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Planning your Camino de Santiago One can just walk a part of the Camino de Santiago in Spain, maybe just 3 or 4 stages, if you don’t have much time. It doesn’t matter; the important thing is to start. You won’t regret it and for sure you will come back.Planning.
The biggest problem when considering the Camino Frances to Santiago is the amount of time required to walked the whole way in the one go. Most pilgrims should be able to walk the Camino Frances in about four weeks. Taking four weeks from work and family can provide some challenges.
Planning to Walk the Camino de Santiago Pick Your Route. There is no one Camino. There are numerous routes through Europe, Spain, and Portugal to reach Santiago Decide How Far to Walk. Many Europeans walk the Camino in stages, spending a couple of weeks each year walking a segment Create a.You want to start planning the Camino de Santiago with time to travel alone, as a couple, as a family or as a group, but you are not sure where to start.
To help you organize the Camino de Santiago we have prepared some useful tips with which everything will go smoothly; To begin your planning, you should start by answering the following key question.Walking The Camino de Santiago – The Inspiration and Planning. Posted on July 22, 2020 by Red O’Laughlin July 22, 2020. Five years ago, this week, my wife and I began walking in preparation to walk the Camino de Santiago.
Most people consider the Camino de Santiago a pilgrimage. It was a part pilgrimage of sorts, but more of a journey of.Tips For Walking The Camino De Santiago In Spain. Nov 14, 2007 If you’re planning to walk the Camino, all or part, and intend to do it with a friend, make your choice a wise one.
If you’re a fast walker, try to pair up with someone who walks at approximately the same pace you do. Most people are slow walkers and they believe that people.The main Camino de Santiago route has a length of 764km, starting at St Jean Pied de Port and ending in Santiago de Compostela. Choose to make your Camino to Santiago walking, hiking, by bike or horseback. Walking.
On horseback. The way with pets.Walking the Camino de Santiago: Getting Ready (Photo: Fresco Tours/Flickr)There are a plethora of guidebooks and online resources to help you plan.“People are drawn to the Camino because of its staying power,” says Beth Jusino, author of Walking to the End of the World: A Thousand Miles on the Camino de Santiago. “Walking the Camino is a chance to intentionally slow down and move at a human pace, to join a history that’s so much bigger than any of us individually.”.Planning Your Camino Journey These topics are intended to aid in your preparations before you head to the Camino.
For subjects focused on daily Camino logistics (sleeping, food, navigation, etc.), head to our On the Way section.Have just finished my first Camino from SJPDP to Santiago, and am already planning my next. This time I’ll be hoping to walk from my front door in London, via Canterbury and France, joining again at SJPDP. I met a few people who had walked through France but neglected to get finer details and recommendations for a route.The Camino de Santiago is a life-changing experience for most, we know many people that were planning this pilgrimage for years, preparing, reading, training.
To make sure you enjoy it, take the right gear, don’t overload your backpack, have comfortable shoes that you can walk in for days, etc.This is an amazing interactive itinerary planner that indicates the distance between villages and towns along the camino route. It lists almost every hamlet, village, town or city along The Way. You simply click on a starting point and a finishing point and it tells you exactly the distance that you will walk between those two towns.
However, nothing can really prepare us for walking about 20+ km every day with a 6 to 8 kg backpack, (14 to 20 lbs). The first week is going to be tough, though it gets better very quickly – after about a week or so. Once on the Camino de Santiago, there is one main point to remember DO NOT RUSH.
Planning the Camino de Santiago walk across northern Spain just got a whole lot easier. In April 2019 Moon Travel Guides released a new book – Moon Camino de Santiago: Sacred Sites, Historic Villages, Local Food & Wine in a format every walker will appreciate.
List of related literature:
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Another Informative and entertaining video Rachelle, I was not aware of the village to village guide but have just ordered a copy, I am very much a ‘more information’ is better kinda guy lol.
Why can’t I see your video of the Day 27 after Foncebadon to the Cruz de Ferro? Have subscribed to your channel, but still cannot access your last days on the Camino
Thank you so very much.. All great vids… The packing list, you read my mind.. And the rubber tips for the hiking poles…Yes!!..
Buen Camino. I’ll be on the Camino Frances a few days behind you, finishing on 31st October. Thanks for the tips and advice!
Hello! Thanks for this! You said it was cold, when did you do it? I plan to do it in April. Is it to cold and any advice?
You’ll enjoy the Camino, looking forward to your experience!.. do not miss the church of Zabaldica after Zubiri.
Thanks for all those precious informations.
I’m vegan. Do you know if it’s difficult to find végétabels dishies on the camino? (i will do the camino del norte in septembre).
Thank you once again for a very informative video. Like the previous commenter, I ordered the village to village guide today. My wife and I have watched all the same pilgrims videos you listed. It’s a nightly custom for my wife and I to watch several videos. After each one my wife says let’s go now. We’re looking forward to following your pilgrimage. We wish all the best. Buen Camino.
Thanks for this video… Im also planning to walk… Do i need to book for the albergues?
Awesome video… gives a good perspective on needs… Planning my Camino (Sept-Oct) and this was a great help… Thank You… Buen Camino
Thanks for this vid bro. you kept it simple and clear. Im leaving in 3 days:D:D
Can you turn down the background music makes it hard to hear what you have to say. Did you say when/season you did the trail, which can impact what you needed? Thanks for the great info.:-)
Wish I could see this vid 5yrs ago. I’m too old for this kind of trip.
What an awesome video! Your passion to walk this journey is heard in every word! I hope this comment comes in time before you start, but even so…you have prepared well! Do not let anyone’s experience intrude on your Camino…I would let the journey take you on the journey, and allow your prayer each morning to guide through the day…many prayers for a wondrous Camino…light a candle in Santiago for all of us who will follow you!
Thanks for this! Hoping to get away with a 10 litre pack for a boosting trip along the Camino del Norte!
It’s good to be prepared before the walk! In October 2017 I walked the Camino with the idea to make a documentary style film that I hadn’t seen before. The idea was to collect and show in an inspiring and culturally enriching way the essence of the journey of Camino! If anyone is interested how the result turned out, it was better than I imagined. It resulted in a film that gives an overview of all the aspects of the Camino and shows the spiritual and cultural essence of the whole journey. If you have grown curious to see it I currently share it free of charge on my channel! The film is called “Camino de Santiago a Spiritual Journey”. The only thing that I’d ask for is if you like it to subscribe in support of my work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayaMl6LNLTY&t=85s
What a sad individual. Thinking he is great for doing it in 2 weeks. The poor bastard then saw none of it. Didn’t take it in. Repulsive
Very helpful. Did the Appalachian Trail last year. Looking forward to Camino de Santiago.
Thanks for your efforts. Perhaps next time no music while you’re speaking. Thx again.
Great concise video. Thank you for posting. I have not been, and am in my research stages now, but loved your quick no waffeling approach and picked up new info. I am sorry on behalf of humanity that you had the comment that you missed the whole point while on trail. How does she know the speed of which you take in breath, beauty and self full fillment? Im sorry if she walked the trail and still feels the need to judge another traveler that way. Maybe she should walk it again. Maybe she missed something. I’m sure it worry’s you not. ha ha. Thanks again:-) will see what else you have posted. This was the first one I watched.
This video provided very useful infos and helped me preparing for my own Camino on a unicycle:
Buen Camino!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEr2RXOaFoQ
Hi Chris,
I Thoroughly enjoyed your video. It brought back good memories.
I enjoyed mine so much I decided to write a novel about it. My novel is called The Catching of the Camino Wind has been published. It’s a romantic novel with the Camino as its setting. All who have walked the Camino will recognise the locations and Albergue’s mentioned. As well as a romantic novel it also a humorous look at the human condition.
Here is its blurb:
Avril is walking the Camino Francés in the hope of ridding herself of an inner demon that has cursed her young life when she meets Giovanni who has suffered a personal tragedy. He is in a dark place and needs rescuing. He had a dream directing him to walk the Camino. He undertakes it, but is an awkward and reluctant pilgrim. Riku, a Japanese zoologist, has his normally calm and relaxed nature shaken when he meets Ella; a Bulgarian Environmentalist with a carefree and cheeky disposition – Zeeta, a Parisian poet is out to discover the secrets of the universe but finds the philosophy of a Greek prison officer more appealing. Geordie is out to test his strength and mental agility to mark his seventieth birthday and discovers more about himself on the Camino that he had in his entire life. What do these pilgrims and others walking the Camino Francés have in common? What is it that binds them together, making them reveal secrets to each other they have never reveal to their closest friends or family? Could it be love or is it just the magical charm of the Camino effect? Be humoured, shocked and surprised by this unusual love story that blossomed on the road to Santiago.
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Hi good tips walking the camino late August 2019 just because I’m taking sometime for training. Did you do prior training or you just jumped right into it…
Hello!
What sleeping bag temperature rating do you advise for Camino? Is 15°C enough?
quick question, I would like to go Portugese way from Porto to Santiago. I looked at Camino ways ant it didn’t show that itinerary. Do I really need them how else can I find out how to handle my camino? Thank you
I wish I had seen this before I did my Camino trip. I didn’t try the peppers or St James cake. I guess I will have to go back 😉
Question: Do you feel like not being able to speak spanish and going solo is going to be stressful? I don’t want to annoy service staff and locals and feel like I can’t communicate well with anyone around me:(
Your video is helpful. Many recommend ear plugs / mask for sleeping, did you bring / need these items?
Thanks Chris that was very informative, i am looking at doing the Camino 2020 April and will definitely revisit this page
I would like to know how much did your pack weigh, including the laptop, on your hike? Thanks.
thanks for the information,did you put this discusting music up?
or did evil google do it?
Thanks for your video! Which month did you do it in? Did you do some training with a backpack before?
I live in Tampa Bay area. What airline did you take? I’m thinking of starting at Roncesvalles. How does one depart from Santiago to get back to Madrid? TY for your great info. ����
Thank you for all your good information. You’re very thorough and pleasant to watch and listen to. Not sure when I will be making the trip. I want to do the Camino de Santiago. My son‘s middle name is James. He went through some hard things and overcame them and so I will walk for gratitude to God watching over my son during his tribulations. I am hoping to go within the next 3 years. Look forward to watching all of your videos to help me prepare. Thank you so much❣️����
I just got a plane some cash and a backpack no plans made but i hope i can do via de la plata anyway
Thanks for this quick and handy info video, bro. So it means you did the whole way in just 18 days? How many miles did u cover per day average? Also, along the way one does not need a tent and a sleeping bag? I mean I would like to grab a sleeping tent but not sure.
Great videos Stephanie. I started my Camino last May and only walked a few days as it was all the time I had. I flew in to Pamplona (from Germany) and took a taxi to Roncesvalles. It cost 60 euros for the taxi (split between 3 was 20 euros each.) I was glad I did not start in St Jean as they had heavy rain and flooding during the end of May 2018 up there and the people who staggered in to the albergue in Roncesvalles were exhausted, muddy, and really wet. Lucky for them the albergue has a laundry service! I really enjoyed my few days walking and talking to other pilgrims, I heard some really interesting stories. I am returning on 22 April ’19 to Pamplona and hope to complete it this time, just need to lower the weight of my pack!
Are there groups of backpackers that you can sign up to join for the Camino de Santiago?
Hey Steph i did my third camino last year, i prefer the wintertime so if you have questions about it feel free to ask!
cant wait till the end of this year to start again hurray^^
good job on your videos i enjoy them!
Your tiny backpack inspired me to downsize. I just got a Gregory Citro 25, ditched the water hose/bladder, and traded out my sleeping bag for a silk liner. I may pick up a little stadium blanket, but I think it should be fine w/out. My pack is sitting at 7lbs, so I hardly even know it’s there. Starting my walk from St Jean on May 15th, 2019….
Your Camino videos are so helpful! My mom and I are planning on going in June! Starting in Leon:) We are so excited!
Hi Rachelle,
thanks for all the tips. I also watched and loved all the vlogs you mentioned. I am starting my Camino in September and I will also try to film as much as possible. I am very excited. I think I will be on the Camino two weeks earlier than you. Looking forward to watch your journey. For me, this is a spiritual/religious journey. I am catholic. I will check out the book you mention. Buen Camino Miriam
thank you so much for this! my husband and I are planning to walk the camino in memory of my mother. We lived in Miranda de Ebro for 4 years and my mother would visit and she loved it!
A small question, how long do you typically spend in each village/ city on the route and do you factor that in when you are planning your trip?
I trully appreciate that you took the time to add all the links. Thanks.
Good video. I walked the Camino in December, 2015. St francs st jean pied de port start and finished in finisterre.
Good boots are a must. I wore a Scarpa with double layer socks. Not single blister. Peaceful trek.
Averaged about 30+ kind a day. Lowest was 15, midway. Highest was 50 last day!
Climbing down was hard on the knees. First day climb over Pyrenees, about 1400 feet was killing. More because it was first day, I guess. Then came a short tough climb after valcarce, just before O cebreiro.
I have lots of pictures and details to share with those who may be interested. Let me know.
Hello, thanks for sharing your list of supplies for the camino. But what I would like to know is what do you do for a living that allows you to travel and work while traveling? I work a 8:30-6 job and I need a change in career and more money, lol I like the thought of working while you travel, take care.
Enjoyed your video. I have written a novel about the Camino called The Catching of the Camino based on Camino walk. It is on amazon.com
hi, interesting video, i live in estepona so i can get to seville, or mallaga pretty easily and was wondering if you think the silver way (from seville) or the mozarbe (malaga to cordobe) whould be best for me. I have never done a camino before so whould prefer something sort of easygoing lasting maybe a week or 2. thanks
Super technical, and I mean, everything is great. Keep going, I’m walking 20k, in 3,5 hours, 6 days a week lately, and I’ve been wondering a lot about these questions, I’m going to push it now to 30k and see how it goes, then 40, 50, and see how far we can go, but that’s super material man, really appreciate. Take care.
Looks a little like my pack. I leave for Spain tonight. Got a 25 liter pack, Altra Lone Peak 4’s, Sea2summit Spark 1 bag @ 13 oz… I wear Brooks running shorts as UW under REI pants or shorts, so don’t really need regular UW. They double as swimsuit… Smartwool shirts, one long sleeve, one short, 2pairs compression socks, etc… Pack loaded weighs about 8 lbs.
it is a really stupid thing to do.
mindless walking to justify 100s of years of Child sex Abuse around the World.
Catholics; how stupid are you? 800 dead Catholic Children dumped in a sewer by irish nuns.
and you walk and say magic works and worship relics. Repetition of stupid actions does not make a better person or a better world. bishop-accountability org Look at the Damage you have done.
Relics old magic stuff, with magic words. not surprising some Catholics are concerned with Harry Potter.
mcg-truth blog spot Please stop raping Catholic children.
Have you walked the Camino Alone? Or Planning to? Maybe you prefer being with other people? Love to hear your thoughts below.
OK to be fair I didn’t watch the entire video but here is the thing. If you get injuries like blisters and sore muscles etc., you will likely be going slower. I know I did. Got three blisters the first day of overextending myself (walking nearly 40km) and the next two weeks I walked with pain! Sure it is doable but certainly not enjoyable! Bom Camino!
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hi… it could be lighter and more practical, why should I take a rain jacket if I get wet?.. have a look on the German sites, they are better at this!!! ��
nice video and very informative, but really you can put anybody to sleep in just a second!!
This video provided very useful infos and helped me preparing for my own Camino on a unicycle:
Buen Camino!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEr2RXOaFoQ
I did 30 Km one day and it was not easy. Would not recommend it, unless you are 18 years old. Listening at my self in my videos, I noticed my heavy breathing and I am in fairly good shape. But I never though about the physics of walking.
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As a two time peregrina, 2016 and 2017, begin walking like an old man/woman and end like a young man/woman. Take your time. Enjoy every tree, every village, every majestic mountain, every conversation; you are on a pilgrimage. It is not a race. Buen Camino
That’s too quick you basically missed the whole point I think. ��
I used tracking poles to walk about 800 miles of caminos last fall. Properly used, they reduce load on your legs by 25%. I was able to walk a bit faster than most of the other pilgrims, but more importantly, I walked 2 to 3 hours longer in the day. Never got a blister, but I confess my legs and feet would sometimes ache during the last couple hours. I never woke up sore.
200 gr on the feet equals 1 kg in the backpack. Don’t wear boots on the Camino!
Half that starts in boots end up walking in crocs and birkenstock sandals or they buy a pair of keen sandals and trash their boots.
Go for 6-7 kg in the backpack. You really don’t need more.
A Camino section, with backpack burnes 2500-3000 calories(20-25 km) that is whit 700 gr on the feet and 7 kg in the pack. Ad 100 calories for every extra kilo or 200 gr more on the feet.
Hello I’m planning to walk the Camino… So you haven’t walked yet and your estimating the speed and elevation from a book. Genius
You left out up hill and down hill or in a hurry or not in a hurry, or should I have watched all the video. lol!
Sorry mate but you’re missing the point of the Camino. No one should worry about their speed. Ever. To get benefits from the time spent on Pilgrimage you need to just walk ‘your’ speed, regardless of those around you or even a self-imposed schedule. By allowing yourself to simply walk at your natural speed you allow the mind and spirit to focus on other more important tasks. If you have a limited time to be on the Camino just walk at home in your natural speed and you’ll see how far you can walk in a day. Take that number times the number of days you have and work backwards from Santiago de Compostela and viola, there is your starting point. Good luck in Spain and I hope you get the most out of it.
This is excellent. Thank you so much for this food-for-thought. In preparing for my first Camino, I am experimenting with not only walking pace but also the optimum duration/frequency of rests during a day’s walk. One point is that perhaps people who are motivated by spiritual objectives / religious obligation may be able to find the mental means to overcome or tolerate the ‘boredom factor’ that you note can occur with any endurance activity. Anyway, man thanks for this.
There are hotels, right?
I do not have to stay in hostels, right?
Did you look at what the elevation changes are on the Camino? The estimate for 3 mph walking speed I think is for generally flat ground. Hiking speed drops significantly for steep elevation changes.