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[QUOTE="alansykes, post: 904133, member: 9811"] For those of us who like to start our caminos in or near the Mediterranean, crossing the Duero is a significant milestone, meaning that you're somewhere between about half way to 2/3s of the way to Santiago, depending on how far upriver you make the crossing. There's a fine bridge at San Esteban de Gormaz, 16 arches, partly mediaeval, built (and frequently rebuilt) on the remains of a Roman bridge. El Cid almost certainly crossed over here on his way south and described the place as "una buena ciudad", which seems very fair. The romanesque church of la Virgen del Rivero is well worth a look, especially for its impressive south facing portico looking back over where you've come. Other crossings in Spain include further upriver at lovely Soria on the Castellano-Aragonés. Downriver you have Tordesillas on the Sureste, close to Rueda, home of the tasty fruity light verdejo grape. Toro on the Levante is better known for its much heavier strong red wines, most welcome after several days in dense freezing fog the only time I went that way. Zamora, on the Plata, has one of the loveliest riverscapes in Spain. One I'm saving up for the post-covid world is at Puente Duero-Asparragal, on the Camino de Madrid. I expect there are others, but that's most of the ones where an "official" camino crosses the river. In Portugal there are several more crossings (of the Douro, of course), the only one of which I've done was at Peso de Régua on the Camino Torres/Portugués del Interior, in the spectacular heart of port wine country. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0127.jpg"]94483[/ATTACH][ATTACH alt="DSC_0128.jpg"]94484[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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