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Thank you all for your suggestions!
Finally, I ended up eating in Ezequiel, a big popular restaurant in Calle Ancha, quite close to the cathedral. It is always very busy and unless you eat very early or very late you would do well to reserve a...
That’s very unsympathetic as well as being lecturing. If someone gets injured on Camino, bag transfer is a useful option, as are public transport and giving up. Carrying ‘only what you need’ when you have a back injury would be silly.
While walking on the Via Francigena last week in Italy, we discovered that Bags Free now offers day by day baggage transport on the section from Lucca to Rome, and -- like in Spain -- it can be booked on an ad hoc basis whenever you need it. All...
I might live to regret this: in my six Caminos I have never had a major problem finding a bed. I usually try to stay off the generally recognised stages and avoid starting at a weekend. I always book my first night but then play the rest by ear...
Now it's done, and I'm showered, fed and generally numbed with alcohol, it was great. Fortunately, the weather was cool all day, the rain held off and the terrain was rolling countryside.
But sodding 'el. 47kms to Hontanas from the lovely place...
Next Spring my wife and I are planning to walk the Via Francigena from Lucca to Rome. We plan to arrange our own accommodation. Can anyone advise if there are companies who do luggage transfers, as can be arranged on the Camino Frances for...
I have never used baggage transfer [simple statement of fact]. But I am sure Sandy Brown's guide gives details.
Here are three, but I am not in a position to give a recommendation...
It is certainly a very picturesque and spectacular trail with mountain sightseeings that goes through the deep Basque Country. Saiatz is an ancient pilgrimage route but very few do it nowadays...
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