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Caminos Lebanejo/ Vadiniense / Viejo / Salvador: Too much asphalt?
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[QUOTE="peregrino_tom, post: 614586, member: 4307"] That first day out on San Vicente is a lot of road. I took the longer river variant but if I ever did it again I'd choose the older shorter road route, peeling off at Hortigal and finishing the day at La Fuente. That's the worst of it done and dusted. From La Fuente to Potes via Cabanes there's some excellent walking in the hills (Canal de Franco) and little enough road that you won't remember it. Just be sure to pick the right path options. Potes to Fuente De has lots of off-road variants, so you can choose these - just walk a lot further. Now it gets a bit roady, for 2/3rds of the stage to Portilla, but just winding down a quiet mountain road. Then a lot of road (mainly quiet) round the reservoir until you drop down at the dam to the river below, then lovely bits of ancient Roman road and river paths to Cistierna. I don't recall thinking that the Salvador was roady at all, bar the first day, and some of the second, which you'll miss by joining at La Robla. Thereafter the overwhelming impression was of a lovely path. OK there's a lot of tarmac between La Pola and Mieres del Camino, but much of this is on the riverside walk/cycleway. That said, I wouldn't recommend this as a first camino - a route as obscure as this doesn't impart much of the camino 'magic' as more well travelled routes, where pilgrims, locals, history and culture combine to give something unique - and highly valued by those of us who have benefited from it. In many ways the option you have chosen is neither one thing nor the other - neither good hill/mountain walking nor a typical camino experience. You are arriving in Bilbao - and this is a camino forum - so I would say, make the most of experiencing the camino. Take a bus to Irun and walk the Norte to Santander (or just past it). And that first week will test your legs a little in those Basque hills. And if you are bitten by the camino bug, you can come back later and pick up from where you finished and aim for Santiago. But if you really want a hill/mountain walking holiday, look elsewhere, perhaps the GR10 or GR11 paths that go along the French and Spanish sides of the Pyrenees. I can't think of any set of routes that can be joined into a viable circular path for the time/location you have (but others may!) Cheers, tom [/QUOTE]
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