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Camino De Santiago
Posted on 1/8/23 at 8:51 pm
Posted on 1/8/23 at 8:51 pm
A friend asked me if I was up to walking the last 100 km of the Camino later this year. I bought the book and started planning. My friend is a bit boujee and wants to sleep in "boutique hotels" with her boyfriend along the way. My girlfriend and I will probably do the hostels, convents, or monasteries.
Anyone here ever done this trip? What were the hostels like? Ive stayed in some refuges in Switzerland, Italy, and France. Those were beautiful and clean but I dont know that they got the number of visitors that the Camino sees every year.
What is the terrain like? Im thinking it will be 13 miles / 1000 ft elevation per day. This seems really doable, especially without having to pack all the food and probably light on the water.
TIA
Anyone here ever done this trip? What were the hostels like? Ive stayed in some refuges in Switzerland, Italy, and France. Those were beautiful and clean but I dont know that they got the number of visitors that the Camino sees every year.
What is the terrain like? Im thinking it will be 13 miles / 1000 ft elevation per day. This seems really doable, especially without having to pack all the food and probably light on the water.
TIA
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Posted on 1/8/23 at 11:10 pm to jamiegla1
Did the last 100km (Sarria to Santiago de Compostela) last august. Stayed in hotels, it is more of a long walk than a hike. There are bars and restaurants right off the Camino and the food was incredible. Was an amazing experience. I believe the mileage per day was around 15,16,9,9,15,9.
Posted on 1/9/23 at 6:01 am to luvdatigahs
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Stayed in hotels
thanks for the response. Sarria is where I was planning to start. How easy was it to get into a hotel every night? Did you book in advance or just walk in wherever you ended up that day? As im thinking about it, not carrying a sleeping bag and pillow every night would cut a few pounds
Posted on 1/9/23 at 6:17 am to jamiegla1
Where in the world is Camino De Santiago?
Posted on 1/9/23 at 4:32 pm to Suntiger
I was on a g adventures group so the hotels were already booked. I saw some people having trouble getting hotels, but it was also the busiest time of the year. You could just book the hotels way in advance and not run the risk. Just look at one of the tours to get an idea of what towns to get hotels in each night, there are a good bit of hotels along the route
Posted on 1/9/23 at 4:34 pm to luvdatigahs
I also don’t think that camping is allowed on the Camino, I vaguely remember our guide saying that
Posted on 1/9/23 at 7:57 pm to luvdatigahs
I think I read that too. I was reading about the hostels and saw that bed bugs are a problem sometimes. A hotel sounds better
Posted on 3/13/23 at 7:42 pm to jamiegla1
Late to the thread but thought I'd offer my experience.
Did the Portuguese Coastal (Littoral) way last September starting in Porto. About 260 kilometers with the first half along the coast which was amazing. Wife refused the hostel approach so we worked with a company that arranged hotels and baggage transfers. Allowed us to walk each day with just day packs. Great food and good wine and the opportunity to interact with lots of different people.
The French Way gets about 60% of the traffic with the traditional Portguguese way second. Our way was not crowded at all. Think individuals/groups 300 yards ahead and behind. Because it's a pilgrimage, the trail goes from church to church which is usually located at the center of the villages.
Fourteen miles was our limit with 12 being the sweet spot. The coastal way is fairly flat but I believe the French Way can get hilly.
A great experience and we are talking about doing the French Way from Sarria as my wife thought 260k was a little too far.
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gronze
Did the Portuguese Coastal (Littoral) way last September starting in Porto. About 260 kilometers with the first half along the coast which was amazing. Wife refused the hostel approach so we worked with a company that arranged hotels and baggage transfers. Allowed us to walk each day with just day packs. Great food and good wine and the opportunity to interact with lots of different people.
The French Way gets about 60% of the traffic with the traditional Portguguese way second. Our way was not crowded at all. Think individuals/groups 300 yards ahead and behind. Because it's a pilgrimage, the trail goes from church to church which is usually located at the center of the villages.
Fourteen miles was our limit with 12 being the sweet spot. The coastal way is fairly flat but I believe the French Way can get hilly.
A great experience and we are talking about doing the French Way from Sarria as my wife thought 260k was a little too far.
Some apps to get...
caminoninja
caminotool
gronze
Posted on 4/2/23 at 8:05 pm to Prole Drift
Hey y’all, planning this out. Any more recent updates from anyone doing it or recently completed?
Posted on 4/4/23 at 9:44 am to jamiegla1
My parents have recently become obsessed with this. They did the full walk a couple of years ago in their 70s. They carried their packs and stayed in the albergues along the way.
Now they do the shorter routes and stay in hotels.
ETA: I never heard them complain about the albergues. They really enjoyed the interaction with others along the way.
Now they do the shorter routes and stay in hotels.
ETA: I never heard them complain about the albergues. They really enjoyed the interaction with others along the way.
This post was edited on 4/4/23 at 9:46 am
Posted on 4/4/23 at 11:59 am to jamiegla1
Some friends recently did this. Here's her input:
We walked from Sarria to Santiago and stopped at boutique hotels that were already arranged for us. Our luggage was brought to each hotel so we only had a back pack. The Camino is well marked and rough in spots. Lots of small cafes to stop at along the way. Never heard any complaints about the hostels. Lots of people in October and they say summer is much busier Hostels could fill quickly.
We walked from Sarria to Santiago and stopped at boutique hotels that were already arranged for us. Our luggage was brought to each hotel so we only had a back pack. The Camino is well marked and rough in spots. Lots of small cafes to stop at along the way. Never heard any complaints about the hostels. Lots of people in October and they say summer is much busier Hostels could fill quickly.
Posted on 4/7/23 at 11:23 pm to jamiegla1
Thinking about doing it in 24 or 25. Just trying to decided which month is the best month to do it weather wise. Had a friend who did it in August many years ago and he said it got very hot some days. I’d want to avoid that.
This post was edited on 4/7/23 at 11:24 pm
Posted on 4/9/23 at 3:54 pm to jamiegla1
Did a lesser-traveled route with my wife and her brother a couple years back. Flew from Madrid to A Coruna and walked to Santiago from there in 2.5 days. Mileage was 21, 15, 10 I think. Wasn’t enough to qualify for the certificate, but we enjoyed it nonetheless. Except when I got us lost on day 1 
Stayed in places that were basically halfway between a hostel and a hotel.
There’s lots of route options, so definitely consider ideas other than along the traditional route.
Stayed in places that were basically halfway between a hostel and a hotel.
There’s lots of route options, so definitely consider ideas other than along the traditional route.
This post was edited on 4/9/23 at 3:55 pm
Posted on 4/9/23 at 5:50 pm to UGATiger26
I did the trek early august, first two days were hot with the Europe heat wave last summer. Third day it rained and the rest of the trip was much cooler and pretty perfect weather wise
Posted on 4/10/23 at 1:39 pm to jamiegla1
The entire Camino will be my first thing to check off in retirement.
I am not presently planning it, otherwise I'd probably need to retire.
I'll probably do Hadrian's Wall in it's entirety too, I've done the worst bits of it already.
Keep us posted. Good luck.
I am not presently planning it, otherwise I'd probably need to retire.
I'll probably do Hadrian's Wall in it's entirety too, I've done the worst bits of it already.
Keep us posted. Good luck.
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