I am having a hard time finding a hyper/ultralight raincoat that won't break the budget (Less than $20). It would be nice to have one that isn't the clear plastic version.

A call to everyone familiar with the Camino de Santiago! My name is Hannah Dear, and I am a student at the University of Mississippi. I am writing my thesis on the impact of secularization in Spain on ...

My first Camino from Sarria to Finesterria.

In another thread I was asking about visiting Zaragoza, because my idea was to go Madrid - Zaragoza on arrival day from US, and then Zaragoza to Urdos (over the French border) the next day. When some ...

This may be a silly question but can someone explain the 'community dinner' in albergues. Does it mean the food is provided by the albergue owners/staff and if so is the cost included in the cost to ...

I notice that on the tread "December 2024 start ups" there are no pilgrims that has alerted they will start walking CF during Christmas, noor second part of December for that matter. I seem to ...

My first Camino from Sarria to Finesterria. There are lots of threads on this, if you put Finisterre or Fisterra (not Finesterria) into the search function. But the most important fact is to know that ...

I'll be covering both these routes in this post, because I walked them both recently (except for the last stage of the Torres). There are a number of similarities between the two, but there are ...

I'm just bored waiting in for a parcel delivery but noticed this week that the Guerrilla Knitters are out again this year - do you get anything similar where you live? It used to be just pillar boxes ...

I know this is a long shot, but I'm going to ask an off the wall question. I'd like to send a thank you note to Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez regarding the Camino for their involvement in making the ...

Spain is imposing new information gathering rules on accommodation and other similar providers. Under the rules tourists will have to provide more extensive personal information at checkin. Spain is ...

After my last Camino I rented a car to do some further traveling in Northern Spain. Unbeknownst to me I got a parking ticket (or two) in Santiago. I never saw a ticket, they just sent it to the rental ...