I enjoyed Vía Augusta - there were cheap hotel options, but no albergues (we walked in December). With the exception of the day we walked through a farmyard with a dead sheep in a ditch and some really protective dogs, it was an easy walk, with...
Congratulations Ivar.
We are starting the third decade of the Camino de Santiago forum. The first post available for us to see is #1 on thread #3, titled “Hostal Suso” dated October 12, 2004. That is actually the third post ever (I'm assuming...
@Wendy Werneth and I are planning on walking the CP from our home in Lisbon in September (the virus situation permitting).
Both Gronze and the Harms et all guide suggest 26 stages from Lisbon to SdC, but those include some long days. Wendy has...
A laidback, slow and relaxed day in Madrid, before your adventure starts? Tempting? :cool:
Edit: I do not know your age, but if you are 60+, you are entitled to buy a Tarjeta Dorada (Gold card), which will give you a min. 25% discount on all...
No. My theory is that nobody does the Camino twice. Some people do it once, and that’s enough, they never do it again. Others do it a second time, then a third time, then a fourth and just keep going back. And you can guess which category most of...
I watched a TV programme the other day and someone said ‘it’s only an addiction, if you can’t afford it!’. Not true of course buy I liked it and remembered the quote.
Two of the same Camino, would be enough for me (in the sense that would look...
Can you tell us a bit about the destination, and how it became a site attractive to pilgrims? Was there an apparition there, or is it a healing shrine? Does it have links to a particular saint, or ethnic group? What's the town like? What's the...
It’s pollution. It’s no different to the local foxes that leave their scat on my patios and steps “I was here and it’s mine”.
“I looked up from my‘phone and there wasn’t any noise so I made some.”
And no it’s not just the Francés, though...
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