Camino daily Cost

A concern for anyone walking the Camino is cost, I am not going to discuss the cost of getting to and from your starting and end points as this can change so much with price of fuel, season and where you are traveling to but rather at costs on the Camino.

For accommodation you can stay in Albergues or hotels. Albergues are priced from €0-15 in my experience although the Albergues that run on donations are becoming rarer. In Galicia the Municipal Albergues cost €6 and in most places I paid about €10. Some places will charge for bed and breakfast/evening meal as well and so go up to €25 or so.

Last year and the year before my Mum stayed in hotels and we were usually paying about €25 a night for a nice room which could often have accommodated two people. Once we did spend €40 for her for a night but this was in the only hotel for miles around - in smaller places expect to pay more. Before we left we used one of the websites to book all of her hotels which saved us a lot of hassle.

My Mum also had her bag carried – this cost €6-12 a day (depending on who you booked with).

If you are eating a Pilgrim menu every night (three courses with water/wine and bread usually) expect to pay €8-12 with the usual price being €10.

If cooking yourself we can easily do a meal for three for €10 (a bit more if it’s Mum easting with us as then we need everything to be Gluten Free). You can spend more of course and we have done when seeing new yogurts/chocolate/cakes to try.

For snacks during the day me and my sister will usually have a hot drink each and a slice of tortilla/cake between us which comes to €3-6 (and seems to get more expensive the closer we get to Santiago) but there is variation in this such as the time we paid €3 each for an omelet because we saw someone else eating one and just had to have one!

For the midday meal we usually make sandwiches (about €1 for bread between us and another €1 each for meat or cheese) or cafes sell bocadillos (sandwiches) for about €5.

Breakfast is usually a breakfast bar bought in boxes of 5 or 6 as we go for €1-2.

This makes a day about €28 (or £24 or $31) if staying in an albergue and eating both meals out.

Do you have any other questions about daily costs? Let me know in the comments and I’ll do my best to answer them.

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