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This will be a fairly long post about places to stop for a drink and/or food between Ponferrada and Quiroga/San Clodio.
My football team, Unionistas de Salamanca, were playing two consecutive away games, against Cultural León and Ponferradina, so I thought I’d stay up there and do some walking...
After having walked the stages from Ribadavia to Santiago 5 times it was about time I started out from Braga!
My wife and I walked from Braga to Terras de Bouro, then to Campo do Geres, on to Lobios, up to Castro Laboreiro, all the way to Cortegada, and then down to Ribadavia. Just as everyone...
I imagine, Bad PIlgrim, that you'll be walking along the River Sil for the next couple of days. I don't know whether you've tried another of my alternatives: from O Barco to A Rúa you can cross the pedestrian bridge in town (they refer to it as the 'Pasarela del Malecón') and then turn right and...
I posted a few months ago about the re-opening of the hotel in A Estrada (Hotel A Estrada Rooms).
Well, here are another couple of additions:
1. In Codeseda, if Fran Liste has no space available for pilgrims in his two wonderful casas rurales (he's now full until the end of summer), there is...
I'm not sure whether this has been mentioned anywhere else, but the Hotel Don Juan, closed for some time, has been taken over and re-opened. By all accounts, it's run by a lovely couple (Tania and I don't know her partner's name). A useful alternative if the excellent A Bombilla is full.
Here's...
These videos (in Spanish) are excellent. I've posted the first link on here.
I spent the afternoon/night with Álvaro Lazaga in Codeseda. This was his 49th camino! He started in Algeciras!
Great guy!
Enjoy!
After a couple of years away from the forum (mainly due to differences of opinion with some of you regarding the information I supplied about the Camino de Invierno), I could let you have my thoughts about this wonderful walk.
Let me know if you're interested, and I'll try not to offend anyone!
More about the albergue in Diomondi:
https://www.diariodelemos.es/la-xunta-licita-el-primer-albergue-publico-del-camino-de-invierno-ubicado-en-o-savinao
Last week, before things got even more complicated, I walked a few stages of the Invierno (for the umpteenth time!). Here are a few updates:
Toral de Merayo:
Bar El Puente is being reformed. The other cafeteria in the Plaza is still open (from 09:00h).
Santalla del Bierzo:
If, for any reason...
I managed to get in four days on the Invierno before Spain went into lockdown.
Tuesday March 10:
I drove from Salamanca to A Rúa (stopping off for a coffee in the lovely cafetería next to the Monasterio de Santa María de Carracedo ouside Ponferrada), and had an excellent lunch in Restaurante...
https://somoscomarca.es/a-arias-la-solucion-para-que-los-peregrinos-no-vayan-por-la-calzada-llegara-en-septiembre/
I'm not sure whether anyone else has posted this, but Asún (from Casa Solaina in A Rúa, and the Presidenta of the Asociacíon de Amigos do Camiño de Invierno por Valdeorras) is...
I have posted in other threads about services between Ponferrada and Quiroga, so here's the rest:
Bearing in mind that others have posted recently with beautiful descriptions of the architecture, flora and fauna I will just make some observations about services between Quiroga and Santiago de...
SORRY FOR THE DELAY! THIS IS GOING TO BE A ONE-OFF POST
Monday March 25
I drove up from Salamanca on Monday morning, making an obligatory stop in Quiroga for a meal in Casa Aroza. As ever, I received a lovely greeting from the owners and the waitress. An excellent choice for the 10 euro menu...
I only had time to get from Ponferrada to Monforte de Lemos before heading back home to Salamanca, but - as ever - it was marvellous.
A few comments (Peregrina2000, for your next revision of the Invierno Guide?):
It's the second time I've left Ponferrada early on Sunday morning, and there is...
Apart from the Camino de Invierno guide (marvellously edited by Peregrina2000), I thought that I'd seen all the official pages, blogs, videos and websites about this route.
However, I was wrong! I came across this one the other day. It has some interesting information and good explanatory...
I've only recently got back home from the Camino de Invierno, but I need to get off my backside and do some more walking. I only have a few days, so I will start from Pontevedra and make my way up into the hills, down to Combarro, up to Armenteira, across to Barrantes and down to Vilanova de...
As this is a pretty long stage, and with very few places (if any!) to stop for a drink/food, has anyone ever made a slight detour to Escairón? You can get back onto the Camiño quite easily, or just walk down to Belesar.
If so, where did you stay, please?
I've walked this stretch twice and don't remember seeing this apparently nice little detour along the River Tomeza, five or six kilometres before getting into Pontevedra.
2.5 kms later reach the outskirts of Pontevedra at the Capela de
Santa Marta, Tomeza on your Right. 2.5 kms (173.5/240.5...
In a couple of weeks I'll be doing the Camino Portugués for the third time, this time with Mrs. Charrito!
I'm sure some of you already know this place, but I would recommend you all to make a very slight detour just 6 kilometres before getting to Caldas de Reis (they always tell you about it in...
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