- Time of past OR future Camino
- First one in 2005 from Moissac, France.
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Hi all - this is just out of interest, I am not going to Sarria, but we hear a lot about how busy it is, how stressful trying to find a bed, rudeness, people pushing in or past .. the shock for those who have already walked some weeks when they reach and go past Sarria -
So my question really is, in high season - is it really so bad or is it still a joyful thing?
Or is the experience a bit like this?
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This is what I found coming in off the Primitivo last fall (late October). We booked ahead so had no problems with accommodations but the number of people and rain made the last few days on the Camino less than stellar. One of the biggest hassles is that the traffic and rain churned up the paths so you were pretty much forced to trudge through the mud. I guess it has it's beauty but I have been lucky to have finer days into Santiago.While I like a carnival as much as the next person - love groups of old and young polite people walking - there can be disappointments.
Or walk at a quieter time of year. I walked the Frances in January 2023 and saw fewer pilgrims each day on the section after Sarria than on many of the earlier stages. Probably because we were spread more evenly across the more frequent albergues and hostals.Maybe we repeat offenders should just plan to walk a different final 100 kms?
We are part of the problem.
Better idea! Yes.Or walk at a quieter time of year. I walked the Frances in January 2023 and saw fewer pilgrims each day on the section after Sarria than on many of the earlier stages. Probably because we were spread more evenly across the more frequent albergues and hostals.
Or stop at different places when it starts seeming too busy. I had plenty of solitude last year (July) after the confluence of the Frances and Primitivo, just by stopping "mid-stage". This May, just after Triacastela, when we were hearing how busy it was, we had a beautiful albergue to ourselves by staying "off-stage".Or walk at a quieter time of year. I walked the Frances in January 2023 and saw fewer pilgrims each day on the section after Sarria than on many of the earlier stages. Probably because we were spread more evenly across the more frequent albergues and hostals.
what is the rush hour?leave after the rush hour and the Camino is yours (más o menos)
still magical, but also depends on your expectations
May to October?what is the rush hour?
Before 6 am.what is the rush hour?
Yes, no different than 2 years earlierthis was leaving Portomarin around the 20th October last year - it did strike me like something from the walking dead! But tbf it soon thinned out.
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7-9, maybe 9:30what is the rush hour?
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