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[QUOTE="peregrina2000, post: 566625, member: 537"] You could also stay with Ray and Rosa in Manzanares, but I don't know how that would mess up your plans. [USER=5237]@timr[/USER] spoke very highly of his experience, the place, and Ray-Rosa themselves. [URL]http://www.rayyrosa.com/casa-de-acogida-la-encomienda-de-rayyrosa[/URL] The castle in Manzanares is very impressive, and I went through it, but truth be told I am kind of castled-out and find that I much more enjoy walking around the outside and climbing the walls than walking through one more room with armor, kitchens with huge chimneys, and the occasional dungeon thrown in. So if you just wanted to take a swing around the outside you wouldn't need a lot of time there. It is definitely worth a closer look than what you get from the Camino, though. The turrets are amazing. I think most of the trails you would be walking in and around Cercedilla will go up out of town on the Camino, so you might find it makes more sense to stay in one of the two Comunidad de Madrid albergues. I stayed in the one on the left side of the road (Vila Castora???) and it was really nice and in a nice foresty location. I have walked Cercedilla to Segovia twice and that last part into Segovia is a slog, so I think you are very wise to go to La Granja, which is really beautiful, IMO. I would spring for the admission and definitely walk around the grounds (all patterned after Versailles, I believe, but without the crowds). Santa Maria is a very nice albergue and has a nice story with good karma. The owner is a truck driver and the albergue (long owned by his family) used to house seasonal workers (gallegos, he told me) so he decided to repurpose it to benefit other "transient types", namely pilgrims. It's small but the town itself has a little cloister that's pretty and a decent amount of commerce. On the general question of the long first day, I can only tell you how that would feel to me, but with the 8 kms or so in the city before starting out (I find city walking much more draining), I think the long haul to Manzanares would be a lot. I would find the 32 from Tres Cantos to Mataelpino much more manageable and fun than the 35 from the center of Madrid to Manzanares. And one last thought about Segovia. I have been to Segovia many times, but always only during the day. Last December when I was in Madrid for work, I took the train out with some colleagues who had never been there. Because night fell so early, we were there well after dark and I have to say that I found the aqueduct lit up at night to be absolutely breathtaking. That is really the highlight for me, along with a few romanesque churches (worth a detour off the camino or on your walk through town, a couple of them have just beautiful towers and portals). The cathedral and the Alcazar (from the inside) are ho hum to my jaded eyes. But the views of the Alcazar as the camino leaves Segovia are fabulous. I think you will love the Madrid, Rachel. Do I remember right that you will be meeting up with others at some point? Buen camino, Laurie [/QUOTE]
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