A couple of items to know about the Monastery in Armenteira. There are only 25 beds with priority given to regular guests who may reserve. Pilgrims can not reserve in advance. It is expensive compared to the local albergue. There is no dorm and a...
Walk to Casa Susi in Trabadelo tomorrow (taking the higher route via Pradela). An early start from Trabadelo to make it to Las Herrerías by 9:00 to ride horses up to O Cebreiro, then walk on to Hospital de Condesa. Then keep walking to Santiago...
My credit card was hacked in 2022 in Spain. I have learned since that I can freeze or turn the card "on and off" online before and after I use it. It does happen unfortunately and as a result it is always good to have a backup card of some kind...
Pelikan, you will need a sleep mat under a sleeping bag if you tent, so if these amounted to (say) 1.1kg then that is 6kg so far.
Can you assemble one set of spare clothes, rain gear, toothbrush etc under or equal to 5kg?
On our first Camino my wife, daughter and I carried two ultralight tents from Hendaye to Gijon. We were ardent Alaska backpackers. We saw few nice campsites. Some very crowded campgrounds. If an albergue was completo we learned that a credit...
I couldn't agree more!
Ditto. My pack is new, but I wear my clothing until it wears out and then I wear it for the garden. Until it's practically falling off me.
It used to drive my wife nuts. I'll still never forget the day my favorite pullover...
If you plan on only cooking your own food and having picnics, then yes you will probably want to go to a supermercado on Saturday. But restaurants and bars will generally be open on Sundays and most holidays.
Hello,
We passed from Armenteira via Ruta da Pedra e da Auga two days ago. It was on the tail end of several days of rain and we didn't find it particularly challenging. The rocky trail was slick in some spot but passable. The roar of the...
G’day,
I am an Aussie walking from London via Canterbury and the VF to Rome. After completing the Lon-Cant section (Chaucers’ Pilgrims Way) I am now in Licques at the end of Day 4 on the VF.
I will be taking roughly five months to complete...
This site is run by Ivar at in Santiago de Compostela.
This site participates in the Amazon Affiliate program, designed to provide a means for Ivar to earn fees by linking to Amazon