Camino suggestions please for March

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dreaming

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CF, LE PUY

• Monday at 11:54 PM

• #1

Is VDLP too early to start beginning of March?
Any other suggestions please.
Many thanks

 

Bradypus

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Too many and too often!

• Tuesday at 12:01 AM

• #2

dreaming said:

Is VDLP too early to start beginning of March?
Any other suggestions please.
Many thanks

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I have walked the VdlP in January. Some snow on a few days but still walkable. The only season I would completely avoid is summer

 

SYates

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First: Camino Francés 1999
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Last: Santiago - Muxia 2019

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• Tuesday at 1:50 AM

• #3

March is a good month for the VdlP, not to hot, not to cold and full of spring flowers!
BC SY

 

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duncanwhyte

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Vdlp

• Tuesday at 3:33 AM

• #4

I walked it this year from the end of February to Easter week. The albergues were cold at night, but heating was available. With the mornings cold but pleasant enough by the afternoon. Flooding at crossings became a problem, but you can work around them using other routes. The albergue kitchens are limited in usage. There are long stretches and scenic areas.

 

WalkingInGers

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04/24 CF, Estrecho, Augusta VDLP 03/25

• Tuesday at 2:47 PM

• #5

SEMANA SANTA (Sunday 13 April to Sunday 20 April 2025) for me between Merida and Grimaldo. Just wondering how in advance one has to book or reserve a hotel room.

 

John Sikora

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2021

• Tuesday at 2:51 PM

• #6

I walked it in early April, and it was fantastic.

 

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duncanwhyte

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Vdlp

• Yesterday at 9:33 AM

• #7

During Easter week the Spanish families will do the 100 Kms into Santiago. So it gets crowded in some albergues, at those stages.

 

Paul-CH

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2025 Vía Francigena (I) Mar.-Apr. Vercelli-Rome

• Yesterday at 9:51 AM

• #8

I did start March 20th 2023 at Cádiz and had mostly dry weather, but this year the area had a lot of miserable weather with flooding. Just to say each year can be different.
See my camino VdlP

 

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krystianw

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Frances, Norte, Mozárabe, Vía de la Plata

• Yesterday at 6:57 PM

• #9

The beginning of March is definitely not too early, you could start even sooner. CaminoWeather says that's more or less the sweet spot:

https://caminoweather.com/via_de_la_plata/best_time_of_year

. Though when I walked it around then last year, it was already a little too hot for me.