Parts will be cold, so be prepared. Parts may even be impassable because of snow. There will be enough open albergues, but the ones in small towns may be closed, so you may have to walk between the major stops. You can get the official open dates from gronze.com or http://caminodesantiago.consumer.es/ but the information is not completely accurate. Call ahead each day if you want to be certain. The owners do not sit around all winter waiting for the occasional pilgrim to show up! They may close spontaneously without announcing the closure.How cold is it?
Are all... or most of the aburgies open and so on?
Hi!
I have never walked the Camino and wonder how it is to walk it in early spring "late februari and mars"?
How cold is it?
Are all... or most of the aburgies open and so on?
Thanks for Help/Peter
Hi!
I have never walked the Camino and wonder how it is to walk it in early spring "late februari and mars"?
How cold is it?
Are all... or most of the aburgies open and so on?
Thanks for Help/Peter
In February indoor temperatures may be the same as outdoor temperatures; albergues are expensive to heat, and hospitaleros try to keep costs low. By April the weather may be pleasantly warm, and albergues are geared up for the "regular" season. You probably won't want or need the sleeping bags. Two solutions come to mind. First, use a baggage service each day to move the heavy stuff. It will cost 4-7E per bag per day. The downside is that you have locked in your destination for the day when you tell the baggage service where to take your bag(s). If you have guessed wrong, though, you can always catch up to your bags in a taxi. Second, once the weather has warmed, mail your heavy stuff to Santiago.We have down sleeping bags and silk liners, which we've used for cold weather camping.