Check first to see if there will be accommodations open. Jan 1 is a holiday and some places will be closed until Jan 6. We walked Dec 31 to Jan 7 from Sarria to Santiago this year. Limited places open. We stayed in Muxia on Jan. 9 in @Muxia...
My husband and I are planning on walking the Camino Finisterre & Muxía at the end of this year, starting on 28th December. We’ll be walking from Santiago, but we can’t decide if we should walk to Finisterre first, or to Muxía. From what I’ve...
First, both Muxia and Finisterre are worth visiting. Second, spending New Years at the end of the world sounds like a wonderful idea. If it were me, I’d walk to Finisterre first and time it such so as to experience New Year’s Eve there. With...
Round the corner and up the hill from the Pilgrims Office in Santiago, about 50m away, is the Faculty of Medicine's huge cafeteria that must be able to seat between 200 and 300 people. They have a tiny blackboard sign at foot level on the main...
"Just going into your second week" should have been front and centre in your original post! I crashed and burned on day 10. I was stressed and anxious and VERY grumpy. Could not abide the noise at mealtimes, and frankly wanted to throw in the...
I remember always converting km to miles in my head and saying… only 17 miles today and one of my new European friends finally asked me why I kept doing that. lol! Why did I keep doing that??? I always wondered if other Americans were doing it...
Ahhh....that first Camino. Also nearly 8 years ago for me in Sept 2016. I was a naive 56 year old who had never hiked more than 10 miles in a day, so I trained extensively before going. After checking in at the Pilgrims office in St Jean, I...
Today Ivar posted general info re challenges in securing beds in Santiago de Compostela. He mentioned Ed Sheeran coming sometime, but was not sure when.
I just found the info:
I love his music, and would really love to see him in Spain...
Hi @saara kinnunen, I was going to say “welcome to the forum” but then I noticed you have been a member since 2016. I guess you’re used to members humour.
Flying into Madrid in October the train is likely your best solution for the onward...
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