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[QUOTE="peregrina2000, post: 341010, member: 537"] Day 8 -- Vic to Santa María d'Oló (31-32 km) GPS tracks [URL='http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/spatialArtifacts.do?event=setCurrentSpatialArtifact&id=10903647'][I][U][B]here[/B][/U][/I][/URL] This walk rates an A+ grade, just like many of the previous days. The first few kms outside of Vic went through fields to the town of Santa Eulalia. There were then about 2 km on the side of a highway, followed by a turn-off onto a mountain road (unpaved but could be used by cars -- I saw one). That road went up about 500 m and then into the little town of L'Estany. This was a steady climb, nothing too strenuous. For those ten kms you're on your own -- no towns, no people, nothing but a reservoir or two for use by the firefighters in case of a forest fire. All very peaceful. [ATTACH=full]20891[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]20892[/ATTACH] The little town of L'Estany has one reportedly fabulous restaurant, Ca La Tona, where I had a long cold drink sitting outside on the patio, and one beautiful little romanesque church and cloister, Santa María L'Estany. By Day 8 of my Camino, my family and friends were really tired of hearing about romanesque this and romanesque that, but I have to say this stop was one of the most exceptional. Beautiful church, stunning cloister. There is an apt. available for rent, it's pricey for one but would be great for a group of four. [URL]http://www.monestirestany.cat/castellano/alojamiento-monestir-santa-maria-estany.htm[/URL] [ATTACH=full]20893[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]20894[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]20895[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]20896[/ATTACH] I spent a couple of hours in L'Estany between the church visit and the rest stop, but decided at around 1 pm to forge ahead another 10 km to Santa María d'Oló. I am extremely happy I did that, because otherwise the following day to Manresa would have been even more of a killer than it turned out to be. From L'Estany to Santa María is about 10 km. The first 8 are on the Camino and they are the downhill version of the uphill I had to ascend to get to L'Estany. It was a wide unpaved forest track all the way, very pleasant walking, with an occasional ranch or home dotting the landscape. Santa María is about 2 km off Camino, straight downhill. The town itself is actually up on a hill in the middle of the valley, if that makes sense, so you have to walk straight down to get to the bottom of the little hill it sits on and then go up (just a hundred m or so). [ATTACH=full]20897[/ATTACH] The new part of town has a pensión, the Hostal Santamaría, where I paid 25€ for a single room. [URL]http://www.hostalsantamaria.cat/[/URL] I had a so-so menú del día for 11 € and then spent some time wandering up to the old part of town, around the remnants of the castle walls and to the church, but there really wasn't much going on. I am glad I went, though, because it was a good place to stop and the views coming down from the Camino were quite nice. Friendly outdoor café across the street with very good wifi, in contrast to the hostal itself, which had some weird non-functional system that I just gave up on. The pensión owners offered to drive me back up to the Camino to avoid the 2 km ascent the next day, but I knew they wouldn't be interested in going at the early hour I had in mind, and besides, there wasn't much elevation on the next day, and a good 2 km aerobic workout is a good way for peregrinos to begin the day! Buen camino, Laurie [/QUOTE]
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