Since we did the Camino Portuguese, prices have increased by about 15%. In some areas, guest houses/hotels were the only options. Sometimes a room with a bathroom costs the same as two dorm beds. We slept in various accommodations, from dorm beds in municipal and private albergues to bedrooms with our own bathroom in guest houses and hotels (including a monastery and a 4-star hotel). Tip #4: Make sure you leave some time to explore Baiona, Redondela, Pontevedra, Combarro, Padron and of course, Santiago de Compostela. This gives you 17 days of walking (along the Coastal, Central and Spiritual routes) and 4 spare days, which you may want to use as (a) rest day/s on the road (there are plenty of places that warrant further exploration) or once you’ve reached Santiago de Compostela. If you have three weeks available and are happy to (only) walk on average 11 kilometres/7 miles per day, you may want to replicate our itinerary. Walk the Camino Portuguese averaging 11km/7miles a day (Sample Itinerary) Rates for a basic, clean double/twin room with its own bathroom start at EUR35 per room per night (in low season). You just need to knock on the door and ask. Many rural lodges do not advertise their services on websites like. Many restaurants (that offer pilgrim’s menus) also have a few guest rooms. You will find guest houses and hotels all along the Camino. They all provide blankets and bed linen (some even towels). If you stay in private albergues, you won’t need to bring a sleeping bag (just a sleeping bag liner). But they also cost twice or three times as much (EUR15-25 per person per night). The facilities tend to be (significantly) better than those in municipal albergues. Private albergues are licenced as an albergue and have to follow the same rules that apply to municipal albergues regarding eligibility to stay and lock-up times. Or if they do, they may not be sufficient to keep you warm. Not all provide blankets and/or bed linen. If you’re planning to stay in municipal albergues, bring a sleeping bag and liner. Municipal albergues cannot be pre-booked. But the price of around EUR10 per person per night reflects this. They are often staffed by local volunteers. Municipal albergues, as the name indicates, are owned and run by the municipalities you travel through. What accommodation can I find along the Camino Portuguese? Municipal albergues If you want to walk the Camino in Winter (December-February), be aware that some accommodations will be closed. Municipal albergues remain first come first served even during the busy season (more on that below). Once, we even had a 16-bed albergue all to ourselves.įrom May to September, some accommodations may need to be pre-booked. The accommodations we stayed in (in April) were usually only 25 to 30 per cent full. If you walk in Spring (March/April) or Autumn (October/November) it’s easy, and you don’t generally need to book ahead (except for some small and very popular albergues like Casa Fernanda on the Camino Portuguese Central). How easy is it to find accommodation and what can I expect? This must be one of the most frequently asked questions we’ve seen in Facebook Camino Groups/Camino Forums. Manage your accommodation expectations and prepare as needed Tip #2: While challenging yourself (at least a little) is part of the whole Camino experience, choose a distance that is achievable and a route that matches your abilities. Interested in replicating our itinerary? Just read on or jump straight to it. In the end, we walked a total of 183 kilometres (114 miles) over 18 days – one of which was a rest day (in Combarro on the Variante Espiritual) – averaging just over 11 kilometres (just under 7 miles) per day. Tip #1: Don’t feel pressured by what others do. Paul walked with our usual daypack, carrying a few personal items, and our snacks and water bottle (all weighing in at 3 kilograms/ 6.5 pounds). I walked with my usual travel pack, which ended up weighing 9 kilograms/ 20 pounds (about the same weight I carry normally). We reduced our carry-on travel packs down to a minimum and sent Paul’s travel pack (with anything we didn’t need) from our starting point straight to Santiago de Compostela.
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