talianamexicana
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Sarria - Santiago 7th September (2017)
Santiago to Fisterra & Muxia August (2018)
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I'm looking for information on this too. I've seen two camino routes that I am exploring with Wikiloc.com. I don't have the information available right now but I'm replying to make it easier to find this thread next week.
Somewhat. The one I am most familiar with does pass through Sant Cugat but the start point looks different.
It looks like GR-6 is the route you are interested in. Lindam's route in post #5 is also the GR-6. Wikiloc has information on the following pages and that includes profiles. I have not yet analyzed the tracks. I imagine that there is lodging at the between points. If you download the tracks you can use other applications (OSMand, Maps.me, GPSVisualizer, GoogleEarth etc. to get different views.) Up in the top-right of Wikiloc's map you can specify the base map that the app should use. That may also help out.Hello all,
Since my first mini Camino I've been bitten by the bug and have gone back annually at least once since. This year I re did the SdC -Fisterra - Muxia route with someone testing out a new knee, but am going to Barcelona in September and thought I'd try the BCN - Montserrat route. I'm finding it tough to get to get proper information (elevations/difficulty) on it, as that will dictate how far we can travel a day, plus we will need pensions/habitaciones etc as our group won't do albergues.
My thinking is L'aberint d'Horta - Les Fonts (although I'm thinking C'an Sola as there's only one hostal in Les Fonts and it appears to be booked out). Can we make that in one walk?
Then perhaps C'an Sola to Olesa de Montserrat which seems to be a shorter walk which would allow us to rest.
Olesa de Montserrat - Monestir Monserrat which sounds like a horrible walk by all accounts and also seems to have three routes none of which I seem to be able to find decent information on, the road seems to be the most recommended?
Thinking funicular down just for the experience/view and then walking around the bottom to either Igualada or Manresa but really not sure which to do yet?
The idea would be that from either of those towns we would train or bus back to BCN and pick it up from there in a few months when we're back as I'm likely to be spending quite a bit of time there over the next few years.
I've read @LTfit and @peregrina2000 account and also @lindam s but finding good altitude maps and lists of accommodation is super challenging! Any help EXTREMELY gratefully received thanks
It is not a track I've seen. It may work for me; I'll look at it some more. The track I've seen through Sant Cugat goes through Terrassa and then to Montserrat. I've seen another. I'll see if I can find it again.Hi Rick and Peg,
Is this one of the Wikiloc tracks you're using?
Barcelona - Montserrat (CN Sant Andreu 2012)
Barcelona - Montserrat (CN Sant Andreu 2012) Hiking trail in Distrito Sant Andreu, Catalunya (España). Download its GPS track and follow the itinerary on a map. Sortida a peu des del barri de Sant Andreu a Montserrat organitzada pel CN Sant Andreu. Collserola-Sant Cugat-Rubi-Ullestrets-Olesa de...www.wikiloc.com
Talia
Thank you again @JabbaPapa but I've had a chance to look at maps and I realize now that, although you quoted me, your advice was mainly for the OP, @talianamexicana.The route via Sant Cugat has always seemed to me to be the least daunting upwards from Barcelona, but this year I simply decided to avoid Montserrat completely, but I grabbed the tarmac route directly from Manresa to Igualada -- which was a little bit painful, particularly in the heavy rain that day, except the last section down towards Igualada in better weather and more beautiful scenery. That shortcut saved me at least a whole day.
But truth is, most Compostela pilgrims completely avoid that hike up by starting there, whereas the Ignatian Way pilgrims have an easier climb in the opposite direction.
As for a route up to Montserrat, I had certainly decided that if I had walked up there, I was going to take the tarmac, but there's a confusing multiplicity of options.
Maybe try looking at mapy.cz, either the online map or the app ?
Information resources for Compostela pilgrims on the Cami Catalan seem to be unusually defective -- but I eventually discovered this site for the Ignatian Way ones : https://caminoignaciano.org/en/lodging/ ; and it is extremely helpful.
The Ignatian Way is virtually identical to the Catalan via Lleida between Montserrat and Logroño, or at least between Montserrat and Tárrega if you follow the Huesca and Aragones route instead.
And I'd recommend the route towards Igualada rather than Manresa -- support structures are a lot better, and you'll have a decent chance of bumping into other pilgrims, both Compostela and Ignaziano ones. But virtually nobody comes down via the northern Catalan/Roman route via Manresa, whilst the Ignaziano pilgrims are few in number.
The walk between Montserrat and Igualada is not that challenging physically, especially compared to the rest of Catalonia.
Honestly though, I'd really suggest that instead of Barcelona to either Igualada or Manresa, it'd be a far wiser choice to walk from Montserrat to Cervera or Tàrrega, or however far you can make it in the time that you have.
Thank you Laurie. I can't work the Ruta del Cister into my schedule this trip. I did want to see more about it and its location though so I looked the for the route (GR-175) on Wikiloc.I walked into Montserrat from Manresa, having walked the jerryrigged Cami Catala, which goes through Girona and Vic. Yes, the walk into Igualada is a long concrete slog.
One thing no one has mentioned is the monastery at Sant Cugat, that would be a pull towards that option for me. Ayyyyy, the romanesque cloister...... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monastery_of_Sant_Cugat (I haven't seen it, just in pictures).
And just to throw it out there, since it's kind of in the neighborhood -- the Ruta del Cister looks like a terrific short circuit to Cistercian monasteries. I have visited Santes Creus and Poblet, but not on foot. I told a guy I walked with several years ago about this route (he lives in Barcelona). His report back after he did it was one word -- WOW. (sorry, don't want to get us too sidetracked).
Thank you again @JabbaPapa but I've had a chance to look at maps and I realize now that, although you quoted me, your advice was mainly for the OP, @talianamexicana.
While walking this route, we have had some luck in booking reasonably priced accommodations through Airbnb (for example in Sant Cugat and Manresa).
When do you plan to start walking? All the best to you with your planning and do let me know should you have any additional questions.
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