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Hello and Happy New Year fellow trekkers! Aiming to walk some or all of the Italian section, we have a question, please. If one lives with severe vertigo, which sections would be a problem; or, do any/all 'lofty' bits have alternative routes? Thx!
I just came across an article on a festival, the feast of San Froilan or Las Cantaderas, which looks to take place in Leon from October 5-12, 2015. We should be close enough to experience this, but do we want to? Does anyone know more about this and/or other festivals we might want to...
A bit more research and two new guide books and now we need a new thread for a revised, if still loose plan. Building on my partner's interest to experience the Meseta and the Guggenheim, we discovered that a multi city flight from Ottawa into Bilbao and out of Madrid is in the same price and...
Hello fellow pilgrims!
With a fair bit of fantastic information from these forums, we've pulled together a loose travel plan.
One month:
Leon to Santiago - end of September to mid October, 2015 (28 days total ~22 days walking):
Fly in and out of Madrid;
Fast train from Madrid to Leon - prebook...
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