Guide to the Camino del Norte

Guide to the Camino del Norte

The Camino Del Norte is fast becoming a popular alternative to the busy Camino France it makes up about 5% of the pilgrim Journeys that end up in Santiago in fact it’s the next most popular of the communo Portuguese the accepted starting point is the city of

Ilun in The Basque country and it’s just over the border from andai in France from ilun the way hugs the northern coast of Spain as it heads westwards towards the province of Galia where you’ll find Santiago if variety is what you’re after the nor really provides you

Get sandy beaches like at San Sebastian here rugged Coastal paths through the Basque Country and nicely isolated tracks through aurus summer July or August is probably the best time to do the Cino Del nor for a number of reasons perhaps the main one is the weather outside of Summer it can

Get rather wet due to the proximity to the coast secondly lots of the alberes or hosts will be closed when it’s out of season and many of the coastal Resort towns will be starting to shut down after September year on year the Nate is getting busier and busier so May June or

September could offer a less crowded experience if offseason is your thing then the month of March the gradually opening hotels and hostels may be encouraged to offer some discounts the highlights of the Cino Del Norte well there’s quite a few making all those climbs through the bass country worthwhile are all those

Sweeping views of the Coast what else you got the mountains as well through the region of canabria you have the impressive site of the Picos de Europa between those mountains and the sea is the lovely Rolling Hills of the contaban countryside so landscape wise you have the best of all worlds even though you don’t walk into

The KOST Europa the Camino still offers plenty of challenges especially as you walk through the Bas country the ups and downs can be quite full on I met a few refugees who had started the communo France and found it a bit too much and so they jumped over to the nor they

Didn’t regret it because it also passes through those culturally Rich regions of the Bas country canabria asulas and finally into Galia it’s much quieter than the communo France but popular enough to still have some good facilities clearly marked roots and a great community of pilgrims the kamino Del Norte does have

Plenty of historical significance especially as there’s evidence of pilgrims having walked this way in the 9th and 10th centuries so it’s considered an important pilgrimage route partly due to OA which you’ll find kind of halfway along which marks the beginning of the commo Primitivo should you wish to branch on to that

Way so what to bring if you’re away from the colder months I think you can get away without a sleeping bag and just some kind of sheet or sleeping bag liner should suffice although some some of the municipal alberes or hosts won’t have blankets but on the other hand if you’re

Mostly going to be staying in private alberes then you’ll be fine rangar is important obviously you may be a poncho person you may be a range jacket person I’ve tried both and I think Poncho could be the way to go these days vast majority of pilgrims seem to be wearing Trail Runners In terms of the physical challenge generally speaking I would say the communo Del morte is way up there as one of the hardest Caminos to take on possibly the hardest stages are those between ilun and Bill Bell this stretch of coastline is also quite expensive but as a region it’s

Historically quite Rich from bilbow to riida is a bit more forgiving and you already have climbs of more than 200 M or so within one stage but from Ridell to sobr on the other hand gets a bit harder and there’s lots of up and downs especially as you move away from the

Coast and into the mountains of galsia if you’re tight for time and don’t want to walk the all of the Camino in one go then you could spend just a week say walking from Iden to gica or Santana Delmar to Riv DEA or over on the Primitivo you could walk from OVO to

Lugo You won’t miss the beautiful Bird’s eyee view of sasan as you approach the city from the East one of the main drawers is the Crescent shaped sweep of the beach of Laona Laona meaning shell the other Main Attraction of San Sebastian is the famous food sea where

All manner of establishments V for your attention from Pink CH heavy bars all the way to starchy white tablecloth anxiety San Sebastian’s got it All why do the Cino Del I asked quite a number of people this question and without exception the answer was simple it’s the sea people love the idea of Walking By the Sea all across Northern Spain with the chance to go swimming use the beaches it’s always about the Sea [Applause] W You

Come along with me as I tackle the mountains of the Basque country, marvel at the majesty of the Picos de Europa, swim in the beautiful azure seas off the coast of Asturias, savour the gastronomic delights of San Sebastien, and eat some pinxos in Galicia.