- Time of past OR future Camino
- The French Way (2016, 22)Portuguese Camino (2018),
Anyone walked south from Rome? This looks so interesting and in the south I know that it is less costly.
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Please let’s talkIt is not too far! 30 days Rome to Brinidisi. After that I continued into Albania and North Macedonia and onward (planning to get to Jerusalem which has not happened yet). That was 2018.
But I always wanted to finish the road so I returned and walked from Matera to Brindisi and oward from Brindisi to Santa Maria de Leuca in 2022. The bit from Brindisi to the heel of Italy was just another 8 days. Both times in late Summer/Autumn. So an easy six weeks in all.
Definitely less crowded!! Worth learning enough Italian to speak and book a place, but of course you can manage that much using Whatsapp (DEFINITELY the default way) and Google translate if you wish. And always fall back on getting your host tonight to ring up your host tomorrow. But you WILL DEFINITELY need to tell people you are coming.......they will not be there every day on the off chance of meeting a stray pilgrim! There is a good amount of pilgrim type accommodation, but not everywhere.
I never failed to find accommodation. I never camp, except perhaps in a static caravan or hut on a camp site.
Happy to answer specific questions!