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    Levante/Sureste/Don Quixote

    Part IV (Valladolid and Madrid) In over 45 years of visiting Spain I had never been to Valladolid. Valladolid is where Isabella and Ferdinand were married in 1469, unifying the crowns of Castile and Aragon. Christopher Columbus died there in 1506 - still believing he had found the westward...
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    Part III (Medina del Campo to Zamora) It is at Medina del Campo that the Sureste and the Levante finally go their own way, the former to join the Camino Frances at Astorga via Benavente and the latter to join the Camino de la Plata at Zamora. I'd been to both Zamora and Benavente previously on...
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    Not at all, Alan. I stand corrected and I'll edit my post. Yes, of course, now that you point it out, son of a cousin is not a nephew, it would have to be son of a brother or sister. I think the consanguinity issue would still have held true. Yes European history would certainly have taken a...
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    Levante/Sureste/Don Quixote

    Part II (Cebreros - Medina del Campo) From Cebreros the path keeps on going up and up through pastureland and magnificent scenery until the windswept village of San Bartolome de Pinares. Then it rolls down gently to Avila. It really is a quite splendid day's walking. Bad Pilgrim warns of an 8...
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    Part I - Toledo to Cebreros I found leaving Toledo as baffling as I had found approaching it last year. I wanted to follow the rivers, first the Tagus and then the Rielves, but all markings and verbal directions took me in quite another direction. By the time I realised my error it was too late...
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    Well I completed my walk a couple of weeks ago - see post 39. In the end I walked from Toledo to Zamora rather than to Benavente. I alternated between the Levante and Sureste, much as I did last year, until Medina del Campo. From there I went on to Tordesillas and then followed the Senda del...
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    Belated thanks to Peregrina (post 46) - the Cami St Jaume is on my to do list though I'll probably start it from Collioure in France - and Bad Pilgrim (post 41). Somehow I dropped out of the weekly digest loop and its only now that my flights are booked that I'm catching up. Due to resume from...
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    Thanks for that Verity. As it went I flew into and set off from Alicante, rather put off by talk of all those suburbs out of Valencia. One day I will get to visit Valencia. Thanks too for Dalí information. I could find no mention of any of his works in Valenciano museums so assumed that there...
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    Hello and happy New Year. Bad Pilgrim: I used Michelin 577 (Espana Este) for Alicante to Elda, one day's walking. Mapas Provinciales de Espana (IGN) for Albacete and Toledo. Both are 1:200,000 (1 cm to 2 km). Both trace the various Caminos (Levante, Sureste, La Lana, etc..) without actually...
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    Levante/Sureste/Don Quixote

    Toledo - Day 15 and El Fin (for this year) El Toboso: the Tourist Office confirmed that Hospederia Convento Madres Trinitarias do take 'peregrinos'. I'm disappointed to have missed out as the convent seems to be as much on the tourist map here as Dulcinea/Don Quijote/Cervantes. El Pequeño...
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    I doubt too much has changed since you walked these ways seven years ago, Andy. A few more solar power and wind farms, perhaps? Shame you missed out on the bull ring. Steve
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    El Toboso (part II) San Clemente: wonderful 16th/17th century town centre with a square around the Santiago church. Albergue great too - and free. For those on a budget, it doesn't have a kitchen, but I guess the quid pro quo is you get free accommodation, so you can spend some euros on dinner...
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    Ola Camigos. El Toboso, Day 10. Still on my own, blaming it on the smelly feet. Albacete: contrary to received wisdom I had no problem leaving town. It's well marked on the map you can pick up at the Tourist Office. Head up Paseo de Cuba, turn right into Avenida de Cronista Mateo y Sotos and...
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    Windmills at Mota del Cuervo most certainly on my itinerary, particularly if it is a possible 'place whose name I do not care to remember'. My readings have lead me to believe that the 'place' might be Montiel, which isn't on my itinerary. Not familiar with Lazarillo de Tormes, other than it is...
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    Levante/Sureste/Don Quixote

    A Pilgrim's Progress. Albacete - Day 6. Left from Alicante last Friday, followed Bad Pilgrim's blog until Villena on the Sureste/La Lana (spot on BP), on the La Lana to Caudete, then to Almansa and onto the Levante. No sign of any other walkers. Fine if, like me, you like sun, solitude and...
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    Canuck: I wasn't aware of either the book or the website. All the info I have been able to gather seems to be geared at those with cars rather than at walkers. I've only taken a cursory glance at the website but the map looks encouraging. Thanks. Yecla: think I was drawing on the info in...
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    Levante/Sureste/Don Quixote

    Thanks one and all for your posts and time, of great assistance in helping me crystalize my plans. I discovered yesterday that I can fly out to Alicante straight after work, thus gaining me an extra day. I'll put Valencia on the backburner for another visit. Unlikely to spend more than a day...
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    Levante/Sureste/Don Quixote

    Been trying to do some online research on these routes. Its all pretty skinny but some here have been of great help. I still have a number of questions. I'll be setting off at the end of September. I've got 18 days. Haven't decided on whether to set off from Valencia or Alicante. I'm open to...

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