If you enjoy the buzz of a crowd, this may be the best time for you to go.Īpril and May are relatively quiet months and the spring weather is picking up. They are on the upper-scale side of accommodation and provide a fantastic experience.Įl Camino de Santiago gets busy during the summer months. Pazos are grand manor houses that are used for accommodation. They are typically the larger of the two. Pensiones, or guesthouses, are quite similar to casa rurales. These hotels can either be large or small, family-run affairs.Ĭasa Rurales are beautiful, family-run country homes and are the closest thing to what we call B&Bs. These are hostel-type accommodations that are very cheap, often with 16 beds or more per room. Over 40,000 pilgrims annually are over the age of 60, meaning that the Camino is a route suitable for all ages and abilities.Īccommodation along El Camino de Santiago is varied. Throughout the final 160km of the Camino Frances, there are few steeper climbs with more gentle ascents and descents. The Camino Frances is a gentle and easy route, with very few steep climbs. Galicia is very green – our Product Team compared it to the countryside of Ireland! This means that there is good shade and the trail can be quite cool, even during the heat of the day. The terrain along the Camino Frances is easy with a mixture of woodland paths, small rural roads and lanes. The final 160km of the Camino Frances begins just inside the border of Galicia, a province of Spain. Known for being a strategic enclave by Arabs and Christians. Specifically, we will be offering the final 160km of the Camino Frances – from O’Cebreiro to Santiago. 10 pueblos con ms encanto en el Camino de Santiago. The Camino Frances is the route that we at Hillwalk Tours are focusing on for our tours. There are routes all throughout Europe, as can be seen in the image below. (*Statistics taken from the Pilgrim’s Office for 2016)Īs you can see, the Camino Frances was over three times as popular as the next most popular Camino route in 2016.Įl Camino de Santiago isn’t just limited to Spain. The seven most popular* routes of El Camino de Santiago are as follows: There are many routes that lead to to Santiago de Compostela, and ‘Camino de Santiago’ is an umbrella term for them all. The term ‘El Camino de Santiago’ can be ambiguous.
There are some things that walkers should know before undertaking the Camino, such as type of terrain, types of accommodation, the best time to go, and more. The Camino is an umbrella term for hundreds of routes throughout Europe that all lead to Santiago. El Camino de Santiago is one of the most popular walking routes in the world. Esta ruta del Camino de Santiago experimentó un cambio creciente después de la independencia de Portugal, en el siglo XII, transitada por el Rey Alfonso I.
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