camino by bicycle

[Fotini]

Hello!
I' m thinking of doing the camino by bicycle but i haven't ridden one for years..Do i have to exercise long?That' s my first question and the second one:is it true that i have to book in private hostels because the walkers are prefered in the other ones? thank you..

[geraldkelly]

Hi Fotini

I've never cycled the Camino but I'll try to answer your questions anyway.

How fit you'll need to be depends how far you want to go every day. If you limit your daily distance to what you can manage comfortably then you should be fine.

It's true that many public hostels give preference to pilgrims on foot. This is usually in the form of not allowing cyclists to check in before 4 or 5 in the afternoon, ie. when most walkers have already finished for the day. I'm not sure why.

Cycling the Camino is a different experience to walking it. You'll miss out on a lot of the social side because you'll be going much faster than the walkers and you'll only see them once.

Ger

[Fotini]

Thank you Ger,
yes, in the meantime - from what i've read - i've also come to the conclusion that walking would be much more interesting than cycling..so if everything's fine till july, i'll just walk..