https://camino.today/blog Short, honest posts about walking to Santiago — gear, money, routes and the things nobody warns you about. en Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://camino.today/blog/when-to-walk-the-camino https://camino.today/blog/when-to-walk-the-camino Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT When to walk the Camino de Santiago, month by month: weather on every route, crowds, what closes in winter, what bakes in summer, and the best window per route. https://camino.today/blog/sleeping-bag-or-liner https://camino.today/blog/sleeping-bag-or-liner Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT The sleeping bag question is one every first-timer asks and most guidebooks answer badly. Here's the straightforward version. For most Camino routes in… https://camino.today/blog/what-the-camino-costs-per-day https://camino.today/blog/what-the-camino-costs-per-day Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Camino can be walked for less than most people spend on a week of ordinary life. Here's where the money actually goes — and where you can reduce it… https://camino.today/blog/via-podiensis-starting-in-france https://camino.today/blog/via-podiensis-starting-in-france Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Most pilgrims begin their Camino when they cross into Spain. Some begin it 750 kilometres earlier, in the volcanic highlands of central France. The Via… https://camino.today/blog/why-people-walk-the-camino https://camino.today/blog/why-people-walk-the-camino Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Ask pilgrims why they're walking and you start to notice a pattern. A surprising number of them are between things. The marriage ended six months ago.… https://camino.today/blog/boredom-on-the-camino https://camino.today/blog/boredom-on-the-camino Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT At some point on the Camino, you will be bored. Not restless, not tired — genuinely, flatly bored. And it will be one of the more useful things that… https://camino.today/blog/camino-in-winter https://camino.today/blog/camino-in-winter Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Camino in January looks nothing like the Camino in July. Some pilgrims prefer it that way. Winter walking means shorter days, colder temperatures… https://camino.today/blog/camino-first-aid-kit https://camino.today/blog/camino-first-aid-kit Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Most pilgrims pack too much in their first aid kit. A few pack too little. Here's what actually gets used. The non-negotiables: Compeed blister… https://camino.today/blog/no-entry-requirements https://camino.today/blog/no-entry-requirements Sun, 09 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Camino has no entry requirements. That turns out to matter. Every year, people walk it who by conventional logic probably shouldn't be walking it.… https://camino.today/blog/laundry-on-the-camino https://camino.today/blog/laundry-on-the-camino Sat, 08 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Nobody talks about laundry before the Camino. Everybody thinks about it by day three. The system is simpler than it sounds once you understand the… https://camino.today/blog/camino-aragones-somport https://camino.today/blog/camino-aragones-somport Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Most pilgrims crossing the Pyrenees from France go through Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port. A quieter, older crossing goes through Somport Pass — and the route… https://camino.today/blog/coming-home-from-the-camino https://camino.today/blog/coming-home-from-the-camino Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT People come back from the Camino expecting their life to be different. Usually it isn't. The same job, the same flat, the same inbox. What's different… https://camino.today/blog/boots-or-trail-runners https://camino.today/blog/boots-or-trail-runners Sun, 02 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT The boots vs trail runners debate never ends on the Camino. Here's the honest version. The case for trail runners: they're lighter, which matters more… https://camino.today/blog/pamplona https://camino.today/blog/pamplona Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Most people know Pamplona for the running of the bulls. Pilgrims know it as the place where the Camino becomes real. Pamplona arrives on day two, after… https://camino.today/blog/nobody-knows-what-you-do https://camino.today/blog/nobody-knows-what-you-do Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT On the Camino, nobody knows what you do for a living. And it turns out that changes quite a lot. At home, identity is layered and cumulative. You are… https://camino.today/blog/first-three-days https://camino.today/blog/first-three-days Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Every guide to the Camino tells you what to pack and how to train. Almost none of them tell you what the first three days actually feel like. Day one… https://camino.today/blog/eating-on-the-camino https://camino.today/blog/eating-on-the-camino Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Most pilgrims don't eat enough on the Camino. Not at the start, anyway. Walking 25km a day with a loaded pack burns somewhere between 2,500 and 3,500… https://camino.today/blog/walkers-and-cyclists https://camino.today/blog/walkers-and-cyclists Sun, 26 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Camino has two speeds. And they don't always get along. Cyclists — known on the trail as bicigrinos — have been riding the Camino since long before… https://camino.today/blog/leon https://camino.today/blog/leon Sat, 25 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT León arrives on roughly day eighteen of the Camino Francés, and most pilgrims are so focused on the road ahead that they give it one night and leave.… https://camino.today/blog/stop-thinking-in-hours https://camino.today/blog/stop-thinking-in-hours Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Somewhere around day four or five, you stop thinking in hours. At home, the day is divided by a calendar. Meetings at ten, lunch at one, the commute at… https://camino.today/blog/choosing-a-backpack https://camino.today/blog/choosing-a-backpack Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT The single most important piece of gear on the Camino isn't your boots. It's your pack. Boots hurt your feet. A bad pack hurts everything else … https://camino.today/blog/where-to-start-the-camino-frances https://camino.today/blog/where-to-start-the-camino-frances Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Camino Francés is 780km from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Santiago. You don't have to walk all of it. The only official requirement for the… https://camino.today/blog/camino-villages https://camino.today/blog/camino-villages Sun, 19 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Camino doesn't just pass through villages. It lives inside them. Every morning from April to October, the same thing happens in hundreds of small… https://camino.today/blog/alto-del-perdon https://camino.today/blog/alto-del-perdon Sat, 18 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Day five on the Camino Francés takes you out of Pamplona and over the Alto del Perdón. It's the stage where most pilgrims stop feeling like tourists.… https://camino.today/blog/silence-on-the-camino https://camino.today/blog/silence-on-the-camino Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Camino is quiet in a way most people have never experienced. Not silent — there are birds, wind, footsteps, the occasional car on a road crossing.… https://camino.today/blog/sending-your-bag-ahead https://camino.today/blog/sending-your-bag-ahead Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT You don't have to carry your bag every day. Most pilgrims don't know this is an option until someone tells them at an albergue on day three. Luggage… https://camino.today/blog/walking-the-camino-again https://camino.today/blog/walking-the-camino-again Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Some people walk the Camino once. Others can't seem to stop. Ask a repeat pilgrim why they're back and the answer is rarely simple. The first time… https://camino.today/blog/burgos https://camino.today/blog/burgos Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Most pilgrims spend one night in Burgos and leave before they've seen it. This is a mistake worth correcting. Burgos sits at roughly a quarter of the… https://camino.today/blog/camino-with-a-dog https://camino.today/blog/camino-with-a-dog Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Yes, you can walk the Camino with your dog. People do it every year. But it changes almost everything about how you plan — and it's worth knowing that… https://camino.today/blog/when-something-goes-wrong https://camino.today/blog/when-something-goes-wrong Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Something will go wrong on your Camino. A knee, a tendon, a blister that gets infected, a stomach that gives out for two days. The question isn't…