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Just a quick heads up to warn anyone walking the Primitivo in the next few weeks. The Pension is closed for holidays from next Monday 8 October until the 28 October.
Food may be difficult to find during that time.
Hope to be overnighting next week at Villapanada Albergue....can anyone advise on blanket availability.....we are currently in Spain and making final plans to start the Primitivo.
We (my husband and I) have biked the Frances and VdlP but I really want to walk a Camino. We biked due to my arthritic feet. I can walk long distances in rough terrain, uphill or downhill, but it is long distances on hard flat surfaces that causes me a problem.
How much of the Primitivo is...
Are there many stretches of the Camino Primitivo that you have to walk on hard surfaces, either tarmac´roads or flat gravel tracks.
I am a fit walker but, due to arthritis in my feet, I cannot do long stretches on hard, flat surfaces, hence the reason I biked the Camino Frances and VDlP, but I...
Have just purchased a new guide to biking the Via de la Plata (1st published in Feb. this year).
It is in Spanish but the maps look very clear. It also has information on accommodation, bike shops etc. which is easy to follow. It may be of use for walking the VdlP also.
I will be using it in...
Has anyone seen/used the guide to the Via de la Plata produced in 2011 by the Amigos del Camino de Santiago de Sevilla.
Any comments on this guide would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Does anyone know of/have information about this new camino. All I know is that it starts at Puente de la Reina and ends up at Caravaca de la Cruz in Murcia and is approximately 800km long.
I would be interested to know if there are any albergues along the route and any other information anyone...
We have recently completed the Camino Frances by bike. Although we think we may have had a better experience walking, due to our circumstances we are better riding bikes. We are now looking at riding the Via de la Plata, starting maybe middle to end of October. We live in Spain so travel...
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