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I recommend it wholeheartedly. In fact, I met a pilgrim in Puenta la Reina who (dismayed with the clamor of pilgrims on the Camino Frances) borrowed my guidebook and decided to walk it backwards to the Camino Catalan, and from there to Montserrat and Barcelona. It's very quiet, if that's what...
I agree with Annie, Ruesta and Arres are not to be missed!
You can follow the road, too, from the old San Juan de La Pena monastery down to the town below. This is a few extra KMs but is much less rough. I had to walk it by starlight after overestimating the availability of lodging on the...
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