To book or not to book – that is the question…
Completo. Completo. Completo.
The most dreaded word in a pilgrim's experience, except maybe for... blisters. That sinking feeling when all the albergues are full and you don't know where you will sleep tonight.
This was the reality for numbers of pilgrims in May this year, when the Camino reached unprecedented numbers (see the full story with statistics here).
When the Not so amazing bed race is a reality on the route it has several effects. It causes pilgrims to debate pre-booking their accommodation, losing some of the fluidity and freedom of the pilgrimage in the process. The old adage "the Camino provides" and the beauty of letting your journey unfold day to day organically then comes into stark competition with the reality of recent years' surge in popularity that makes this...