Our family of six is planning to walk Camino France this summer. Our children are 10-17. We are in the beginning stages of our planning. I would love to hear from others who have done this with children/as a family. Any and all tips and advice welcome.
I'll weigh in. Walked Astorga to Santiago with eight kids aged 6-18 and an octogenarian grandpa.
Walked 1,500km across various camino trails with the four youngest (by then aged 8-13)
Will be returning to do the Via de la Plata with the same four in a few months.
Clearly we like it.
What kind of questions do you have?
I'm specifically wondering how the accommodations worked out; was there room for all of you at the locations? Were people accommodating? I'm concerned about finding room for all six of us each night.
We always stopped early enough in the day to be able to get eleven beds. When walking with just the four kids we had more trouble occasionally as we were sometimes doing in excess of 30km in a day and were not first to arrive. Some of us slept on the floor or shared beds on more than one occasion. We probably could have taken private accommodation to make life more comfortable but we liked staying with the friends we had made.
It'll work out. Don't ruin today by worrying about tomorrow!
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