Me and my godson plus hounds were on a road trip last Easter, and stayed a few days near Hontoria (Asturias). One evening we went to this place to eat that turned out was also had an Albergue attached, and it also had this huge selection of craft...
I’m in my second week on the CDN and am pleasantly surprised by the consistent good weather we’re having. Last week around Deba and Bilbao I had 2 wet days which made walking on paths tricky and slippy but since then and for the foreseeable the...
Incidentally, there's a very recent thread here : 'Starting the Camino del Norte January 30th 2024' https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/starting-the-camino-del-norte-january-30th-2024.84290/
I haven't got time to read through it...
Go To Windy.com and zoom into the Northern Spain Coast. The Camino del Norte is shown and also the E9 route. I used the E9 as much as I could when it stayed near the coast. E9 and CdN are together much of the time.
Hi, zoro,
I don’t think those off-pavement routes have been marked as camino alternatives. But they are all local hiking trails. The thread I did years ago has links to my wikiloc trails that took me from the camino to coast. More searching...
There are routes, but they are not really Camino variants. Quite often the Camino goes along the road but there is a parallel GR footpath along the coast. Much more picturesque but you won’t find them via Camino sources.
I haven't checked if it was mentioned already, but there are also quite few alternatives to the Camino's asphalt between La Caridad and Tapia de Casariego. Look at these tracks on wikiloc...
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