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Hi everyone! I am planning my first Camino Portuguese, starting in Porto in early April. It just so happens we arrive in Santiago on Easter weekend. I'm very much looking forward to seeing Santiago on Easter, quick Google showed it's quite beautiful 😍 After reading enormous amount of info...

Hello all! My husband and I have two girls, who will be 9 and almost 11 years old next Fall. We are going on a year sabbatical from the U.S., starting with the Camino Frances. We plan to begin in SJPDP, starting early to mid September 2025. I did the Camino from Roncesvailles in 2005 when I...

Hello! I want to take my 7 year old son on his first camino for about a week. I don’t need to end in Santiago. I was hoping for input from fellow parent pilgrims. I need to go in a school holiday obviously, thinking either end of August (too hot for my liking) or Easter. Thanks in advance!

Hello In the future sometime, we would like to take our 2 Aussie teenage grandchildren with us to walk the Camino from SJPdP to SdC. We think it would be a wonderful life experience if they are in their early to mid teens , maybe 12-15 yrs old? Is a 12 and half yr old (girl) too young? We want...

Hello everyone, My friend and I will be joining the Camino at ponferrada to Santiago with my 2.5yr old daughter next year. Is there anything along that route that’s worth looking for as an activity for my daughter. Thanks Rose x

Hola Amigos, I have been doing some travel with my family of 4 in central america. We have two kids 3 and 4, they are used of hiking at this stage and we are used of carrying them! We fly to Madrid in mid June and are hoping to spend approx 25 days on a camino route. We fly home from Santiago in...

A question for those who have walked with a young child or baby. Or maybe you have met or know someone who did. We are looking to have a family Camino with 3 or 4 adults and a baby. We have all walked at least 3 Caminos each, and occasionally seen someone with a baby or young child. We'd love to...

We have arrived in San Sebastián today to start our small journey on the Camino Norte and we are just so excited. We managed to get sometime with Aussie friends of ours that we met on the Camino Frances back in 2022 and we leave San Sebastián first thing in the morning and start heading towards...

Hello, We are planning to hike the Camino with our young children in September. We aren't tied to a specific route, but we only have 10 days to walk and our kids can only do ~10 miles per day, so I understand that limits us to certain routes (Ingles, Sarria->SdC, possibly...

Hello Everyone, this is my very first post here. Have been reading a lot of posts in this forum and have learned a lot. I would appreciate your help / advice as we design our plan for our first ever El Camino experience. Thank you in advance! - CONTEXT: We are a family of 3 currently planning...

Finally I am hoping to do the Camino next March/April. We have two weeks. Me and two children. I had hoped to do this 3 years ago but something got in the way. We are now fitter, stronger and its time. Any advice on which section of the Camino we might do? We come from the UK and will fly...

Hi fellow pilgrims I am planning to walk the Coastal Camino, starting from Porto, with my 11year old son in mid-March 2024. I am already looking forward to this shared experience. However: I have a few questions / uncertainties regarding packing and accommodation. Accommodation: Has anyone...

Hi I completed the French route in 2021 but would love to walk the last few days to Finisterre. This time I will have a 7/8 month old baby with us. What is the terrain like? Could I use a walking buggy/stroller or would I need to carry him in a carrier everyday?

My partner and I plan to walk the Camino Frances from SJPDP with our teenager (June/July 2024 if all works out). For various reasons, my partner would prefer to stay in private rooms with our child while on the route. Are private "triple" rooms common or should I expect to be sleeping in a...

I spent a year reading this forum and getting information and it really helped make the trip smooth for us in terms of equipment, packing, reservations, everything really! We did it, we hiked the Camino for 30 days with a family of 4. Kids aged 9 and 16. Left June 10. We flew Boston -...

Since I completed my Camino in 2019 from Castro Urdiales to Santiago on the Norte, I have many conversations with my Spanish grandson, who lives by the route in Cantabria, about walking together. The general theme has been his concern that I am not to old for a Camino by the time he is old...

Hello, anyone who did Camino Frances, is there any suitable road , path with stroller, pushchair ,( wheels of road), my child 7 years old. Thank you.

Day 1 Completed Porto to Povoa de Varzim today en route to Santiago de Compostela. We're definitely pretty beat. Lessons from today: 1. For us: Bring the Credencials with you (don't leave them in the luggage transfer bag). Thankfully we got the first one at the Porto Cathedral and a second...

I'm planning to do the camino the end of June with my two daughters. I'm thinking of flying into Lisbon from Dublin Ireland for a few days then taking the train to porto were we will start. Has anyone done this? Wud it make more sense to fly to porto maybe have a day or two their and then...

Hi everyone, I am walking the Camino from SJPdP in September with my 10 year old son. Looking for any tips and tricks from others that may have had this experience with children of similar ages. Thank you