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I couldn't speak for the Invierno route, but we walked the Madrid route last year starting in the middle of March. We loved it. The first day getting out of Madrid to Tres Cantos wasn't the best since it is mainly pavement. We didn't see a single pilgrim from Madrid to until we got to Sahagun...
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