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Do you use Gronze.com ?
Great resource. Btw Fuenterroble de Salvatierra has such a lovely albergue., with stacks of room.
From there you could take the variante to Morille / Gronze shows a stop before Morille to shorten the stage . I’m...
Hi Rosway! Thanks for the plug.
Last time I walked I did Cañaveral to Galisteo (27km), then to Oliva de Plasencia (29km), then to Aldeanueva following the greenway part of the way (about 25km). Longish stages but it was February and it was cold...
Something a little unusual on the Spanish news websites today. Two pilgrims forced to climb an oak tree to escape from a cow defending her calf. Apparently they called the Guardia Civil from their perch in the tree and the Guardia moved the...
I am in Alcuescar tonight. There is approximately the same amount of pilgrims everyday on the road, a small dozen, staying either in albergues or hostals. They all are not the same people everyday.
So far, I have been suprised by the quality of...
I wrote about my experience at this restaurant after my camino in 2017. It still amuses me to read this.
"I had just rolled into Rionegro. The only accommodation is the very fine albergue, and when I went in, there was a group of pilgrims...
I'm in Puebla de Sanabria by now, some remarks about the camino since I last posted.
Carcaboso - Aldeanueva del Camino: very nice stage but the 10kms before finca venta quemada were quite hard because the camino was very wet when I was there. I...
For anyone wanting to go to Vespers at Oseira, we learned the drill the hard way. Find out the time of the last guided tour of the day. When you buy the ticket for that tour in the gift shop, tell them you want to attend Vespers. A monk will...
It's a nicer walk than the other way which involves quite a bit of road walking.
Try not to be there on a Monday because both bars are closed.
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