How much does the Camino de Santiago cost in 2027?

The short answer: between €30 and €45 a day if you sleep in public albergues and plan a little. The long answer depends on how much you're willing to rough it and which month you go.

This breakdown is written from O Porriño, on the Portuguese Way, with 2026 prices and a warning about 2027 at the end.

Sleeping: €8 to €45 a night

• Public albergue (run by the Xunta de Galicia): around €10 per bunk. They're the cheapest and can't be booked: first come, first served.
• Private albergue: €14 to €20. Bookable, fewer bunks per room and usually better showers.
• Guesthouse or private room: from €35 up. A reasonable treat every few days.

Eating: €15 to €25 a day

The pilgrim's menu costs around €12-15 and includes a starter, main course, dessert and a drink. Breakfast and snacks along the way add another €5-8.

You can cut this a lot by shopping in supermarkets and cooking in albergues that have a kitchen — and many do.

What nobody puts in the budget

• Getting there and back. It's usually the biggest cost of the whole trip and almost never appears in the maths.
• The official pilgrim document: around €2-3.
• Pharmacy. Blister plasters, ibuprofen, sunscreen. Allow €20-30 for the whole trip.
• Backpack transfer between stages: €5-8 per stage. It's not cheating: lots of people use it and it saves Caminos.
• Washing machine: €3-5 every two or three days.

Examples by route

Portuguese Way from Tui (5 stages, about 115 km)

The shortest option that qualifies for the Compostela. Between €150 and €250, not counting transport to Tui.

French Way from Sarria (5 stages, about 115 km)

The busiest stretch of all. Similar price, but more crowded and with more pressure to reach the albergue early.

Full French Way from Saint-Jean (33 stages)

Between €1,000 and €1,500 plus transport. A month-long trip.

How to do it for less

• Public albergues, and cook whenever there's a kitchen.
• Avoid July and August. May, June and September have better weather, fewer people and more beds.
• Carry a water bottle and use the fountains along the way.
• Don't buy new gear for the sake of it. Almost everything you need is already at home.

The 2027 warning

2027 is a Compostelan Holy Year. 25 July falls on a Sunday and the Holy Door opens. In the last Holy Year more than 400,000 pilgrims reached Santiago, and even more are expected in 2027.

That has two consequences for your wallet: private accommodation gets more expensive, and public albergues fill up sooner, which means paying for private beds more nights than planned.

If you're going in 2027, add 15-20% to your budget or go in the low season. And book well in advance.

A cost that isn't really a cost

Of everything you take with you, the only thing still worth something two years later is the memories. And they're exactly what's hardest to keep: photos get lost among thousands in your camera roll, notes stay on paper napkins.

Waymino is a band you wear for the whole Camino that keeps your photos, videos and notes for each stage when you hold your phone near it — nothing to install. When you reach Santiago, the video of your journey is created.

It costs about the same as two nights in an albergue, and it lasts a lot longer.