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Day 1 - To Montserrat we go ......
4 yrs since the last Camino, older, less brain cells, easily confused usually followed by a touch of frustration and sometimes panic :) . I left Coventry, UK at 6.30am and made it to Barcelona's Plaza Espanya by...
New user here. Hello to you all. New to the forum but not to the Camino. I was told about this Forum whilst I walking the lovely scenic 'Camino Norte'. I'm planning walking another in June.
Day 4: Prizzi to Castronovo di Sicilia — 24km
An early morning exit from Prizzi gives a perspective unseen during yesterday’s entrance from the other direction: a town clinging to the hillside, half in shadow, waiting for the sun to rise over...
Great summary, thanks! If you do this alternative and visit Monreale beforehand, all you miss from the regular route is Altofonte (a nice local village but nothing unmissable) and the views back towards Palermo and the Mediterranean, so it does...
Alternative Stage1: Piana degli Albanesi to Sant Agata agriturismo: For those who want to avoid the asphalt slog on stage 1, outlined by Nick in post #5, there is an alternative route that starts in Piana degli Albanesi rather than Palermo...
I will pipe up with one, Nick.
This has been on my list for ages, so when I was in Santiago last week I bought a guidebook from Ivar. And now I wonder if it's doable. Many stages look long and hard, and my last short walk in Spain (the tail-end...
On the ‘distance-elevation problem scale’, I’d say the bigger issue by a fair way is elevation. There are a lot of ups and downs on the VdF. IIRC, I did 7-8 stages of approx 1000m ascent and the same in descent. Obviously shorter stages would...
Also the dates relate to 2 public holidays in Italy- 25th April and 1st May and so a popular holiday period is based around them. Hence the one-way instruction for one path that is very popular in Cinque Terre Park.
Thanks. And good to hear on both fronts. Just arrived at our agriturismo, which is gorgeous. I'll post more about the alternative start from Piana degli Albanesi (for those interested) once we get settled.
We have been travelling from Australia via Dubai and have been caught in the kaos in Dubai airport for over 3 days. Sleeping on the floor of the airport and finally Emerites put us up in accomodation. Just arrived in Madrid 6 days late but now...
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