davkel
Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Via Serrana, Via de la Plata, Via Sanabres (April)
Hi All
Some background: we are looking at tackling the Via Serrana in April 2022 (followed by the Via de la Plata/Via Sanabres). We've previously done four different caminos to Santiago (Frances x 2, Portuguese, Via Podiensis/Norte/Primitivo), and we think we pretty comfortably manage about 25kms per day, give or take. We hope to hit the way in reasonable shape (no hip, knee or foot problems at least at the start!).
I guess my question is: how should we best divide the Via Serrana into stages? I understand that parts are quite 'sporting/challenging' - from El Comenar to Cortes de la Frontera for example. Is it completely unfeasible to push on the extra 12Kms to Jimera de la Librar?
I see that some people in the early part of the camino base themselves at Jimena and catch the train out each morning and then back again. I'm not sure it's our preferred option - we'd probably forgo albergue-style accommodations and stay somewhere more upmarket if it came to it. And after Ronda, which towns did you stay or wish you'd stayed in?
Anyway, I'd love to hear what your stages were all the way to Seville - and if you were happy with them or would have changed it somehow?
Thanks in advance
David and Kelly
Some background: we are looking at tackling the Via Serrana in April 2022 (followed by the Via de la Plata/Via Sanabres). We've previously done four different caminos to Santiago (Frances x 2, Portuguese, Via Podiensis/Norte/Primitivo), and we think we pretty comfortably manage about 25kms per day, give or take. We hope to hit the way in reasonable shape (no hip, knee or foot problems at least at the start!).
I guess my question is: how should we best divide the Via Serrana into stages? I understand that parts are quite 'sporting/challenging' - from El Comenar to Cortes de la Frontera for example. Is it completely unfeasible to push on the extra 12Kms to Jimera de la Librar?
I see that some people in the early part of the camino base themselves at Jimena and catch the train out each morning and then back again. I'm not sure it's our preferred option - we'd probably forgo albergue-style accommodations and stay somewhere more upmarket if it came to it. And after Ronda, which towns did you stay or wish you'd stayed in?
Anyway, I'd love to hear what your stages were all the way to Seville - and if you were happy with them or would have changed it somehow?
Thanks in advance
David and Kelly