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I’m sure David will respond if he sees this but I thought I’d interject. What exactly is it you’re trying to achieve? A slow pilgrimage to the Apostle’s bones; a rambling beach holiday; a venture into the wild known?
If you are bound into uk school holiday season then, yes, it will be hot...
Waterproof boots on the Camino Frances in summer offer no benefit to counter the weight and sweaty socks consequence.
Just wear what you and your feet are used to. It’s only a walk. On the few and occasional bits of rough terrain just go slowly. Camino is not a race and the Apostle isn’t going...
The Cicerone guide authored by our own @Dave will get you there and back again. Despite its reputation that coast doesn’t move much. Accommodations and bar opening times may have changed but if you want a wild adventure then you’ll need to adventure now and again.
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 journey. Flights into Santiago are getting scarce by...
...sight more interesting than one of the great medieval cities of Europe. But then I'm kinky like that. And I tell lies. It's a Tinker thing. Like don't ever ask me where the best bar in @£^$**! is. I'll send you to the worst one I've ever found. Hey? Someone must like it or it would be closed...
I always use Gronze as a starting point when researching routes and possibilities. Map.cz and Godgle Earth and Maps are all useful for cross referencing elevations and identifying off-track accommodations and points of interest that might have escaped the notice or interest of the guide writers...
My sympathies @WalkingInGers. Nasty little bug. Still killing but yesterday’s news.
I guess people confuse Pandemic, everyone will catch it except me - with Endemic every one might catch it except me.
I still get told to remove my mask, glasses, false moustache and wig every time I go...
I’m sorry but you have no chance whatever of making that connection unless you can teleport. Flight landing times are “wheels on ground” not through the gate, border control, and any necessary transit between terminals.
In your circumstances I think I’d be planning a night in Madrid somewhere...
Hi @Erwitt, welcome to the forum. If I've understood your question correctly then you are planning a touristic trip to the city of Santiago sometime in mid-June. That seems a perfectly good plan. The city will be busy but the crowds will be nothing like those in late July. It is a popular...
I can appreciate your concern. For me the facts remain. It’s the same distance, the elevations do not change. The only available variable is your personal capacity to walk that distance and climb that hill. My advice, if sought, would be to disregard any “star” systems, hazard advisories, or any...
Doesn’t it really rather depend on what we mean by a “rest day”? If I want a rest day I want to take it somewhere with few if any distractions, no “go to “ sights and at best two bars one of which is open when the other one isn’t. So, from my angle, a small French provincial town with few...
I’ve just spent 6 weeks in southern Italy. Some walking on pilgrimage routes and some meandering by train and local buses. Some Italian will transform your experience. Even just the niceties, numbers and “Dove posso trovare un letto per la notte?” will help. Pointing and smiling works but “per...
Does it really matter? These are all but arbitrary indicators. One person’s mountain is but a hill by another’s standards. I was amused a few weeks ago when mapy.cz told me that the walk to Materea Centro Historico from Materea Porto was going to take me 1 hour and 50 minutes while the return...
Dunno about on the route. It’s a five day walk for most. But there are daily meetings in Santiago. https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/aa-meetings-in-santiago.86932/
Limited time? A seven day walk takes seven days. Access and egress will add a couple more. That said it looks a great route for anyone who wants to go hiking in Italy rather than walk a Camino
Hi @Pegstar, welcome to the forum. You are asking a couple of the great un-answerables but I do understand why you're asking.
https://www.gronze.com/etapa/santander/santillana-mar is probably the best resource for accommodation information and does specify which are bookable and which are not...
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