Hello, I'm from Australia and have been studding Spanish for almost 4 years and we have to choose a route of El Camino de Santiago for our assignment and this video has given me so many things to include and write about and thanks to this video I actually want to go there when I finish school, this was so exciting to watch thankyou so so much :)
Well you covered the first half really well... and I loved it just as you did. Oviedo and Camino Primitivo was a great place to turn off. I've done most of the last half now and it has had some challenges that have been unpleasant... But as we know... The Camino provides...
Great video. I'm planning my first Camino trip and I was on the fence as to whether I should do the French Way or Del Norte. This convinced me to do Del Norte :)
Hi Derek! I'm sure you will find some nice spots to wild camp. I just published episode 1 that covers the first 5 days of the Camino Del Norte. Check it out if you want! Safe travels
You forgot to mention the people you meet along the way. I knew nothing about Spain before I came here last week: we did the Camino Ingles, which was too short and too quiet, but felt like a Camino once we met fellow pilgrims. Also, don't underestimate how much money you will need. :)
Thanks for the warning about how much money you needs ! Or should I say how much " more " money ! It's always going to need more money when one travels . Hahaha!
Did you book all of your accommodation in advance, or did you manage to find nice places to stay on the day you arrived to a new town? I'm going to be doing the Camino de Norte with my partner and our 6 month old baby so want to stay at nice places! But I was also hoping for the flexibility of being able to stop in towns that we like along the way.
Super good question! I started by making reservations at hotels for the first 8 days, but then preferred to make my reservations the on the day as it gave me much more flexibility. This will also depend on what time of year you are going....i started in the beginning of October, which is quite late in the season, so i had no problems finding accommodation. However in high season some of the places might be difficult to book the day of. I used booking.com to find hotels along the camino, cause some of the hotels let you cancel within a day of arrival. Some of the smaller towns might not have a hotel and you will stay in a hostel/albergue...i only did this like 3-4 times. Buen Camino!!!!
I've been following & enjoying SummitXtreme's awesome postings of his recent Camino, where he said the numbers (in May 2017) were 20% up on the previous figures... so now, I'm seriously considering switching from the French way to the Northern way, so thanks for your info :)
Depends on your understanding of the word "suitable"... :D But the "Camino del Norte" and/or the "Camino Primitivo" are usually considered to be the LESS suitable caminos for cycling, due to very steep, constant uphill/downhills, plus more likely to find rain/mud, even in the summer.
That is difficult. I think Irun to Bilbao...but i just released videos showing the entire camino del norte...be sure to see episode 1 & 2 to get a better idea of what each sections look like.
I did an entire series on doing the camino. You can choose to do as much as you want if you don't have the time to do the whole thing. I takes around 35 days.
Interesting POV but doing "El Camino" is not about the views, accommodations an all staff mentioned in this video (thought it seems wonderful as well), but about an inner travel experience; "Peregrinar":To walk and wonder around in an spiritual way. So I would say if you want to have a "cool" Camino (so "anglo" style) do this as suggested here. But If you want to have the real experience try a different one or do the northern route but not thinking about these material things. Hope everyone have a great and real life experience in El Camino
Lodging comes in all ranges on the northern route. Backpacker hostels can be as cheap at €15/bed in a dorm and hotels can range as high as €200-250 per night. Most of the places I stayed were around €75/night. Safe Travels.
Better acommodation. Not true. Better weather. Not true. I have done both the northern and the french way. And I live in Leon. The french is fun and magical - the northern is not.
Romeo Izdead If you want silence and deeper contemplation then the Northern is the best. If you want good social experience then the french way is best. I can not recognize all the drinking and weed smoking you are refering to. I did not see one drunk person on any of the two Caminos. Noise and party was definitely not a problem. But each Camino is unique for each person.
Romeo Izdead Disturbing? Really? I never heard anyone say anything like that. And I have spoken to a lot of experienced pilgrims. You must have been very unlucky. Are you sure you are not just focusing too much on a few uncivilized people?
Always wanted to do El Camino de Santiago. Embarrassed to say I didn't know there were different routes. This looks absolutely incredible. The views are stunning (fantastic drone shots by the way)! How long would you say this route would take if you wanted to take it on a fairly slow pace and soak up the experience and beautiful views?
Me too, this trip was a good way to see what it was like. If you guys plan to do it I definitely recommend this route for the reasons mentioned in the video.
Love bumping into Two for the Road out here in RU-vid land... Probably take at least 30 days... if you take your time, it could be as much as 6 weeks. That would be an awesome 2FTR series!
There are actually quite a few. French route, Northern Route, English Route, Portuguese Route and quite a few options start in a variety of cities in Spain.
snipper1ie, you nailed it! But, for those looking for more "official" routes, there are indeed many! We stayed at one alberge that had a map of routes all over Europe and even Africa--all leading to Santiago.
I think for sure you are paid by someone to do a strong advertising for this route :) I could give you 15 reasons to not to do the Camino del Norte, at least not for every one. You should at least warn people about the difficulties of this Route. First of all "your" route is not only along the sea but this is minor point. More important; - It is highly difficult particularly the first 300 km from Irun to Santillana Del Mar, only up and down every day hundreds of meter not seldem 400m or 500m hight per day. But this is not just up and down. Within those stages per day you have to walk several times down and again up so it cumulates to much more than those 400m or 500m This should be considered as a real challenge for not quite fit or elderly people. - Very often very difficult walking ground (what a pity that I can not put some photos of this) requires high attention by walking which does not really allow you to much to look around or have different thinkings than hopefully I will survive. I had by myself as well as I victim by my walking fallows accidents by slipping after rain in kilometers-long, cliffy, slicky stone roads. It is careless not to mention this...when doing advertisement for Camino Del Norte. - I just came back (beginning of Oct. 23) and had big difficulties to find hostels during my walk wich were not full. Many times there were no accommodations available. Hotel as alternative? min 60 up to 120€/night. Again a small :), so, Camino Del Norte is really not just quiet and lonesome. - Traveller should be aware about Spanish eating culture. No dinner anywhere before SHARP 20.00 o'clock. So if you arrive somewhere late afternoon no matter how hungry you are you have to wait for a warm meal. At the moment from where you are now may not be very important but being there and not getting food is not that amusing. I really could go on with number of additional complaints about this kind of youtube fellows but I think who is planing to du this route should be very carefully and collect informations from different angels and not just listen to those pink painters.
