Undermanager
Veteran Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Madrid (x2)
VDLP
Salvador
Primitivo
Finisterra / Muxia
Lana
Day 1 - Seville to Guillena 22km
Left Seville at 8.00am in bright sunshine. Popped into the cathedral to see if pagans can sacrifice a chicken for luck, but they only did prayers to some bloke I'd never heard of. The journey to Guillena isn’t exciting. The first two hours are characterised by the grim outskirts of Seville and equally grim suburbs, wasteland, and the odd begger, until you get to the better town of Sontiponce. After a coffee and snack, you leave to go on a straight, exposed dirt track until you get to Guillena, a hat and suncream are a good idea. It took about 6 hours in total, with a long break.
There were no attack dogs seen to harass pilgrims, and you don’t need to carry more than a litre of water. You walk though Guillena following the yellow arrows to get to the 10€ a night municipal albergue, which is fine and has a fridge, and microwave - stock up as you walk through Guillena for lunch the next day. It also has a shower. The bar in front does breakfast and a 6€ pilgrim’s meal and has WiFi.
Guillena is not a buzzing town. You might be kicking your heels all afternoon and evening, wondering what to do with yourself. Or you might just collapse, repair your feet and rest, as it is the first day and bits of your body may be complaining! I saw about 20 pilgrims start today, far more than I expected, and the yellow arrow way marking is easy to follow.
GPS coords of the municipal albergue are: N37 32.533, W006 03.103
And onwards we go …..
Left Seville at 8.00am in bright sunshine. Popped into the cathedral to see if pagans can sacrifice a chicken for luck, but they only did prayers to some bloke I'd never heard of. The journey to Guillena isn’t exciting. The first two hours are characterised by the grim outskirts of Seville and equally grim suburbs, wasteland, and the odd begger, until you get to the better town of Sontiponce. After a coffee and snack, you leave to go on a straight, exposed dirt track until you get to Guillena, a hat and suncream are a good idea. It took about 6 hours in total, with a long break.
There were no attack dogs seen to harass pilgrims, and you don’t need to carry more than a litre of water. You walk though Guillena following the yellow arrows to get to the 10€ a night municipal albergue, which is fine and has a fridge, and microwave - stock up as you walk through Guillena for lunch the next day. It also has a shower. The bar in front does breakfast and a 6€ pilgrim’s meal and has WiFi.
Guillena is not a buzzing town. You might be kicking your heels all afternoon and evening, wondering what to do with yourself. Or you might just collapse, repair your feet and rest, as it is the first day and bits of your body may be complaining! I saw about 20 pilgrims start today, far more than I expected, and the yellow arrow way marking is easy to follow.
GPS coords of the municipal albergue are: N37 32.533, W006 03.103
And onwards we go …..
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