Susan B Johnson
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- June (2016)
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Hola, Susan,My family and I will be walking the Camino (all adults) in May 2017. I have already done Camino and Finsterra. I would like to try something new. Our criteria are these:
1) few people
2) lots of trees
3) mountains or hills are preferable to flat land
Would the Camino del Norte meet this criteria?
Thanks!
My family and I will be walking the Camino (all adults) in May 2017. I have already done Camino and Finsterra. I would like to try something new. Our criteria are these:
1) few people
2) lots of trees
3) mountains or hills are preferable to flat land
Would the Camino del Norte meet this criteria?
Thanks!
Have a think about Italy - the Via Francigena is the pilgrimage route to Rome. Walking through Tuscany certainly meets all your criteriaMy family and I will be walking the Camino (all adults) in May 2017. I have already done Camino and Finsterra. I would like to try something new. Our criteria are these:
1) few people
2) lots of trees
3) mountains or hills are preferable to flat land
Would the Camino del Norte meet this criteria?
Thanks!
My family and I will be walking the Camino (all adults) in May 2017. I have already done Camino and Finsterra. I would like to try something new. Our criteria are these:
1) few people
2) lots of trees
3) mountains or hills are preferable to flat land
Would the Camino del Norte meet this criteria?
Thanks!
The Camino de Invierno every day of the week. It meets all your requirements and is spectacular, amazing, wonderful, and every other similar adjective. Ask peregrina2000 or Kinky One and they'll agree.My family and I will be walking the Camino (all adults) in May 2017. I have already done Camino and Finsterra. I would like to try something new. Our criteria are these:
1) few people
2) lots of trees
3) mountains or hills are preferable to flat land
Would the Camino del Norte meet this criteria?
Thanks!
The Camino de Invierno every day of the week. It meets all your requirements and is spectacular, amazing, wonderful, and every other similar adjective. Ask peregrina2000 or Kinky One and they'll agree.
I've walked it twice and I'll be going back next year for my third helping.
few people? this year I met my first pilgrim on the way out of Quiroga on the 5th day.
lots of trees? lots and lots and lots, although there are also a couple of stages with fewer (down from Las Médulas towards Puente de Domingo Flores, for example).
mountains or hills? very little in the way of flat walking, save for around O Barco de Valdeorras. Some of the climbs and descents are tough going, but not impossible. The walk down to Belesar and up the other side of the river to Chantada is incredibly scenic.
Yes, I loved the Camino Inglés. I did that last year. I want something similar this year, but not the exact same.Camino Ingles!!!!!!!
Thanks for sharing this. Are there pilgrim auberges along the Way?Piedmont Way.
Lonely, farms and little villages, little known romanic churches and monasteries, beautiful landscapes, friendly people. A little gem. It becomes hilly after Pamiers, and there are serious climbs after Saint Bertrand de Comminges. In Oloron you can turn left to Somport, then Aragones and connect to the Frances in Puente la Reina; or go straight to SJPP, then Roncesvalles (or take the GR10 and connect with Norte in Hendaye).
Note : I did only Lourdes-SJPP; I have made the "tourist thing" around Pamiers, SB Comminges. It looks tempting...
Yes. Not so many as in the Frances, but there are.Thanks for sharing this. Are there pilgrim auberges along the Way?
Thank you! - I can read french (slowly). I studied at the Institut Catholique de Paris in 1985, but I've forgotten a lot! (I was happy to be able to get through a few very short conversations in Paris last April.) I like not to have everything planned out when I walk. Thanks so much for information! Bon chemin!Yes. Not so many as in the Frances, but there are.
As far as I know, there is no guide in English. There is a print guide in French, see here
Some guides are online. For the profile of stages, I found Gronze's very good.
There is a list of albergues here
The ACIR association in Toulouse send you its guide upon request, by e-mail. Go here (lots of online info, too) click in "Demandez notre documentation détaillée" and fill out the format.
General problem: guides are not always updated. For example, the municipal albergue in Mauleon does not appear in many guides. Also, many places listed as "Donativo" have currently a set tariff.
It is a inescapable transaction: every time you look for a Camino that is quieter, peaceful, you get also a less "domesticated" way, with not updated info and less services to the pilgrim. But don't worry, many pilgrims walk this way every year without major problems. Sometimes, you ask in a stage about the next one, or share tips with fellow walkers at dinner. Or just improvise on the spot, as in the older times.
There was another thread on the Piedmont, see here
I agree completely with Charrito (and for more info, look in the Resources section and you will see a handy little guide that reflects the contributions of many many Invierno veterans. It will give you a good idea about accommodation, distances, stages, food, etc etc.).
It was on the Invierno that I was first introduced to the beauty of chestnut trees, and their glorious smell when in flower. There are oodles and oodles of these majestic and very resilient trees, I love them.
Very good food, outstanding local wine, very affordable accommodations (though there are few alberges, the pensión situation is quite good), lovely rivers (Minho and Sil are the showstoppers), and a real Camino feeling (which I can't really put into words). It is not as long as the norte, but depending on how far you want to walk you could add on the Madrid (Madrid to Sahagún and then the Francés to Ponferrada, where the Invierno starts), or the Olvidado from Bilbao to Ponferrada (another beautiful untraveled Camino with improved markings and lots to enjoy). Good luck withthtis hard decision! Buen camino, Laurie
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