Camino Ingles vs Camino Portugues

[daesdaemar]

I did the CI last summer and enjoyed very much. I would like to do a camino again this summer but am limited to about a week. I am considering doing the CI again or possibly the CP from Tui.
I very much enjoyed the solitary experience and would like to avoid crowds if possible. It would be interesting to do something new like the CP, but then again CI was so nice.
Suggestions or comments?

(note: don't mean to duplicate but will also post this in the CP forum for people who hang around there...)

 

[Sojourner47]

The Camino Ingles was certainly devoid of pilgrims last week - which was a double-edged sword in a way, as although I like solitude, it would have been nice to occasionally exchange notes with another at some stage.
PS Looks like Gyro is having a similar solitary walk

 

[sillydoll]

I also enjoyed the Camino Ingles. I haven't done the Portuguese. How about walking to Finsiterre and Muxia? That is a really good walk.
Muxia/Fisterra - 116 Fistera Way
Ourense - 108 VdlPlata

 

[daesdaemar]

I also enjoyed the Camino Ingles. I haven't done the Portuguese. How about walking to Finsiterre and Muxia? That is a really good walk.
Muxia/Fisterra - 116 Fistera Way
Ourense - 108 VdlPlata

I'm having trouble finding the route from Ourense. The sources that I look at for VdlP seem to veer away from that. Help please?

Edit: Never mind... stupid me looking at wrong maps. I found some good guides.

 

[sillydoll]

You can get a bus from Santiago to Ourense on Monbus - about 7 buses a day.
www. monbus.es

 

[gyro]

The Camino Ingles was certainly devoid of pilgrims last week - which was a double-edged sword in a way, as although I like solitude, it would have been nice to occasionally exchange notes with another at some stage.
PS Looks like Gyro is having a similar solitary walk

I am ! just arrived in santiago this afternoon. A procedural plod from Sigueira this morning took me 4 hours to walk the last 18 km or so. And I didn´t see another pilgrim unti I got to the cathedral (no joke)

However, I was told that there were 9 folk who were a day ahead of me, so perhaps I just got lucky. In any event, 5 days of solitude is fine. Last year, walking from Granada to Monterubio de la Serena. I met one group of pilgrims in 14 days ! Man, did I write a lot of letters on that trip...

Gyro

 

[gyro]

I did the CI last summer and enjoyed very much. I would like to do a camino again this summer but am limited to about a week. I am considering doing the CI again or possibly the CP from Tui.
I very much enjoyed the solitary experience and would like to avoid crowds if possible. It would be interesting to do something new like the CP, but then again CI was so nice.
Suggestions or comments?

(note: don't mean to duplicate but will also post this in the CP forum for people who hang around there...)

Let me offer my two cents:
1. the Camino Portugese from Oporto (outskirks) to Tui is pretty nice. Why not start there and see how you get on.
2. the Via de la Plata. certainly from Orense to Santiago is interesting. The route gets (or got) a bit turned around in Oseira, but the vast majority of the stages are fine. I also think that this route has the nicest entrance into santiago.
3. If you are feeling adventurous, I would recommend the Camino mozarabe from Granada to Cordoba. An most rewarding route and Cordoba is a worthy destination.

just a thought or two

Gyro

 

[daesdaemar]

I did the CI last summer and enjoyed very much. I would like to do a camino again this summer but am limited to about a week. I am considering doing the CI again or possibly the CP from Tui.
I very much enjoyed the solitary experience and would like to avoid crowds if possible. It would be interesting to do something new like the CP, but then again CI was so nice.
Suggestions or comments?

(note: don't mean to duplicate but will also post this in the CP forum for people who hang around there...)

Let me offer my two cents:
1. the Camino Portugese from Oporto (outskirks) to Tui is pretty nice. Why not start there and see how you get on.
2. the Via de la Plata. certainly from Orense to Santiago is interesting. The route gets (or got) a bit turned around in Oseira, but the vast majority of the stages are fine. I also think that this route has the nicest entrance into santiago.
3. If you are feeling adventurous, I would recommend the Camino mozarabe from Granada to Cordoba. An most rewarding route and Cordoba is a worthy destination.

just a thought or two

Gyro

Thank you Gyro, very good suggestions. Mozarabe sounds incredible, but I don't know If I can do it in 5 walking days. The description sounds very strenuous.

 

[daesdaemar]

You can get a bus from Santiago to Ourense on Monbus - about 7 buses a day.
www. monbus.es

I can't find anything from Madrid to Ourense on that site, but there is a schedule on avansabus.com

 

[Beverley]

gYRO, GREAT IDEA ABOUT JUST WALKING THE pORTUGUESE PART OF THE cAMINO FROM oPORTO. iT IS A WONDERFUL CITY TO START IN AND ENDING IN tUI IS GREAT BECAUSE OF TRANSPORTATION TO sANTI FROM THERE. i PREFERRED THE SOUTH OF THE BORDER WALK MORE THAN THE sPANISH SIDE i HAVE TO SAY.

sORRY ABOUT THE CAP, IJUST LOOKED UP AND SAW THAT THEY WERE ON....
bEV


DO YOU HAVE YOUR CAMINO BUFF YET, P.M. ME TO GET YOURS.

 

[daesdaemar]

Well, after much thought, I have elected to do the Camino Ingles again. I plan to begin walking from Ferrol on July 1.