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    Requirements for Crossing into Spain on Foot

    You don't need anything. Shengen areas are borderless.
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    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD New entry conditions for France.

    No covaid restrictions now in France!
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    Le Puy Camino

    Walking in France never seems to have an international mix of people and the French will generally not be very sociable to outsiders. This has been my experience in the Alps, Pyrenees, Jura particularly. For this reason, I wouldn't take the Le Puy path. It's also much more expensive too plus...
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    Variante Espiritual Boat Ride

    Can you avoid the boat and walk? I am very strict about joining footsteps on these walks, so would always take the foot option.
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    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Documents Required upon entry?

    I flew into Spain recently and didn't have to show any documents. Maybe they are finally opening up and common sense is back as we live with it, just as we do flu etc
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    Accommodation issues (a warning)

    But that is early in the season, before the Spanish take their holidays. I am cancelling my Norte this year because so many public albergues are still closed from the pandemia.
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    LIVE from the Camino Phil and Janet on the Camino

    Just for anyone wondering, I checked the prices of trains on RENFE and TheTraineLine App and they were almost identical!
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    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Avoiding Covid

    Many people were travelling last year. I witnessed this myself and was at very busy airports and resorts. What is happening on the ground is often the opposite to what the CNNs and BBCs of the world report, but they no longer report the truth unless it fits their narrative. Maybe the veteran...
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    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Avoiding Covid

    Fair enough, but the risks are still minimal. If you are walking a camino then clearly you are in pretty good health anyway. Sadly people are not moving on with their lives. Mainstream media seems determined to keep everyone in fear and there is always another crisis waiting to replace the...
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    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Avoiding Covid

    People should just try move on and stop living in fear. Just look at the stats for covid deaths, something like 95% of deaths in Portugal were over 75 with co-morbidities.
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    Albergue windows and doors open or closed at night now.

    Even before 2020 I never understood why pilgrims would always shut windows and not let any air circulate, even if it's warm outside.
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    Camino Central from the Algarve

    There wasn't much open at all but it was only the month after a lockdown had ended. Albergues were non existent until Santarem (I walked around Lisboa). There were some guesthouses but you will probably need a healthy budget. There Rota Vicentina did have good accommodation options. It was from...
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    Faro to Santiago 910km

    Yes I did it last summer. It ended up being extremely challenging, particularly the lower part of the Camino Portuguese where very few go, in fact I walked for three weeks without seeing another pilgrim or hiker until Santarem. I had planned to walk the Norte backwards from Santiago to France...
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    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Entry requirements for those unvaccinated entering Portugal from the UK

    Just a test (PCR 72 hrs or Antigen 24 hrs). Nothing more.
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    Camino Central from the Algarve

    I found there to always be available beds from Santarem, which is where I joined this route. My main issue with accommodation was south of there. The albergues were pretty nice when I stayed in them, but many of the municipals were closed due to Portugal just coming out of lockdown. I would...
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