Advices and preparations of Santiago's path

The Santiago’s path is an experience that travellers do it to arrive at Santiago de Compostela. It started in the Middle Age when the apostle’s relics were found, and the people wanted to see them.

Physical preparation:

Before do it the Santiago’s path we have to be strong and tough for very long walks. So, we recommend practicing some activities:

First, we have to train our feet and our legs. This is very important because we need to be in shape. If you want to be in shape, you must walk everyday, approximate the kilometres that you are going to do in the different steps of the Santiago’s path, usually there are 20-25 km. You can also carry on a backpack with the approximate weight that you are going to take.

(Recommended) Materials:

• We recommended taking a big backpack with some important and necessary things. The backpack should have many pockets and a waterproof. You must take a sleeping-bag too.

• You must take clothes for a week: t-shirts, four or five pairs of socks, fleeces, underwear, a hat and a solar glasses to protect you of the sun, trousers, mountain shoes, a raincoat…

• It’s also necessary to go with some bottles of water, food, solar cream, insecticide…

• You can take other things that you believe they are important. For example, if you have allergic reactions, you can take pills or something else. For security, they must be in little pockets of your backpack .

• It’s so important to don’t take more weight than 10% of your body weight because you are going to walk during hours and it’s better to be comfortable.

How to go to Sarria from Lepe, and go back.

We leave from Lepe, and we go to Sarria. Sarria will be our first step of the Santiago’s path. We are going to explain our recommendations to go to Sarria.

·         We take a bus in Lepe to Seville at 21:00. It last 2 hours and it costs approximately 10 euros. Then, we take another bus in Seville to Lugo at 23:20. It last approximately 12 hours and it costs between 50 and 70 euros. Finally, we take another bus in Lugo to Sarria. It last approximately 30 minutes. This is the cheaper way. It costs between 70-90 euros, it depending of the Lugo-Sarria price.

·         We take a bus in Lepe to Seville at 21:00. It last 2 hours and it costs approximately 10 euros. Then, we take a train in Seville to Lugo. It last approximately 10 hours and it costs between 90 and 110 euros. This is the faster way. However, it is a little bit expensive. The total price is between 100-120 euros.

·         We can also take a plane in Seville at 11:00 and arrive 1 hour and 30 minutes later to Santiago de Compostela (it costs from 50 euros, depending of the date) and then, take a bus from Santiago to Sarria.

Here we teach you a table. In it, there are our possible ways and the total price. It includes the return too.

Transport means	Prices	Going prices	Return prices	Total price
Bus-Bus-Bus		70-90€	70-90€	140-180€
Bus-Train-Bus		100-120€	100-120€	200-240€
Bus-Plane-Bus		+70€*	+70€*	+140€*

*The prices depend of the flight companies. 

Now you can go travel ready!. On the next page, you can see more information: Our recommended steps to do the Santiago’s path and our better selections of hostels, with seat reservations and cheaper prices.

Good luck!