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Depending on which terminal you land in you will need to find your way to Terminal 4 which is where the train station is. There is a free shuttle bus that goes via each terminal and will drop you at Terminal 4. Charmartin is I think 3 stops from there on the overland train.
One thing to note...
I walked the Camino Primitivo in July and attended the Spanish Pilgrim mass in Lugo, the early morning one in Santiago at the Cathedral and the English speaking mass in the Chapel in the Pilgrim Office. In my experience, there was a lot of tolerance. I think everyone understands that you are...
It was pretty warm, but I was at the peak of a bit of a heatwave I think. On my second day from Grado to Salas it was definitely up in the 30's. But it cooled as I got up into the hillier bits. On the Hospitales route I had to pop a jumper and a windproof on right at the top as there was a cool...
I took 11 and a 1/2 days. My Stages were:
Oviedo to Grado - 25k or 15.5 miles
Grado to Salas - 22k or 14 miles
Salas to Campiello - 32.6k 0r 20.3 miles
Campiello to Berducedo (Hospitales route) - 33.6k or 20.9 miles
Berducedo to Grandas de Salime - 20.1k or 12.5 miles
Grandas to A Fonsgrada -...
I returned last week from my very first, and definitely not my last, Camino. I found this forum so super helpful that I just wanted to share a few things that others might find helpful on their journey too.
Firstly, I cannot recommend this route highly enough. As my first, I can't compare it to...
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