- Time of past OR future Camino
- Sept/Oct 2023
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I'd like to change to the Camino Invierno either in Ponferrada or perhaps Sarria.
I actually thought about just stopping at Sarria and finishing the last 100 at a later time, but if Camino Invierno is an option I'll stay on.
We walked the start of the Invierno but saw no pilgrims along the way. The start is beautiful but very lonely. Well signposted but not very good in Ponferrada! The sign is damaged and only half of it there. We decided to go back to Ponferrada and continue along the CF as far more sociable!I see there are many posts up to fairly recently about the Invierno and I have read many of them. I'm wondering if there is an updated guide as the last one I can find here is from 2019.
I am starting my first Camino near Pamplona this fall on the Camino Frances and I'd like to change to the Camino Invierno either in Ponferrada or perhaps Sarria. It sounds beautiful and might be a welcome change after spending significant time on Camino Frances. I actually thought about just stopping at Sarria and finishing the last 100 at a later time, but if Camino Invierno is an option I'll stay on.
Does this option sound doable for a newbie?
Please forgive me if this has been mentioned somewhere in the Invierno sub posts - I guess I missed it? Gracias!
Hi there,I see there are many posts up to fairly recently about the Invierno and I have read many of them. I'm wondering if there is an updated guide as the last one I can find here is from 2019.
I am starting my first Camino near Pamplona this fall on the Camino Frances and I'd like to change to the Camino Invierno either in Ponferrada or perhaps Sarria. It sounds beautiful and might be a welcome change after spending significant time on Camino Frances. I actually thought about just stopping at Sarria and finishing the last 100 at a later time, but if Camino Invierno is an option I'll stay on.
Does this option sound doable for a newbie?
Please forgive me if this has been mentioned somewhere in the Invierno sub posts - I guess I missed it? Gracias!
Very interesting. Thank you.Google maps, Maps.me and any other decent mapping app will provide a walkable route from O Cebreiro or Sarria to Monforte de Lemos https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Mon...cbb084e79a91!2m2!1d-7.043627!2d42.7078162!3e2
There's an argument to be made that the "original" Invierno threw a right at Monforte or thereabouts up to Sarria if you accept that the "Winter" route was the one you took as a snow-dodger
Hi there,
I just wanted to mention there is a wonderful guide, published locally by a well known gentleman. He has been promoting the Camino de invierno even before it was popular. His name is Jose Rua Perez, his guide are in both languages(Spanish/English). When you purchase his guide, you also have access to the web site (wonderful place to research while on the camino, if you don't want to carry the guide).
I used his latest version last year.
www.caminodeinvierno.es
I did the invierno in October/November, beautiful, without the congestion you find in the Frances.
Buen Camino,
Texasguy
Most interesting.Google maps, Maps.me and any other decent mapping app will provide a walkable route from O Cebreiro or Sarria to Monforte de Lemos https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Mon...cbb084e79a91!2m2!1d-7.043627!2d42.7078162!3e2
There's an argument to be made that the "original" Invierno threw a right at Monforte or thereabouts up to Sarria if you accept that the "Winter" route was the one you took as a snow-dodger
What were the temperatures? We usually walk in the early spring but I am thinking of early October. Also any problem with places being closed for the seasonHi there,
I just wanted to mention there is a wonderful guide, published locally by a well known gentleman. He has been promoting the Camino de invierno even before it was popular. His name is Jose Rua Perez, his guide are in both languages(Spanish/English). When you purchase his guide, you also have access to the web site (wonderful place to research while on the camino, if you don't want to carry the guide).
I used his latest version last year.
www.caminodeinvierno.es
I did the invierno in October/November, beautiful, without the congestion you find in the Frances.
Buen Camino,
Texasguy
I'm thinking of doing the Invierno and then doing a bus trip or something to O'Cebreiro just to say hi to it. I walked through there 23 years ago, so it's not like I've never seen it, but I think this time the Invierno is calling. Although things could be different by the time I get to Ponferrada. We'll see.I would love to walk O Cebreiro and then go back to the Invierno. All us Invierno crazies love to make it up as we go along.
Has anyone done this?
You are correct!! We have become friends since 2015. He is an incredible gentleman. I try to meet with him every year when I am in Santiago.Hi, Texas guy, I am pretty certain that José is the guy pictured with Asún (owner of the house where pilgrims used to stay till it got to difficult for her and her mother). My blog from my first Invierno is here. My post from June 10, 2011 has a picture of the two of them. I remember that we spent a few hours painting arrows, These guys have been longstanding supporters of the Invierno, and I hope they are happy to see that their efforts to popularize the route seem to be paying off.
Rosemary314,What were the temperatures? We usually walk in the early spring but I am thinking of early October. Also any problem with places being closed for the season
Thank you
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