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  1. peregrina2000

    Invierno Planning Questions 2024

    Not recommended is not the same as prohibited. 🤣 Reminds me of an experience I had in Portugal. There were a lot of cars parked outside a big shopping mall and it was unclear to me whether parking was allowed or not. I asked the policeman nearby and his response was “Não está nem prohibido...
  2. peregrina2000

    Arrived from Camino Lebaniego (June/24)

    I walked the Lebañiego before I started using a GPS, and getting lost on the way into Lebeña was one of the main reasons I started using one! This was years ago, before the route through Cades was marked, so there was a LOT of road walking at the beginning. I agree that those days are gorgeous...
  3. peregrina2000

    Monasterio de Zamartze has pilgrim accommodations!

    I had a long wait in a doctor’s office today and spent some time googling around to find out more about the many churches in the mountains around here. OMG, there is quite a legend associated with the church of San Miguel de Aralar! It involves the Basajuan, the Navarran mythological creature I...
  4. peregrina2000

    BP on the Catalán, June-July 2024

    I first walked the Olvidado in 2014, and we never had a problem getting accommodation way back then. I think the situation has improved since then. Adolfo in Nava de Ordunte was extremely helpful, and he now has an albergue in his garage, I believe. BP, for a hard-core remote camino walker like...
  5. peregrina2000

    Invierno Planning Questions 2024

    I think you are talking about the visitors center and not the museum. The visitors center is very close to Hotel Rural Agoga. I agree that it doesn’t have much (but they do have a sello!). I have always written about how much I liked the museum located at the entrance to town — near the...
  6. peregrina2000

    Invierno Planning Questions 2024

    I don’t think it’s actually that much longer, but it does have a descent that can be tricky in wet weather. And if you are on the blue trail (I’m referring to the Médulas map I posted, incorrectly oriented as it may be), you will go right by the Mirador de las Pedrices, which is not as...
  7. peregrina2000

    Invierno Planning Questions 2024

    That was my experience as well. She was happy to pick up the key and walk the 10 m to open the door of the church, which has an entrance directly from the albergue. There is a hospitalera in Diomondi every day from 1 pm till maybe as late as 10 pm, I believe, and I would imagine they welcome...
  8. peregrina2000

    Monasterio de Zamartze has pilgrim accommodations!

    My idea is to walk to Zamartze, drop my pack and take the loop up to San Miguel and back down to sleep in Zamartze. Given that from Hiriberri to Zamartze is pretty flat, I think the 800 m ascent to San Miguel would be do-able for me, provided that I do not wait too many years! Does that seem...
  9. peregrina2000

    Brand New Cafe in Ventosa

    🤣 🤣 🤣
  10. peregrina2000

    An old variant of the Ignaciano

    I have learned that this is called “link rot.” Seems to be a huge phenomenon. Wikipedia has links to a lot of studies that have tried to quantify it. All of those links are currently active. :D p.s. I have moved the Ignaciano discussion out of Paulo’s Viejo thread and created a separate...
  11. peregrina2000

    Invierno Planning Questions 2024

    I’m trying to keep track, and I think this is now the fourth option. 1. standard camino from Borrenes 2. alternative from Borrenes up to Mirador 3. alternative from Cornatel Castle through La Chana to Mirador 4. Villavieja to Paradela to Mirador It may seem confusing from afar, but when you’re...
  12. peregrina2000

    Invierno Planning Questions 2024

    Maybe you already saw this, but just in case - there is also a route from the castle that doesn’t go down to Borrenes but goes straight to the mirador. https://www.wikiloc.com/hiking-trails/villavieja-orellan-las-medulas-85187804 I think this is the route @mla1 took.
  13. peregrina2000

    Monasterio de Zamartze has pilgrim accommodations!

    Yes, I think it makes everything so much more do-able in the early stages. What I’m hoping to do from there is up to Beriain from Uharte-Arakil, and then down to Arbizu for the night, back on the official route. It’s only 13 km, but I think the elevation gain makes that a prudent idea, at...
  14. peregrina2000

    Security Warning On Via de Plata

    I’ve asked Wise Pilgrim for his help on this, but based on @MikeJS’ comment, I’m betting it relates to the guys who were ultimately arrested in 2013. I don’t think there have been recent incidents, but I could be wrong. See this thread.
  15. peregrina2000

    Invierno Planning Questions 2024

    The bulk of the ascent is before Villavieja. You will retrace your steps on the next day, but an afternoon stroll up to the castle without a pack would be nice. Nice views, too, from the bench nearby that is advertised, I think, as having the prettiest views in the Bierzo. I think that’s...
  16. peregrina2000

    The REAL Camino Viejo - a new project for a Camino alternative.

    I saw Susilia (small typo, it’s Susilla) on your spread sheet as an option to break the day from Villanueva into Aguilar. Another great suggestion! There is a casa rural there, Casa Rural Mate. They have two apartments, one is a one-bedroom, the other much bigger. You can WhatsApp them +34...
  17. peregrina2000

    Invierno Planning Questions 2024

    Yes, I see the compass on the right. But I’m not sure how that makes any difference — are you one of those people who has google maps on “true north” all the time? :D I just like to see it as I am walking or driving, and I think the orientation of this map does that. BTW, it wasn’t me who set...
  18. peregrina2000

    Invierno Planning Questions 2024

    @trecile, I think Nick’s 13 stages should suit you fine. You can shorten day 11 by stopping in Bandeira, and that leaves only the day into Quiroga at more than 25. That day from A Rúa to Quiroga can be shortened by some walking and training options. There’s lots of discussion of this on the...
  19. peregrina2000

    Monasterio de Zamartze has pilgrim accommodations!

    Camino Viejo from Pamplona to Aguilar de Campóo. Just as an FYI, we have divided the routes in Spain subforum into 42 separate sub-forums and the Viejo is one of those. You can see all the embedding on the string along the top of this thread. Camino Routes > Routes in Spain > Camino Viejo...
  20. peregrina2000

    Invierno Planning Questions 2024

    Here is the map of the trails at Médulas. If you walk in on the official Camino, you come in where the big P is. If you take any of the alternatives (from Borrenes, from the Cornatel castle, or from the Monastery of Valdueza) you arrive at the mirador de Orellán. The camino leaves on the...

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