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Santiago packed this weekend - recommend booking ahead

natefaith

Veteran Member
Time of past OR future Camino
2009, 2014, 2017
Hi everyone,
Due to the O Son do Camiño music festival at Monte de Gozo today through Saturday, accommodations in Santiago are very full and very expensive. Pilgrims arriving today have already been having a hard time finding something if they haven't booked ahead. Trains to Madrid are also filling up for the weekend. And taxis in Finisterre and Muxía are being called to Santiago to help shuttle people to and from the festival.

So if you have a chance, and you're arriving in town this weekend, please do book your lodging and any trains ahead of time. Or, if you can avoid arriving in Santiago this weekend, I'd recommend you walk into town next week for a nicer, less chaotic and less crowded welcome.

And if you were planning to sleep in Monte de Gozo, please be prepared for lots of people and lots of noise - the last acts of each evening start in the 2am hour!

Buen Camino!
 
Technical backpack for day trips with backpack cover and internal compartment for the hydration bladder. Ideal daypack for excursions where we need a medium capacity backpack. The back with Air Flow System creates large air channels that will keep our back as cool as possible.

€83,-
The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.
It was already difficult to find a budget room in Santiago last weekend, even searching a week in advance. So I don’t want to think about how hard it might be this weekend!
 

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