Flying in and out of Santiago is an option. Take the bus from Santiago to Lugo (on the Primitivo) and walk back from there. Lugo is a beautiful ancient, walled city. It connects with the Frances so you'd get a taste of a lesser walked Camino as...
Can I just put in a plug for starting a thread in the forum, so that all members can participate and see what @Denmanmurphy has to say? In addition to @Denmanmurphy, other forum members who have walked the Torres recently include @Charrito, me...
I’m studying in Madrid for the semester, and after a few weeks of research, I decided I want to try and complete the Camino Ingles in 4 days from Ferrol to avoid missing school while still walking over 100km.
To give a recap, I started the day...
A friend just told me about a Netflix series called Gangs of Galicia, and I started watching. Haven’t got the nuances of the plot yet, but so far there are scenes in Combarro, Arousa and Pontevedra. It’s dubbed in, nice to have even a weak...
It's almost there thankfully the big walk begins tomorrow, raining all day according to the forecast. Trying to get a few hours sleep tonight and a good breakfast in the morning. I've done all my training, bought necessary gear now is the time to...
There’s been a lot of scattered chatter about the different options for walking into Las Médulas, but I thought I’d put them all together in one thread and hope for comments from those who have walked. My sketchy diagram is as accurate as I could...
Yesterday I came all the way to Arles and slept in the aubergue de jeunesse (Hostelling International youth hostel) there.
It was pretty much okay, good mattress, top and bottom sheets, summer kitchen (stove, microwave, fridge, utensils but only...
I saw this sign on the televised stage 2 of the Vuelta bike race, which was in Portugal. I thought it was a negative camino comment (surprised to see a road sign saying this) but web translate doesn't think so ..?
The road sign (pic below) says...
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