- Time of past OR future Camino
- VdLP-Sanabres-Fisterra '15; Levante-Invierno '19
It's been a long time between Caminos with the last effort being the Levante and Invierno in 2019. Barrie and I are older and fatter, and he has had some health issues in-between so if I am going to plan a slightly hilly Camino (Madrid/Salvador/Primitivo) *cough, cough* then short stages are the go.
The current plan is to spend a week in Madrid playing tourist before heading off. All because the old rodeo bull-rider in him is determined to see a bullfight
But I'm starting a thread to have somewhere to ask questions.
So for our stint in Madrid, has anybody ever been there due the public holidays on May 1/2 and are there any specific events for those days (parades, concerts?) worth seeing? Also do the usual tourist attractions get busier on public holidays or do the locals prefer to stay at home? If the Museums are super busy I'm happy to spend a good chunk of the day in Retiro but not if every local is also going there.
And has anybody been to the Madrid zoo? Barrie is a zoo tragic. Opinions of it?
For anyone going around the same time, the accommodation that is currently available in Madrid is fairly pricey.
I've booked ahead for the first few stops because there is not much available that is cheap ( and the Aussie dollar is only worth about 60 cents so the currency is not in our favour. And I have been emailing directly as well as using booking.com.
El Chiscón in Tres Cantos has a pilgrim rate of €60 for a doble and breakfast with no cancellation fees.
The current plan is to spend a week in Madrid playing tourist before heading off. All because the old rodeo bull-rider in him is determined to see a bullfight
But I'm starting a thread to have somewhere to ask questions.
So for our stint in Madrid, has anybody ever been there due the public holidays on May 1/2 and are there any specific events for those days (parades, concerts?) worth seeing? Also do the usual tourist attractions get busier on public holidays or do the locals prefer to stay at home? If the Museums are super busy I'm happy to spend a good chunk of the day in Retiro but not if every local is also going there.
And has anybody been to the Madrid zoo? Barrie is a zoo tragic. Opinions of it?
For anyone going around the same time, the accommodation that is currently available in Madrid is fairly pricey.
I've booked ahead for the first few stops because there is not much available that is cheap ( and the Aussie dollar is only worth about 60 cents so the currency is not in our favour. And I have been emailing directly as well as using booking.com.
El Chiscón in Tres Cantos has a pilgrim rate of €60 for a doble and breakfast with no cancellation fees.