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Have a fab walk. I am planning to be on the same path Mid September .I will be arriving in Madrid on April 15 and staying a few nights at the Hotel Alonso (4/15-4/18)
My walking schedule (tentatively) is:
4/18 Tres Cantos
4/19 Manzanares
4/20 Maetalpiño (short day just b/c I want to stay here)
4/21 Cercadilla
4/22 Segovia
4/23 Segovia
4/24 Sta Maria del Nieva
4/25 Nava
4/26 Vilagillo
4/27 Alcazaran
4/28 Puente Duero
4/29 Ciguñuela
4/30 Castromonte
5/1 Medina de Rio Seco
5/2 Cuenca
5/3 Santervas de Campos
5/4 Sahagun
If anyone is walking on those days, say hi!
We'll be walking sllllooooooowwwwwww as these are my training weeks.
Annie
Will you spend the night in Madrid? We'll be taking the train to Tres Cantos on the morning of the 18th and walking to Colmenar. Looks like we may just miss you!I'll be in Madrid before my flight home on April 18. I should look into that hotel and might see you there! Buen camino.
Yes we'll be in Madrid the night (or 2) before. I was thinking to stay closer to the Atocha-Prado area.Will you spend the night in Madrid? We'll be taking the train to Tres Cantos on the morning of the 18th and walking to Colmenar. Looks like we may just miss you!
I think my hotel is pretty close to Atocha. It's in the center where I usually stay, though I've never stayed in this particular hotel.Yes we'll be in Madrid the night (or 2) before. I was thinking to stay closer to the Atocha-Prado area.
Hi Annie, I am a fellow Oregonian now in Ashland. I will be on my third Camino, walking with a friend this time who is turning 70. I will be there for a few weeks for an English volunteer program but have some time inbetween. It would be interesting to walk some of the Camino de Madrid. Do you have any sites with maps, distances, and info? Thanks, ElinI will be arriving in Madrid on April 15 and staying a few nights at the Hotel Alonso (4/15-4/18)
My walking schedule (tentatively) is:
4/18 Tres Cantos to Colmenar
4/19 Manzanares
4/20 Maetalpiño (short day just b/c I want to stay here)
4/21 Cercadilla
4/22 Segovia
4/23 Segovia
4/24 Sta Maria del Nieva
4/25 Nava
4/26 Vilagillo
4/27 Alcazaran
4/28 Puente Duero
4/29 Ciguñuela
4/30 Castromonte
5/1 Medina de Rio Seco
5/2 Cuenca
5/3 Santervas de Campos
5/4 Sahagun
From there, I'll bus to Pamplona to pick up my Spring group.
If anyone is walking on those days, say hi!
We'll be walking sllllooooooowwwwwww as these are my training weeks.
Annie
Thanks Al.The Confraternity of St James have a guide
Thanks Al.
Hi, Elin, here are my stages with a bit of information: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/my-leisurely-stages-on-the-camino-de-madrid.11148/Hi Annie, I am a fellow Oregonian now in Ashland. I will be on my third Camino, walking with a friend this time who is turning 70. I will be there for a few weeks for an English volunteer program but have some time inbetween. It would be interesting to walk some of the Camino de Madrid. Do you have any sites with maps, distances, and info? Thanks, Elin
In Castromonte, make sure to go into the Bar Filipinas in the main square to see if the very kind and very elderly owner and his wife are still there. He was 91 when I was there in 2011, and I heard from another forum member a year or so ago that they were still there. He has been tending bar since he was 14, he told me!
I am almost certain they were there last May when we stayed at the alburgue in Castromonte. There was a very old gentleman behind the bar and he was lovely. There were a lot of old farming photos and paintings on the walls (very similar to my memories of farming here in Ireland) and he was very proud of their links to the land. We enjoyed an hour in his company and it remains one of the highlights of my Madrid camino.
Take care, be safe.
I'll have to tell you my memory of them, though I'm sure I've posted it before. I arrived in Castromonte close to the end of lunch time with no food. The bar was open and filled with people, all of whom were eating lunch.
Valsain then bus/taxi to La Granja
Thanks!www.lasepulvedana.es offers bus service from Valsaín to La Granja.
If you were interested, you could walk the route too (ask locally or look online for tracks/info).
We just booked rooms at the Parador in La Granja - only €80 for a doble, so this will be a real treat.
Annie, it's just some 2-3kms from Valsain to La Granja de San Ildefonso center. Just keep on the right-hand side of the main road as the walking track runs along it.We changed our schedule a bit so we could see La Granja:
4/18 Tres Cantos to Colmenar
4/19 Manzanares
4/20 Cerdedilla
4/21 Valsain then bus/taxi to La Granja (got affordable rooms at the PARADOR!)
4/22 Segovia
4/23 Segovia
4/24 Sta Maria del Nieva
4/25 Nava
4/26 Vilagillo
4/27 Alcazaran
4/28 Puente Duero
4/29 Ciguñuela
4/30 Castromonte
5/1 Medina de Rio Seco
5/2 Cuenca
5/3 Santervas de Campos
5/4 Sahagun
Glad to hear from @Madidi that they're still well.So glad to hear they (or at least he) still seems to be working and in good health.
I'll have to tell you my memory of them, though I'm sure I've posted it before. I arrived in Castromonte close to the end of lunch time with no food. The bar was open and filled with people, all of whom were eating lunch. I went in and asked if I was still able to eat lunch. The owner asked me I had brought the food -- turns out all the workers had their lunch boxes and we're just getting drinks from the cafe. Since I had none, his wife went to their house and brought back a salad, freshly laid eggs that she fried up, homemade chorizo, and something sweet for dessert. I'm sure that's a violation of EU rules, but it was one of the best meals I had that camino. Buen camino, Laurie
But I'm sure you're mistaken here Laurie that the lady went to "their" house for the provisions because this whole big house with the bar in front of the church IS their property. At least that's what senor told me.
Also it's possible to buy some food in carniceria but unfortunatelly only till 3PM as I was told. One other option is the other bar (Loteria) on the main drag closer to the albergue which sells at least some bread when I was there.
I am almost certain they were there last May when we stayed at the alburgue in Castromonte. There was a very old gentleman behind the bar and he was lovely. There were a lot of old farming photos and paintings on the walls (very similar to my memories of farming here in Ireland) and he was very proud of their links to the land. We enjoyed an hour in his company and it remains one of the highlights of my Madrid camino.
We changed our schedule a bit so we could see La Granja:
4/21 Valsain then bus/taxi to La Granja (got affordable rooms at the PARADOR!)
Sean, they were certainly there when I passed through in mid-May. Spent a few hours in the bar, then in the evening two photographers appeared for a photo-shoot of the bar and its owners. I think it was for a local publication. Great place – very tranquil. My notes suggest it’s called the Bar Caribe, and is unmissable being across the square from the Church.
realize that the Bar Filipinas is the place in Comillas on the Camino Del Norte where I ate a great meal!. [/QUOTE said:Hi Laurie, thanks for the info. Daughter Kathryn and I are looking at the Camino Del Norte as a possibility for later this year, so Bar Filipinas has been added to the data base. I have followed up on a number of your recommended eateries over the years and never been disappointed. Many thanks.
Sean, they were certainly there when I passed through in mid-May. Spent a few hours in the bar, then in the evening two photographers appeared for a photo-shoot of the bar and its owners. I think it was for a local publication.
Also it's possible to buy some food in carniceria but unfortunatelly only till 3PM
Maybe it's closed now and villagers are buying goods from a supply van. I've seen exactly the same in Penaflor de Hornija with two shops closed and this van honking through the village.KinkyOne, we searched all over the pueblo for this carnicera but to no avail: we did though get some food from the young lady behind the bar in Bar Loteria.
Take care, be safe.
Maybe it's closed now and villagers are buying goods from a supply van. I've seen exactly the same in Penaflor de Hornija with two shops closed and this van honking through the village.
I guess the things in these small villages are changing all the timeWe found the shop attached to the bar. Access to it is via the bar, and Ana from the bar serves you. This is good, because it means that while the bar is open, so is the shop!
There is no draught beer in the bar, but there are small bottles of beer, nice and cold, and Ana gave us tapas of stuffed olives and tiny pieces of battered fish which were delicious. The meal in the evening was sopa, then fried eggs with olives and cold potatoes, and fruit to finish, and with a lovely cognac as a night cap. We bought some yoghurt and bottled water from Anas' shop for the next day.
I agree with all Sean said about the albergue. Lovely people, lovely town, shame about the albergue. The only good thing was that you could walk out in the morning without worrying about where to leave the key - there isn't one.
be brave. Life is joyous.
Alan
Hi Annie, I am a fellow Oregonian now in Ashland. I will be on my third Camino, walking with a friend this time who is turning 70. I will be there for a few weeks for an English volunteer program but have some time inbetween. It would be interesting to walk some of the Camino de Madrid. Do you have any sites with maps, distances, and info? Thanks, Elin
Hi neighbor! Just picked this note up. Love to meet. I like Bloomsbery Bookstore café. Give me some dates and times and we can work out a meet. With gratitude, ElinHi Elin - I noticed that you live in Ashland, OR - so do I. Back in Sept. I walked the CdM. If you are in town and would like to connect feel free to send me a message. Marcella
Hi Elin - Tomorrow, Tues., 1/26 between 11-2; Thursday, 1/28,just about any time, Saturday, 1/30 after 10AM - do any of these work for you? Bloomsbury's is one of my favorites as well. MarcellaHi neighbor! Just picked this note up. Love to meet. I like Bloomsbery Bookstore café. Give me some dates and times and we can work out a meet. With gratitude, Elin
Tomorrow at the bookstore at 12 will work for me, Marcella. Black clothes red scarf is me. Thanks. ElinHi Elin - Tomorrow, Tues., 1/26 between 11-2; Thursday, 1/28,just about any time, Saturday, 1/30 after 10AM - do any of these work for you? Bloomsbury's is one of my favorites as well. Marcella
@Parisian and @intrepidtraveler you may find 500 or so people turn up at Bloomsburys Bookstore Cafe, all wearing black clothes and red scarfs!
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Hi, Parisian,Hi Kanga, I do not know where that is? Would have liked to have done that. Thanks.
Turismo has tel.number 918 530 009 and Sra.Elena's address is Calle Alamos 22 if that helps.
Note from mod: changed the telephone number.
I have searched this forum and can't find Sra. Elena's (Manzanares) phone number, which I know was listed somewhere.
Can anyone help?
Thanks.
Hello,
Is there a guidebook in Spanish anywhere, fairly update?
Thanks
/BP
Just called the oficina de turismo. The woman told me that as of last month, the Señora en Calle Álamos no longer opens her home to pilgrims. I asked if she had heard anything about other in-town informal options like this and she said no. Also, the hotel right next to the castle has closed. There's the albergue in Mataelpino, 5 km away, as you know. So, she gave me a list of casas rurales and I've found websites for all of them.
Hotel Rural El Yelmo http://www.hotelruralelyelmo.es/
CR El Mirador de la Maliciosa http://www.miradorlamaliciosa.com/
CR La Escala http://www.laescalacasarural.com/
CR La Pedriza http://www.ruralpedriza.com/
I don't know if any of them offer pilgrim prices, and I don't know how close they are to the Camino, but it would be worth an email or two. Also, I would be happy to make some phone calls.
It is too bad if there's nowhere for pilgrims to stay in Manzanares, because the castle is really worth a long leisurely visit, and there are beautiful walks around the area.
Buen camino, Laurie
Okaaay thanks! I just wrote to them to ask if they can send me the credential in advance so I don't have to go hunting for it when I arrive, yuck.
I was torn between a lot of Caminos this year but it seems as if I've finally settled for Madrid. Then Salvador, then the Primitivo, as it looks like I can stich them all together! I will be zig-zagging over continental Spain like a lunatic but whatever... Oh oh, let's see what awaits me this time...
I'll be plowing through all the posts about the Madrid in order to get prepared, please feel free to enlighten me about what's not to miss or what's to avoid...
/BP
. I contacted El Yelmo and the price there is €57 for a doble, €70 with breakfast (for 2 people) but breakfast is not until 9 am.
They want a credit card and will charge €10 for a no=show.
I wonder if the old man still rents rooms?
And someone in a previous post said if you call the number on the hotel, the man will come and give you a room. I wonder if this is true?
Personally, I won't be able to go another 5 k.
I suppose we could possibly get a taxi from there to Mataelpino.
I'll contact the other Casas and then see what my walking partner wants to do.
Oh, that's too bad about Sra.Elena. And former pilgrim albergue too, of course. But there's still this man offering pilgrim acommodation if I remember correctly from previous posts.Just called the oficina de turismo. The woman told me that as of last month, the Señora en Calle Álamos no longer opens her home to pilgrims. I asked if she had heard anything about other in-town informal options like this and she said no. Also, the hotel right next to the castle has closed. There's the albergue in Mataelpino, 5 km away, as you know. So, she gave me a list of casas rurales and I've found websites for all of them.
Hotel Rural El Yelmo http://www.hotelruralelyelmo.es/
CR El Mirador de la Maliciosa http://www.miradorlamaliciosa.com/
CR La Escala http://www.laescalacasarural.com/
CR La Pedriza http://www.ruralpedriza.com/
I don't know if any of them offer pilgrim prices, and I don't know how close they are to the Camino, but it would be worth an email or two. Also, I would be happy to make some phone calls.
It is too bad if there's nowhere for pilgrims to stay in Manzanares, because the castle is really worth a long leisurely visit, and there are beautiful walks around the area.
Buen camino, Laurie
But there's still this man offering pilgrim acommodation if I remember correctly from previous posts.
Yes, it should be fine. I looked at the map after I posted, and we can just skip Manzanares altogether. Although it's a shame because they walk (the back way) from Yelmo back to the Camino was really pretty.Colmenar to Mataelpino is about 21 km, isn't that about the same distance as your first day from Tres Cantos to Colmenar?
I have done
Madrid- Tres Cantos,
Tres Cantos- Manzanares
Manzanares- Cercedilla.
Cercedilla to Segovia I have walked many times for a long time with mountain group in different routes.
What I liked the most of these three stages was the splendid view and unknown for me of La Pedriza and El Yelmo from the hill previous to Manzanares.
I hadn't been there before and I was really surprised.
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