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You're welcome. I really loved the Inglès, a little more tarmac than I was expecting however the majority was on very quiet back roads. Whilst there may not be a cafe every five kilometers, there are plenty of cafes etc along the way, it's well...
200 sounds like a reasonable amount for the Ingles. I paid cash at albergues and some dining, but used my card for grocery stores and everything else. I walked it in 4 days (some do it in 3), so you may not need 5 days of money.
Indeed.
As usual when you are talking about banks it varies from one to the other. BBVA advertise a minimum fee of 10 cents, whereas Caixa Rural Trust for example advertise no minimum fee.
It does of course also vary on the size of your...
My wife and I are traveling back to the US today from Spain (no camino this trip). I was surprised with the widespread use of tap payment literally everywhere for all amounts. On the occasions where I presented cash, that seemed to surprise the...
@TravellingMan22 , I agree.
Yes Spain, as with many other countries, used to be a cash society - and in some smaller villages it's still very much is. However as we have discussed here numerous times on the forum COVID changed all of that. Or...
As the Ingles is a relatively short Camino of 5 days, I agree with others above that 1) your €200 should be enough, and 2) if you were to run short, you wouldn’t have to do more than one ATM withdrawal. Enjoy your Camino. It’s a wonderful route.
As others have intimated you don’t too much ! The growth of card payment (min Spain and contactless within that), and decline in cash payment has been quite significant, in what is a highly ‘banked’ population,
A few places don’t take cash...
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