Short daily walk

julieb said:

Hello
My daughter and I are planning to walk the Primitivo in her school summer holiday. In order to make it enjoyable, I am planning on walking a maximum of 7 miles a day. Are there sufficiently regular Alberges along the route to support this plan? Many thanks, Julie

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I found a very nice guide to the Primitivo online that lists all of the albergues town by town. I am not at my own computer so I can't send it now but I remember it was easy to find. I did most of the Primitivo last year and I do not recall exactly but I seem to remember passing through lots of towns.

julieb said:

Hello
My daughter and I are planning to walk the Primitivo in her school summer holiday. In order to make it enjoyable, I am planning on walking a maximum of 7 miles a day. Are there sufficiently regular Alberges along the route to support this plan? Many thanks, Julie

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Julieb:

There is a website www.gronze.com that list all the Camino's.
The site also list suggested distances each day and accommodations along the way. If you look at each sections you can see alternate stopping points with accommodation. This should help you plan your walk.

Ultreya,
Joe

The Primitivo is a very tough walk and does not get easy until after Lugo. The first leg from Oviedo to Escamplero is only 12.74 klms but it is still a difficult climb. Pola Allande to Berducedo is extremely difficult as are many other legs.
i would suggest that if you have doubts about your daughters ability to walk the longer distances she will have even more problems with the continual climbs on the Primitivo. I would say that you should consider the CF from Sarria to Santiago. This is only 100kms and has lots of Albergues.

julieb said:

Hello
My daughter and I are planning to walk the Primitivo in her school summer holiday. In order to make it enjoyable, I am planning on walking a maximum of 7 miles a day. Are there sufficiently regular Alberges along the route to support this plan? Many thanks, Julie

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Short Answer No. I walked the Primitivo November 2018 and as the name suggests it’s primitive ....ok for the nay sayers primitivo means original, but ithis route is devoid, in many areas, of any accomodation or anywhere for supplies. Maybe in the summer it’s ‘more touristy’ but my experience was the quietest two weeks of my life. For the first 4 days I walked no less than 14.4 k’s before I found somewhere to stop for the night. 14k’s sounds piddily to most experienced Camino walkers,I imagine but it’s fairly unforgiving for the inexperienced. Avg. walk 20ks Given this was my first Camino and I walked alone it was tough. It’s not so shocking walking a flat, even surface - throw a pack on and navigate hills that are seemingly sometimes endless, for me, distance then seemed harder to conquer. This is not everyone’s experience. I’m a regular walker in the mountains, this route didn’t compare somehow. I can honestly say I would like to do it again, but I set a challenge for myself and it certainly was. I used the ‘Wisely’ Primitivo app a purple icon/white shell and flicked between it and the gronze app., for alternate accommodation if the municipales were shut. For a winter camino though, I’d no real problem. It’s so beautiful and totally doable,definitely not That hard. But you do have to keep ‘supplies’ in your pack as you go because shops are few and Far between and not always open. ‘This is no coffee club crawl’ Enjoy Buen camino