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    Ruta de Padre Sarmiento-trip report

    Summary I felt the route was worth doing though there is a fair amount of walking on pavements and roads. It is very flat so the walking is easy. The two stages to O Grove and the Isla de Arousa are stunning. We went at the end of June and were surprised at the almost complete lack of tourists...
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    Ruta de Padre Sarmiento-trip report

    Stage 7 Vilagarcia to Padron From Vilanova on the previous stage there are a mix of blue Padre Sarmiento arrows and yellow Camino arrows both following the same path. Again there was a fair bit of asphalt to start though there was a lovely long stretch on quiet paths by the Rio Ulla passing the...
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    Ruta de Padre Sarmiento-trip report

    Stage 5 Cambados to Isla de Arousa The next 3 stages were 18,17 and 12 km so we split them more or less in 2. The first few kms are uninspiring until you come to the 2km bridge to cross to the Isla de Arousa. The west coast of the island and the parque natural de Carreiron are simply stunning...
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    Ruta de Padre Sarmiento-trip report

    Stage 3 O Grove to Noalla A grey cool day. We completed the circuit of O Grove passing through small coastal settlements and farmland. It seems that the whole coast here has commercial mussel and oyster farming rigs offshore. We crossed the narrow isthmus from O Grove passing the lovely beach...
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    Ruta de Padre Sarmiento-trip report

    Stage 1 Pontevedra to Portonovo. This path follows the spiritual variant of the Camino Portugues as far as Combarro. Combarro was a lovely village on the coast with unusually a number of horreos (elevated grain storage buildings) right on the coast. The stage was a bit uninspiring mainly...
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    Ruta de Padre Sarmiento-trip report

    I had a couple of weeks off and having done 4 caminos and the route O Camino Dos Faros I decided to walk the Ruta de Padre Sarmiento from Pontevedra to Santiago. There doesn’t seem to be too much written about it so here is my trip report. It is not a Camino as such though I think the locals...
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    Granada to Córdoba walking solo? (April 2022)

    I walked the Camino Mozarabe from Almeria to Cordoba at the end of March 2019 and it was a good time to do it, nice temperatures during the day but quite cold in the mornings. In Granada I met with a friend a Spanish native and he told me to watch out in Pinos Puente as it has a bad reputation...
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    Camiño Dos Faros - insights and recommendations for July ‘21

    I posted my trip report from 2 years ago here https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/o-cami%C3%B1o-dos-faros-trip-report.63155/#post-859716 If you have any questions please just ask
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    O Camiño dos Faros-trip report

    Hi Thea, Thanks for your nice comments. It is marked in one direction only. However with the route downloads from the official website and an app like Wikilok it would be feasible to do it in reverse.
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    O Camiño dos Faros-trip report

    Thanks for your nice comments Yoginee. I didn't know about accommodation at Casa de Vasca but remember the site. Yes it would be at about 11 or 12km, almost halfway. If you stopped there then the next day you would probably want to stop at Comte, the port at the half way point of stage 2. The...
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    Best time to Start Walking the Mozárabe in Springtime?

    I started ln March 17 last year. No more than a trickle in the river beds. Run off from the snow is not a problem. The occasional torrential rains can be. It was cool or cold at night with temps just below zero at the higher altitudes. Very pleasant during the day 15 to 20 degrees. The hostels...
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    Mozarabe from Almeria in February

    I would echo the comments above. If I remember rightly between 6 and 700 pilgrims did the Mozarabe so crowds are unlikely. I started mid March and there were 4 others walking at the same time. One thing to note is it gets quite cold at night and we had 2 or 3 days with frosts in the...
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    Camino Norte or Portugues

    I've walked the Frances, Portuguese, Norte and Mozarabe and the Portuguese would rank number 4 out of the group. It's pretty flat and the scenery for the most part is so so. There are however lovely old towns that you stop in on the way such as Barcelos, Ponte de Lima, Valenca and Tui . Lots of...
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    No more changing of clocks in EU - perhaps for the last time in 2021

    The conclusion was exactly the opposite. Fewer accidents so there is a strong argument for moving the uk clocks forward an hour summer and winter
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    O Camiño dos Faros-trip report

    Hi John, it is not an official adopted Camino so there are no hostels in the Camino sense until you reach Muxia. I did book ahead through booking.com though it was quiet in June and there was no real need. The only place we didn't book was Arou- it had no bookable in advance accommodation in the...
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