The forum has a feature whereby you can create specific questions without alternative answeres, and conduct a survey. Since this is an open-ended question, I have removed the prefix "Poll" from the thread title.
Rather than having multiple threads active on the same topic, I will close this thread and refer you to the following recent threads.
Typically the first two weeks of September are some of the busiest of the year for pilgrims starting from St Jean Pied de Port, but numbers do go down after that. So what happened last week may not be so relevant to when you start.
(I snuck this post in while @C clearly was writing her post )
The first edition came out in 2003 and has become the go-to-guide for many pilgrims over the years. It is shipping with a Pilgrim Passport (Credential) from the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela.
My husband and I are walking the Camino next June. We are currently booked into guest houses/hostels from Sarria to Santiago.
I feel if we miss doing the meseta, I think we will regret it. That...
I never tire of doing the Camino Francés (five times and counting!), but the overcrowding in the summer months has made the Brierley stages from Sarria a no-go for me. That's why today I'm...
On the south façade, the Door of Death, so called because of the figure of a skeleton with wings that is located inside one of the corbels. [barcelo.com]
The left portico [of the west façade] is...
I have not had time to read this yet, but my spy on the ground tells me it outlines what it says on the tin, including a comment on the issue of how to improve the descent around Zubiri. I have no...
Back in 2018, I found an interactive Excel spreadsheet in the resource section for the Camino Frances that listed every town on the route and allowed you to pick your stopping point for each day...
Hi all! Next spring I will be introducing some family members to the Camino Frances. We will start in SJPP but after Pamplona I would like to connect to another Camino since just last year I...
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