Easter time crowded?

[Chris Kendzierski]

Hey-If March-April-May are the rainy season (?) does
it really affect the walk much?  I have been to spain
in March and it is cloudy- but not much rain....but
never been in the northern part of the country.
ChristianK
--- Forbes Christian A <christian.forbesaSIEMENS.COM>
wrote:
> Richard:
> Thanks for your message.  Where did you find the
> statistics?  I am looking
> for the optimum time to go as well, when refugios
> are not busy but still
> open, and the prospects for rain are low.  Have you
> found out any weather
> data?  Of course it will be catch as catch can!
> Chris Forbes
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Ferguson [mailto:rafergusonaATT.NET]
> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 10:05 PM
> To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
> Subject: Easter time crowded?
>
>
> I am still trying to fix on a good date to leave for
> the camino this
> spring.  I noticed that March 31 is Easter, and some
> tourist guidebooks
> say that Easter is a big holiday, lots of people on
> the roads, hotels
> will be crowded, etc.  But does Easter really affect
> the camino?  If I
> stay in the refugios, will I even see any
> difference?  I would imagine
> that finding a place other than the refugio might be
> difficult during
> that week, but maybe even that is overstated.  I
> would not plan to be in
> Santiago itself Easter week, but start in mid-march,
> finish in
> mid-April.  If I want to avoid Easter, I would start
> early April, and
> finish early May.
>
> Any comments on being on the Camino at Eastertime?
>
> I tend to plan trips to avoid crowds, and my spring
> is pretty open right
> now.  Reviewing the month-by-month statistics, very
> few people complete
> the pilgrimage in March (a few hundred), while maybe
> 2500 people
> complete the pilgrimage in April.  Nothing like the
> 15,000 to 20,000 a
> month July and August.  If I look at the month by
> month statistics, July
> and August are busy, June and September have maybe
> half the number of
> pilgrims, while May and October are maybe half of
> June and September.
> April and May are maybe 15% of the peak time, so
> probably a good
> compromise time to go.
>
> I am probably overanalyzing it, but that is the way
> I am.  With an open
> calendar and no one else going with me, I have
> perhaps too many choices.
>
> Richard


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