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  1. FelixBC

    Frances vs. Via De La Plata Average Daily Distances?

    I've done both... Distances on the VdlP are longer, as others describe above. I was able to make some shorter days out of long stretches, but then the days were too short. I'm happy with 20-25km, and found myself needing to choose between 11-15km and 35+ on some days. If you can find a way to be...
  2. FelixBC

    Swimming on the Via?

    The Baños Arabe in Sevilla! One of the best two hours of my life. Really. And it was quiet enough that I got some of its beautiful pools to myself.
  3. FelixBC

    Swimming on the Via?

    I can vouch for the baths in Banos de Montemayor. Lovely hillside town, with the proper spas. One of them has a pilgrim rate. For 3.50 euro each we got terry towel robes, slippers, towels, changing cabin, and two hours in the warm pool. They even found a swimsuit for me that fit. Not the hot...
  4. FelixBC

    LIVE from the Camino (Nearly) Live Updates Via de la Plata February > Abril 2016

    <quote>Way Puebla de Sancho Perez – Zafra Well marked until you get to the entrance of Zafra, then the yellow arrows disappear mysteriously. I reached, after crossing the railway tracks, the main road into Zafra and followed it obediently into town where I soon found a yellow arrow pointing to...
  5. FelixBC

    VdlP Rest Days Recommendations Please

    As above, but also Baños de Montemayor. Lovely mountain town, with hot thermal spas. They have pilgrim rates, 3.50e got us robes, swimsuit, slippers, and two hours in one lovely warm bath. And Baños is close to Hervás, a short detour off the camino. You can explore Hervás, then walk a marked...
  6. FelixBC

    only three weeks on the VdlP

    Merida, Caceres, Salamanca would be gorgeous. Roman, medieval, Renaissance, if you're interested in history, art and architecture. Zamora is also lovely, although I wasn't thrilled with the walk from Salamanca (flat, highways). Walking the 'via pecuaria', ancient paths for droving animals...
  7. FelixBC

    Don't Hate Me... Itinerary review for Caceres to SDC

    The hotel Asturias really is a truck-stop, roadside hotel. Nothing near it to be interesting for an evening stroll. But decent room, jolly patio with lots of other pilgrims, and a chance to see some of Spain's non-camino life, with truckers and locals stopping in for a beer and a smoke. They do...
  8. FelixBC

    Don't Hate Me... Itinerary review for Caceres to SDC

    Heh. Good question. I'll have a look at my guide book and see if I can name the major ones. Off the top of my head: the walk to Embalse de Alcantara, before Baños de Montemayor, and especially leaving Salamanca.
  9. FelixBC

    Don't Hate Me... Itinerary review for Caceres to SDC

    The hostal that's open is nearer the camino than the one that's closed. When I was there in April the couple who running it were French/Spanish speaking. They were very nice, and took a reservation over the phone.
  10. FelixBC

    Sevilla 26 september

    Hello Christobal! Nice to see you here too. Looking forward to your pics on Instagram. ~ FelixBC
  11. FelixBC

    Don't Hate Me... Itinerary review for Caceres to SDC

    My advice was not for you, then.
  12. FelixBC

    Don't Hate Me... Itinerary review for Caceres to SDC

    For people who are ok with some motorized transport, I would recommend considering editing the via de la plata to cut out some of the nastier bits of highway walking. I found the longer stretches of highway shoulder walking soul-sucking -- not really exaggerating. There's too much of it, which I...
  13. FelixBC

    Don't Hate Me... Itinerary review for Caceres to SDC

    One town you might want to add to your itinerary, if you're interested in culture and history, is Hervás. It's just off the vldp before Baños de Montemayor. It's a lovely town up in the hills that has a well-preserved Jewish quarter. I jumped in a cab with some Dutch pilgrims in the middle of a...
  14. FelixBC

    Don't Hate Me... Itinerary review for Caceres to SDC

    I wish people (including me) wouldn't apply judgement to the "right" way to do things. I had a rough time for some bits of my camino, took a bus to skip one part. Arrived in Santiago having walked 800km, and felt like I'd failed. The woman at the pilgrims office surveyed my credencials (Sevilla...
  15. FelixBC

    Don't Hate Me... Itinerary review for Caceres to SDC

    How are you at very long days? 44.4km is not short for many people. You definitely need an itinerary on this route. You can change it, of course, but there aren't hostels to just easily drop into. I ran into problems of either doing a very long day (35+), or a very short one (<15km), with...
  16. FelixBC

    Is April too early for flowers on the VDLP?

    I started April 6 from Sevilla this year -- the beautiful scent of orange blossoms was present for weeks. Farther on, there were apple blossoms, poppies, and roses. A lot depended on elevation as well. In the higher places spring wasn't quite there yet, but lower down was in full progress. Best...
  17. FelixBC

    Recent Robbery on 2nd day out of Seville

    That document made me a hero on the trail. The woman with the answers in a neatly arranged table. :-)
  18. FelixBC

    Recent Robbery on 2nd day out of Seville

    Hi Alan! I am from Victoria, BC. :-) The via de la plata is described as being longer, lonelier and harder than the camino frances, and that proved to be accurate. It's not more mountainous, certainly, it's pretty flat mostly. But there are reasons so many fewer people do it--it's not ready for...
  19. FelixBC

    Holy Week in Sevilla?

    I don't know what temperature the albergues got down to, not freezing, certainly. But a night in a damp, cold room with no blanket and a too thin bag can be horrid, making the next day even tougher. There's some good down sleeping bags out there, very light. I wish I'd had one with me.
  20. FelixBC

    Holy Week in Sevilla?

    Hello! It didn't rain that much, a few days. The albergues were cold. Bring a proper sleeping bag. Even the more upscale hostals didn't want to turn the heat on. Most places have blankets, yes, but the few that didn't were a major problem for me. I sleep cold! Sevilla was hot, but it isn't once...

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