less crowded routes and in quiet seasons. Perhaps it is the result of long practice but I find that I can appreciate the scenery and reflect on spiritual matters at least as clearly while I walk as when standing still. Perhaps more so: the repetition and rhythm of walking acting like a mantra or a rosary in stilling the mind and allowing me to appreciate time and place more clearly. I understand that many people would find nothing in a 40km day but pain and frustration. I would certainly never suggest it as the norm or an ideal to aim for. All I would ask is that you remain open to the possibility that others may find genuine pleasure and deep satisfaction in choices other than your own.
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