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Well done. This will make it easy for everybody. We have found the app fantastic - simpler to use than Buen Camino for mapping, and the route marking is more defined. Many thanks. It has been invaluable while walking the Norte. We are enjoying a rest day in Ribadesella, listening to the rain.
On the Luarca to La Caridad stretch, please be aware that a short cut route marked in red between Hervedosas and Bao should be avoided. We navigated down this track which leads to a 100-150m storm water tunnel under the highway. The tunnel leads out into mud and then very dense, high bracken...
Walked into Gijon yesterday late afternoon and it made my day walking along the beach front after a long day with no bars open on a Sunday. The dogs where on the beach having a great time. I walked out the next morning into the industrial heartland past the steel works the contrasts was...
Hi. We are currently at the Izar Bide Aterpetxea albergue in Ibiri after a hot climb out of Deba. It is well worth the stay - cooler and very well run, for those looking for accommodation. In San Sebastián we highly recommend staying at Pension Aia.
“WARNING”. Hi currently it is very hard to get accommodation on the Norte between Sans Sebastián and Zumaia with all the tourists activities currently running.
We walked Irun to San Sebastián yesterday, Friday. What a great walk! About an hour or hour and a half before reaching San Sebastián we could hear a dog howling some distance below the track, closer to the coastline. We weren’t sure if it was lost or injured. As my Spanish is very minimal, I...
I have just ordered a Camino del Norte Village to Village Map Guide book by Matthew Harms, Anna Dintaman and David Landis. I used their Camino Primitivo guide book and found it excellent. It is a slim, lightweight book, and it gave just the right amount of info, particularly elevations...
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