Day 20: Landos - Langogne c.21km
The morning was cold! I started in my sleeveless fleece, sleeves and gloves. I was hoping the promised sun will rise soon and warmed me up. It did rise soon but also soon hid behind those high up white clouds. It...
Day 19: le Puy-en-Velay - Landos 27,5km
This is a continuation of my 2024 camino in France. For the first part, see my reports on Via Gebenennsis)
Through the night and in the morning storms and strong showers were sailing to and fro above le...
Day 0: San Vicente de la Barquera
This morning I left Aguilar de Campoo (on another Camino) to travel to San Vicente de la Barquera. I will walk the Camino Vadiniense from here to Mansilla de las Mulas. About 8-10 days I think.
(Note from the...
As it's raining and storming outside, I will use this time for a little recap of Via Gebenennsis.
I chose this route for two reasons. Last year, I finished the swiss Via Jacobi in Geneve, so I wished to continue from there. I also was searching...
Day 18: st-Julien-Chapteuil - le Puy-en-Velay c.20km
We woke to a low cloud today, so it was a bit misty but not too wet. The route was on tracks and quiet local roads, nothing spectacular like the day before (or just not visible). The rock...
Day 17: Araules - st-Julien-Chapteuil 19km (or c. 21km with a needless walk to a closed supermarket)
Today was a day of 'sucs', former volcanoes now conical hills covered in woods (mostly). There were fine panoramas, what looked like round...
Day 16: Monfaucon-en-Velay - Araules 27,7km
Today was a lovely day of grassy tracks across meadows, soft forest roads through more spruce woods and soft gravel roads across rolling hills. This being France, the hill sometimes rolled quite...
Day 14: saint Julien-Molin-Molette - Clavas 26km
A thin mattress on a spring bed resulted in painful hips and shoulders. It's safe to say I wasn't very personable when I left just before six in the morning.
The day started with a stiff (and...
Fully agree with @peregrina2000. Have walked the Levante this spring. Same stages as mentioned by her. I found Escalona a pretty town to stay over with a nice restaurant at the main square. Stayed at the private Casa La Placida (€30), a wonderful...
According to what may be a hazy memory, neither Escalona nor Almorox has any compelling reason to choose one over the other. Both are pleasant small towns, with a plaza, cafés, and in the case of Escalona, a castle. I remember an excellent...
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