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[QUOTE="ConnachtRambler, post: 886918, member: 11020"] I am going to confuse you even more with yet another option. Last year we walked the Camino Litoral and passed through the seaside town of Baiona. We didn't stay there and only stopped long enough to take some photographs, have a bocadillo lunch in a park beside the tourist office, and chat with a man who once set out to walk from Santiago to Cadiz but was so taken by Seville that he stopped walking and stayed there for the next 20 years. We found Baiona so enchanting and fascinating that we agreed we would have to return to see it properly. As we neared the end of the town we took a left turn and were stopped by a couple of similar vintage to ourselves who wanted to know if we were walking the Camino. It turned out that they were from Dublin and that they had walked the Camino Litoral the previous year, had fallen in love with Baiona and vowed to return to see it properly. This was them living their dream and they walked along with us for the next 30 minutes or so. With Covid we haven't been able to return to Baiona but that would be my recommendation. It is a most attractive town with sheltered sandy beaches, an ancient castle with extensive fortifications and three towers, archaeological remains dating from Roman times and access to the Cies Islands Nature Reserve. You might have to book that in advance. Someone else recommended Pontevedra and I wouldn't argue with that. We have stayed there twice, on two different Caminos, and were very impressed. The lack of cars, the ancient buildings, and families strolling through the streets and plazas, or seated outside bars and cafes, create a special atmosphere. Salamanca was also mentioned and it is indeed a magnificent city which everyone should visit at least once. I have already told the story of the man who visited Seville and stayed for 20 years, which is perhaps the ultimate accolade. The problem is that when it comes to Spain and Portugal you could land in any one of hundreds of towns and villages, that you've never heard of before, and feel you've discovered yet another jewel. Over the past 10 years the Camino has allowed us to discover towns such as Merida, Caceres, Ciudad Rodrigo, Zamora, Almeida, Trancoso, Lamego, Amarante, Guimares, Braga, Ourense, Leon, Astorga, and Oviedo. None of these names meant anything to me before 2010 but I would love to have the opportunity to return to any one of them and explore it further. The difficulty is that I have yet to visit La Coruna, Avila, Zaragoza, Segovia, Valladolid, ,Bilbao, Granada and Valencia, and no doubt many other hidden gems whose names I have yet to hear. [/QUOTE]
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