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[QUOTE="notion900, post: 492900, member: 2280"] Please anyone correct me here - I am comparing with Frances, Norte and Primitivo but have only done as far as Villafranca de los Barros on the Plata so far: Advantages: quiet, feels quite adventurous, not touristy or full of noisy guided groups. Towns are very unspoilt and people very welcoming. Some navigational challenges and lack of crowds mean you don't just walk like a sheep on the path and follow others - you have to make an effort. Disadvantages: more or less fixed stages means an almost total lack of flexibility. Some stages are long. Weather can be massively hot in summer (look up the stats), but in Spring and Autumn can also be very hot but it doesn't get light early enough to make really early starts to avoid the heat possible - so you can end up struggling to do the distance in the heat of the day. (Navigating in the dark is HARD on the Plata - I tried it.) Nobody outside major towns speaks English. Like really nobody. The fixed stages mean if you take a rest day you lose your buddies and may not see them again. More loose dogs and livestock than on the Frances. Possible unbridged creeks when it has been raining mean you may need to wade or take a long detour. So I would say make your choice based on your previous walking experience. If you have not really hiked in remote areas I would not do the Plata as a first camino. [/QUOTE]
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