Aaronloughrey
New Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Plan to do the coastal route next summer 2017
Hola peregrinos!
After a fantastic three week camino from Bilbao to Santiago last summer, we have decided to attempt a three day camino to Fisterra at the end of July! We arrive at santiago airport early on a monday morning and depart from santiago very early the following Thursday. We have a few questions:
1. Is it worth getting the credentials? We want to get started walking as soon as possible on arrival and wont have much time to spare leaving Fisterra - can you get certificates in Fisterra? Are there long queues? The experience and journey are more important to us than a bit of paper but it would be nice if it wasn't time intrusive...
2. We are concerned about getting back to the airport for our 7am flight. Our thoughts are to travel back to SDC as late as we can on the wednesday but monbus have only two journeys per day on their website, the latest being 7pm. I'd worry about arriving in fisterra and having no time to enjoy it, or that we don't make the bus as there are too many peregrinos - we don't want to arrive and then wait at a bus stop in order to secure a place, wasting time. How much might a taxi be from fisterra to Santiago? Would one be easy to hire?
If it is similar to an overnight hotel we might consider taxiing direct to airport and crashing there a few hours pre flight, allowing us to enjoy fisterra. (We arent over keen on staying or spending time in Santiago).
I think that's all for the moment! We've walked long days previously so are aware of the three day challenge... Our craziest was Laredo to Santander in one day (including ferries!).
After a fantastic three week camino from Bilbao to Santiago last summer, we have decided to attempt a three day camino to Fisterra at the end of July! We arrive at santiago airport early on a monday morning and depart from santiago very early the following Thursday. We have a few questions:
1. Is it worth getting the credentials? We want to get started walking as soon as possible on arrival and wont have much time to spare leaving Fisterra - can you get certificates in Fisterra? Are there long queues? The experience and journey are more important to us than a bit of paper but it would be nice if it wasn't time intrusive...
2. We are concerned about getting back to the airport for our 7am flight. Our thoughts are to travel back to SDC as late as we can on the wednesday but monbus have only two journeys per day on their website, the latest being 7pm. I'd worry about arriving in fisterra and having no time to enjoy it, or that we don't make the bus as there are too many peregrinos - we don't want to arrive and then wait at a bus stop in order to secure a place, wasting time. How much might a taxi be from fisterra to Santiago? Would one be easy to hire?
If it is similar to an overnight hotel we might consider taxiing direct to airport and crashing there a few hours pre flight, allowing us to enjoy fisterra. (We arent over keen on staying or spending time in Santiago).
I think that's all for the moment! We've walked long days previously so are aware of the three day challenge... Our craziest was Laredo to Santander in one day (including ferries!).