5 Best Alternative Camino Routes

[@myspanishcountryhome]

Love the recommendation for the lesser-known routes. So many options and so little time. I'll be there in September to start the Invierno in a few weeks based on your recommendation. Also thanks for recommending the Altra's! I'd wear them with a suit if I could.

[@DaysWeSpend]

You're welcome! Let us know how your Invierno goes! Buen Camino.

[@myspanishcountryhome]

@@DaysWeSpend Thanks! Will do. Maybe we can have a quick get together when i'm back.

[@DaysWeSpend]

@@myspanishcountryhome Sounds good! Send us an email :)

[@DavidSteveExploring]

Thanks to both of you for this. We’ve viewed most of your videos and use the information as a reference point as we plan our Caminos. Our most recent Camino was the Frances and Invierno. You definitely helped us to include the Invierno in our last walk. Good to highlight some of the lesser known Caminos as we look to planning future walks. Well done and keep up the good work.

[@DaysWeSpend]

Thanks so much! Glad that you had a nice time on the Invierno!

[@KarinMeierMagruder]

Love you guys and all of your videos! Looking forward to you walking the Camino Português some day.

[@DaysWeSpend]

Thank you so much for the super!

[@goingoverland6403]

Consider doing the Camino de Madrid. We walked it in the late spring of 2016. At the time about 500 people per year were biking or walking the route. It was well marked but challenging to find the locals to open up the Albergues and sometimes we had to buy food from trucks that visit the small villages, or get the locals to open up their shops just for us. The old Roman road up and over a mountain pass to the Roman Aqueduct in Sergovia was a highlight. Other highlights were staying in a room connected to the Ponce De Leon Museum and staying in the basement of a Castle. Most of the way was through yellow flowered fields, along paths, through forested areas and a few mountain passes. In one place we even had to wade through chest high grass and weeds between a stream and farmers fields for a few kms. The Camino de Madrid joins the Camino Frances in Sahagun. We went from isolation to walking with hundreds of pilgrims which was a completely different experience. The reason we chose Camino de Madrid is because that is where we flew in, so we just started walking. Buen Camino!

[@DaysWeSpend]

The timing of this comment is perfect. We LITERALLY just finished walking that Camino! Our first video is going to be released next week. We loooooooved the Camino de Madrid and wholeheartedly recommend it. We're glad you loved it, too!

[@goingoverland6403]

@@DaysWeSpend Can't wait to see the Camino Madrid videos.

[@speckofdust272]

Learnt a lot thankyou … from a future Camino walker and new subscriber great vlog

[@DaysWeSpend]

Thanks so much!

[@shaunminehan]

The Camino Madrid is my fav!!!!! Helps that it’s kinda flat most of the way :)

[@DaysWeSpend]

That's good to know! We may or may not have some plans to walk that one. 😉

[@goingoverland6403]

My favorite too, but I have only walked it and Camino Frances from Sahagun.

[@davidraithby5139]

Love your videos!...and the alternative routes. I have done the Salvador, the Invierno and the Sanabras from Chaves, Portugal. Off to do the Argones in October. I did walk from Leon to Ponferrada last year on the Frances but it just a bit too busy for me. I love the suggestion of the Vadiniense but may be a bit tough for my 65 year old bones. Always good to have one on the calendar. Keep up the grand work! Cheers

[@DaysWeSpend]

Thanks so much! If you did the Salvador, the Vadiniensis is very doable. Just plan for a few shorter days. Buen Camino!

[@daithiorinn1964]

Hi Guys Love the videos!! Last year my brother and I started in Irun and stayed on the Del Norte to Ribadeo. But then we veered off on to the Ruta do Mar to Ferrol, and finished off on the Ingles. The Ruta do Mar is definitely one you might consider for a future video. Next year's plan is the San Salvador on to the Primitivo. Then train to Ribadeo to finish off the del Norte and then to Finisterre for good measure!! Buen Camino and keep the videos coming. Dave

[@DaysWeSpend]

Thanks so much! We’d love to walk the Ruta do Mar; it’s an amazing area. Your camino plan sounds perfect!

[@Andy-Mesa]

Y’all, this could not be more timely! Days into the GR11 my girlfriend was suffering FOMO and decided to book a flight. Except she doesn’t want to do one of the hardest hikes in Europe and I’ve already done the Norte, Primitivo, and Portugues (can you guess why I haven’t done the Frances?) so we’re probably going to string together a bunch of these avoiding the hordes as much as possible. Thank you so much for all your videos past and present for making me aware of these!

[@DaysWeSpend]

That's awesome! Let us know which routes you pick.

[@mistreated]

Really fun vid, guys! Love the alternative routes. Any excuse to go through the Picos, Potes or Fuente de is good for me. By the way, your accents are sounding beautiful. Nos vemos!

[@DaysWeSpend]

Thanks so much! ❤

[@traveller9292]

Lainey, you look beautiful scrubbed up off the Camino, Shawn you're just like this Shaun, we're just fugly blokes having fun with life. Loving your adventures guys

[@DaysWeSpend]

Haha thanks. Too accurate. Lainey is the beauty and I’m lucky to be able to walk so many miles beside her. Thanks for watching!

[@annakapp7908]

THANK YOU 2.VERY INTERESTING

[@DaysWeSpend]

Glad you enjoyed it. Buen Camino!

[@PVLocalFirst]

This was great, thank you!!!!!!!

[@DaysWeSpend]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@sylvia-fm4qf]

Thank you for this excellent content. ❤

[@DaysWeSpend]

Glad you like it!

[@michelemoran3267]

Excellent reviews of these caminos!...loved this. .

[@DaysWeSpend]

Thank you!! Buen Camino!

[@BelindaRausch]

I always enjoy watching your videos, may I just suggest for example this video to add a map of route if possible, would help us who don't know areas well. Love you guys energy & commodore, always entertaining! I've learned lots from you both.

[@DaysWeSpend]

Thanks so much! That's a great suggestion and we'll keep that in mind for future videos like this.

[@nobnobvideo]

Made me wanna walk some of these alternatives. Thanks for another great video. About the Via de la Plata before you go: I walked it this March. The landscape is definitely beautiful. What I didn't like, it was overcrowded. Once I had to walk 48km because I couldn't get a bed and the next town was 28km more. Gave up in Salamanca, couldn't even make a reservation for the next stop. Another thing: it's all 'normal' hikers, mostly nice people but no Camino spirit.

[@DaysWeSpend]

Woah!!! 48 km!!! We’ve only done the last 100 km of the sanabres/via de la plata. One day we’ll walk the rest of it.

[@taylorkozak9730]

Thanks for this list! My husband and I can't get a full month away, but I've been daydreaming about walking the Camino Ingles with a layover in the UK to start with St. Michael's Way in Cornwall. We'd be coming from Canada, so as members of the commonwealth, this makes sense in my brain (and I love a good twofer).

[@DaysWeSpend]

That makes sense, too! Buen Camino!

[@MakeBetterStuff]

Aww. I'm about to do the Frances again. I'd definitely go for a smaller route if I had a walking partner. You too are so sweet together.

[@DaysWeSpend]

Thanks so much. Buen Camino!

[@Karen-dq8nw]

Great summary of these routes! They all look great! I wonder though - what happened with that charging cow? and what are your little necklaces?

[@DaysWeSpend]

Thanks! Our necklaces are microphones. As for the cow, we survived! But the whole story is going to be in our San Salvador video. :)

[@el_tejon383]

How dare you. Now I have to do more… Love your content.

[@DaysWeSpend]

Hahaha. Thanks so much!

[@BaltistaniBoys]

Stunning views. I recommend you visit the himalayan mountains k2 and Nangaparbat view point from one place moses peak Gilgit-Baltistan Barah Valley. Add this sound in your bucket list.

[@DaysWeSpend]

Thanks for the recommendation.

[@johnturnbull2146]

Thanks guys, always entertaining🙂, I am headed to Ponferrada to pick up where I finished my solo Frances walk last year and continue walking to SdC and Finisterre, starting on 21 Sept. Then I am then considering returning to Ponferrada to walk the Invierno from about 7 Oct, do you know if Alburgues/Hostals operate along the Invierno throughout Oct?

[@johnturnbull2146]

Dooh clearly they are as you walked in Winter...go the Muleteers😄

[@DaysWeSpend]

HAHAHA. MULETEERS! Yes, most places are open in the off seasons. We suggest calling ahead to make sure they're open and expecting you. Buen Camino!

[@PJ_Hawke]

Very well done. Thank you

[@DaysWeSpend]

Thanks so much!

[@scotbotvideos]

Worth mentioning that there's also wolves on the San Salvador route; Nadine of Nadine Walks encountered some, albeit somewhat in the distance.

[@DaysWeSpend]

So true! There’s also wolves and bears on the San Salvador and the Vadiniense. We didn’t see either but we heard stories of them.

[@isobelcunningham281]

I;m planning the Invierno but combing through Brierley, I found alternatives that allowed for much shorter days than 30 km! - thank goodness! My proposed route with stops would take 15 or 16 days with a mix of municipal albergues and private rooms. I sure hope that is doable because at 76 I cannot walk 30 k in one day!

[@DaysWeSpend]

We’re so glad to hear that there are alternative options. 15 or 16 days sounds like a really nice time. Buen Camino!

[@rolane3meh325]

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[@DaysWeSpend]

Thanks so much for watching our videos! The regreso is only if you are in the process of visa *_renewal_* and need to leave the EU. Legally speaking, working remotely is not allowed. Our small income from KZbin is considered passive income and that's ok on our visa. You may qualify for the Digital Nomad visa or decide to take a bit of a sabbatical.

[@el_tejon383]

We have done the Frances from SJPDP and have been spending a month a year south of Valencia. I would love to see a series by you guys on the Camino Levante! There seem to be no good videos on this route!

[@DaysWeSpend]

Thanks for the suggestion! We’ll look into that!

[@DunRovinRanch-1969]

So many caminos. So little time.

[@DaysWeSpend]

We feel that too!

[@JasonBrownafewmomentsl8er]

You realize theres not one português route theres 2 . or 3 depending on how you look at it maybe even 4 if you count the section between lisbon and porto which is way less traveld

[@DaysWeSpend]

Yes! We know that there are many routes in Portugal. We're mainly referencing the main inland route or the coastal one.

[@traveller9292]

What are you guys wearing around your necks?

[@DaysWeSpend]

Those are our microphones.

[@shaunminehan]

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