Best 10 - 14 Day Refresher Walk

That is 178km, a nice ten day walk. Leon to Santiago fits into 14 days nicely, as would Astorga to Santiago. Buen camino.

falcon269 said:

That is 178km, a nice ten day walk. Leon to Santiago fits into 14 days nicely, as would Astorga to Santiago. Buen camino.

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I loved doing Astorga to Santiago as the landscape changed every day. You get a little bit of everything in a very short time, rolling hills, mountains, vineyards, forests, agricultural, urban sprawl, etc.

Try Sanabres leaving from Puebla de Sanabria for 252km. Town as a rail station and is 10 days walk to Santiago in mountains similar to Astorga-Santiago. Albergues are purpose built so nice but a bit sterile. Go to http://www.mundicamino.com/ingles/ then click on The Sanbres Way button and check out the route.
I did as tail end of Via de la Plata in fall of 2010. From Zamora to Ourense (110km to Santiago so easy Compostela!) I met maybe 4 other pilgrims.
Starting in Zamora (410km) is 15 days and stages tend to be long with not much in-between infrastructure compared to Camino Frances so isn't really appropriate unless your legs are ready to average 30+km daily. Probably lots more information in threads on VDLP.