Madis
Active Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Via de la Plata, Mar/Apr 2024
I was putting together brochure style information about the most popular Camino trails that people are walking to/from Santiago. I will be starting Camino Norte in 2 weeks, so the amount of research I have done makes me quite confident in knowing more or less what is ahead of me for that trail. I feel less clear about VdlP which I plan hike in Spring next year.
Via de la Plata has very few Youtube videos. From images and short videos it is hard to tell about the terrain of a hike. From a hikers perspective I did not do many pictures or videos while hiking Camino Portuguese from Lisbon to Porto, because walking on asphalted car roads from village to village was not that safe. Especially when it was raining. Therefore visuals can give a incorrect perspective of the trail.
Normally I get terrain data from Buen Camino app. From elevation data I can see that this trail should be the most flat of all the bigger trails. From pictures that I have seen about VdlP it seems to me that around 80% of the time you are walking on soft surfaces in the countryside. Since there are less villages and cities then improved surfaces do not appear often on images of pilgrims.
How would people on the forum here describe the terrain of Via de la Plata? How would you describe terrain of Camino Sanabres?
Via de la Plata has very few Youtube videos. From images and short videos it is hard to tell about the terrain of a hike. From a hikers perspective I did not do many pictures or videos while hiking Camino Portuguese from Lisbon to Porto, because walking on asphalted car roads from village to village was not that safe. Especially when it was raining. Therefore visuals can give a incorrect perspective of the trail.
Normally I get terrain data from Buen Camino app. From elevation data I can see that this trail should be the most flat of all the bigger trails. From pictures that I have seen about VdlP it seems to me that around 80% of the time you are walking on soft surfaces in the countryside. Since there are less villages and cities then improved surfaces do not appear often on images of pilgrims.
How would people on the forum here describe the terrain of Via de la Plata? How would you describe terrain of Camino Sanabres?