Hola, as I see it the real bottleneck is from St Jean to Pamplona, there really aren’t many stage alternatives. However from there on you can pick the stage lengths to suit your desires. If the are carrying your backpack as opposed to having it...
Humidity isn't really a problem, Spain isn't like the tropics ;-) Prepare for rain, yes, but in May on the Francés prepare also for warm-hot days and glorious spring flowers ;-)
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In my opinion it's a great time to walk. The early May crowds are well ahead of you and there are still plenty of poppies and other wildflowers along the way. I joined the Francés from the Aragonés just before Puente la Reina in the last week of...
One of my favorite community suppers was in Olmos de Atapuerca this summer. It was a Sunday and I think the town was about 3km from the Camino. We were staying in a Casa Rural with a couple from the Netherlands and a man from Austria. The...
Some albergues offer a communal meal and/or breakfast where a hospitalero cooks for you or provides food and helps coordinate the meal while pilgrims share in the food preparation. It may or may not be part of your overnight cost. In private...
It's a bit interchangeable.... "We had a nice community dinner, the italian pilgrim cooked for us" and "the hospitalero made a really nice community dinner for us". With the latter, sometimes you have to help, sometimes not. The price is...
This may be a silly question but can someone explain the 'community dinner' in albergues.
Does it mean the food is provided by the albergue owners/staff and if so is the cost included in the cost to stay in the albergue?
Or does it mean the...
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