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I totally agree with William's remark about Salamanca.
Having walked the VdlP this year from Sevilla to Ourense (and will finish in October), the difference in the Spanish you hear is very evident. In Andalucia, and much of Extremadura, there is a very widespread missing "s". If the word starts...
I stayed in the Hotel Milenium on 9 April this year, and found it fine - clean, hot(tish) water, welcoming staff.
The pilgrim meal was €6 for hotel guests, and €8 for non-guests, but quality-wise was very poor - for me it was as bad as the meal at La Espuela in Almadén de la Plata. However, the...
Hi Isabelle
Thanks for confirming my suspicions regarding the dates, and also for the other guide to the VdlP. I do prefer these brief guides over the turn left here, go straight on 200m etc type guides - one of the joys of walking on the caminos is the waymarking, and you can concentrate on...
While researching my VdlP this year, I came across this downloadable 150+ page guide to the VdlP, complete with stage and town maps where appropriate.
http://www.aucoeurduchemin.org/spip/-Via-de-la-Plata,574-.html?lang=fr
and click on the document to download it.
The guide is written in...
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