- Time of past OR future Camino
- Some in the past; more in the future!
Hi all,
We leave for Madrid two weeks from today, spending a couple of nights there while visiting friends, and then starting on the Camino de Madrid on Monday 1st April. Here are a few random questions that my cursory research has thrown up so far. I'd appreciate any advice!
1. Gronze shows a bifurcación (fork in the road) coming into Segovia. The alternative route seems quite a bit longer (~19km vs ~12km). Is there any reason to consider taking the alternative? Is the main reason to take it so you can stay at La Granja de San Ildefonso and have a slightly shorter day? If starting from Cerdecilla, the main route to Segovia seems long enough as it is!
2. @peregrina2000 wrote in her stages post that there were 'reports that the albergue in Peñaflor de Hornija was a bit on the sketchy side'. Have other people heard bad things or had bad experiences there?
3. The Sep 2018 accommodation/services update from the Asociación de Amigos de los Caminos de Santiago de Madrid lists the Santa Clara convent in Medina de Rioseco as being temporarily closed. Does anyone know if it has reopened yet? Any recommendations for alternative accommodation in MdR (the association lists Castilla, Duque de Osuna and La Muralla)?
4. I have in my notes someone mentioning that they got caught out once or twice by not carrying their own food. Are there any stages/stretches in particular where you really need to carry your own food so we can be prepared? (As we don't eat animal products, we might have more difficulties finding food than others - though typically this has never been an issue for us in Spain.)
5. Someone mentioned that the albergue in Grajal de Campos is in a palace. It's so close to Sahagún that it doesn't seem worth staying there but if it is highly recommended, I could be convinced. Is it highly recommended?
6. Other than in Segovia, any tips for impressive historical sites (ruins/churches etc) that we should look out for? I have the Wamba church noted already.
I might come up with more questions but that's it for now. Any other tips are much appreciated. Thanks!
We leave for Madrid two weeks from today, spending a couple of nights there while visiting friends, and then starting on the Camino de Madrid on Monday 1st April. Here are a few random questions that my cursory research has thrown up so far. I'd appreciate any advice!
1. Gronze shows a bifurcación (fork in the road) coming into Segovia. The alternative route seems quite a bit longer (~19km vs ~12km). Is there any reason to consider taking the alternative? Is the main reason to take it so you can stay at La Granja de San Ildefonso and have a slightly shorter day? If starting from Cerdecilla, the main route to Segovia seems long enough as it is!
2. @peregrina2000 wrote in her stages post that there were 'reports that the albergue in Peñaflor de Hornija was a bit on the sketchy side'. Have other people heard bad things or had bad experiences there?
3. The Sep 2018 accommodation/services update from the Asociación de Amigos de los Caminos de Santiago de Madrid lists the Santa Clara convent in Medina de Rioseco as being temporarily closed. Does anyone know if it has reopened yet? Any recommendations for alternative accommodation in MdR (the association lists Castilla, Duque de Osuna and La Muralla)?
4. I have in my notes someone mentioning that they got caught out once or twice by not carrying their own food. Are there any stages/stretches in particular where you really need to carry your own food so we can be prepared? (As we don't eat animal products, we might have more difficulties finding food than others - though typically this has never been an issue for us in Spain.)
5. Someone mentioned that the albergue in Grajal de Campos is in a palace. It's so close to Sahagún that it doesn't seem worth staying there but if it is highly recommended, I could be convinced. Is it highly recommended?
6. Other than in Segovia, any tips for impressive historical sites (ruins/churches etc) that we should look out for? I have the Wamba church noted already.
I might come up with more questions but that's it for now. Any other tips are much appreciated. Thanks!