The walk we did was a roughly 116km section of the Camino Frances - the Camino Frances is the most popular route on the Camino de Santiago, beginning (I use the term loosely as there are numerous starting points, but this is probably the most popular one) in St. Jean Pied de Port in France and stretching for 790km to Santiago de Compostela. The section we walked began in Sarria, Spain and finished in Santiago de Compostela This section is the most popular section on the Camino Frances as it satisfies the minimum requirements for getting the Compostela (certificate stating you have walked the Camino de Santiago) - i.e you have walked a minimum of 100kms and you have arrived at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. We walked for 9 days in total - our shortest day was 11kms and our longest day was 18.5km.
We didn't "rough it" on this Camino - I pre-booked our accommodation and we had private rooms with en-suite bathrooms. (I'm sure the purists would be horrified!) We ate in restaurants, often but not always choosing the Pilgrim's menus. The men carried their backpacks, but the ladies sent theirs ahead (we used Jacotrans and their service was superb.) Our accommodation was in reasonably priced hostels, pensions and albergues. I have mentioned the accommodation we used and reviewed it on the page for each day.
The typical walking day saw us leaving relatively early in the morning and walking with the aim of getting to our next destination in time for lunch. If breakfast was provided at the accommodation we would have a small, simple breakfast before beginning our day's walk and then walk about 5kms before stopping for a coffee break and then continue on to our destination in time for lunch.
As far as travel arrangements go, I planned our walk and made all of the bookings myself. We flew into and out of Santiago de Compostela and I arranged a private transfer from Santiago de Compostela to Sarria for the start of our walk.
The typical walking day saw us leaving relatively early in the morning and walking with the aim of getting to our next destination in time for lunch. If breakfast was provided at the accommodation we would have a small, simple breakfast before beginning our day's walk and then walk about 5kms before stopping for a coffee break and then continue on to our destination in time for lunch.
As far as travel arrangements go, I planned our walk and made all of the bookings myself. We flew into and out of Santiago de Compostela and I arranged a private transfer from Santiago de Compostela to Sarria for the start of our walk.
Please give me a shout if you have any questions, I'd happily share the info about our walk.
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