micamino73
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Completed the 11 day 300km walk. You can find the camino I took on http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/user.do?name=Robert+Nugent&id=1927526
I don't have words to say how much I enjoyed it. If I could bottle it I would. Wish I had more days, but the 11 I did was fine. I would recommend you to do the 13 stages.
My highlights
Oviedo Cathedral, Hospitales with Sun was spectacular. Tineo and Meras Palace with its Pilgrim albergue. Enjoyed very much the Grandes de Salime what down and up to the town. Actually I liked everything.
I would recommend that you do the Lugo -> Friol -> Sobrado route and then take the northern route.
Friol was a really nice town, in Friol there is a great restaurant called Orixes beside the Church.. and there is a nice pension hotel in the town. Because its not on the camino proper you get a great feel for the town (before people discover it)
The way from Lugo to Friol is marked with green arrows. The first 7 KM was some of the most beautiful we walked.. along a river with waterfalls. Thats to the form for all the details on this. well worth it.
Also thanks to the forum for the idea of going to Sobrado.. without a doubt one of the jewels of this camino. The albergue in the monastery was great and there was some really good places to eat in the down.
I recommend Albergue Cantabrico in fonsagrada
http://cantabricofonsagrada.com/albergue-a-fonsagrada/
If you can I would advise to call ahead and reserve your albergue if you are thinking of walking late, otherwise you will have to go around looking for a place. We were a group of 7 so we called ahead and it helped to arrive to a place.
Some bad reports about borres public Albergue, not very clean. We stayed in Roots and boots in Lugo. The bed was ok.. but one bathroom/Show for 18 beds was not pleasant. Guys on the camino with me did not like it.
Got caught in Grandes de Salime sunday evening with everything closed, not much choice to eat that day.
If you can I recommend the Monastery in Campiello, really enjoyed it. There is a supermarket close and you have a nice kitchen there.
I enjoyed walked around lugo on the track on the Roman walks.
If its raining I would NOT recommend you take the green arrows out of Friol to Sobrado. We got stuck in some serious mud. (up to my knees) The small paths in the countryside are nice, but very muddy. might be better to take the back roads.
What I liked the most about the primitivo was that a good part of country trail off road with great views. its well worth going for it, my only regret was having to cut 20km from the walk so I could do the 300km in 13 days.
I don't have words to say how much I enjoyed it. If I could bottle it I would. Wish I had more days, but the 11 I did was fine. I would recommend you to do the 13 stages.
My highlights
Oviedo Cathedral, Hospitales with Sun was spectacular. Tineo and Meras Palace with its Pilgrim albergue. Enjoyed very much the Grandes de Salime what down and up to the town. Actually I liked everything.
I would recommend that you do the Lugo -> Friol -> Sobrado route and then take the northern route.
Friol was a really nice town, in Friol there is a great restaurant called Orixes beside the Church.. and there is a nice pension hotel in the town. Because its not on the camino proper you get a great feel for the town (before people discover it)
The way from Lugo to Friol is marked with green arrows. The first 7 KM was some of the most beautiful we walked.. along a river with waterfalls. Thats to the form for all the details on this. well worth it.
Also thanks to the forum for the idea of going to Sobrado.. without a doubt one of the jewels of this camino. The albergue in the monastery was great and there was some really good places to eat in the down.
I recommend Albergue Cantabrico in fonsagrada
http://cantabricofonsagrada.com/albergue-a-fonsagrada/
If you can I would advise to call ahead and reserve your albergue if you are thinking of walking late, otherwise you will have to go around looking for a place. We were a group of 7 so we called ahead and it helped to arrive to a place.
Some bad reports about borres public Albergue, not very clean. We stayed in Roots and boots in Lugo. The bed was ok.. but one bathroom/Show for 18 beds was not pleasant. Guys on the camino with me did not like it.
Got caught in Grandes de Salime sunday evening with everything closed, not much choice to eat that day.
If you can I recommend the Monastery in Campiello, really enjoyed it. There is a supermarket close and you have a nice kitchen there.
I enjoyed walked around lugo on the track on the Roman walks.
If its raining I would NOT recommend you take the green arrows out of Friol to Sobrado. We got stuck in some serious mud. (up to my knees) The small paths in the countryside are nice, but very muddy. might be better to take the back roads.
What I liked the most about the primitivo was that a good part of country trail off road with great views. its well worth going for it, my only regret was having to cut 20km from the walk so I could do the 300km in 13 days.