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Hello, I´m planning to walk Camino Mozarabe from Almeria to Granada to Cordoba. It seem that very few people walks this way. I like walking alone but still it´s nice meeting some other pilgrims once in a while.
Friendly. hakan from Sweden
Hi Magwood, My husband and I plan to walk the Mozarabe in March 2017. We hope to start from Granada. I did the Camino France in 2010 the yellow arrows were well marked. Are the yellow arrows well marked on this Camino?I walked the Mozárabe last year from Malaga. In the eighteen days it took us to reach Mérida we saw only three other pilgrims, who had walked from Granada.
@mla1 was it George that you met on the VdlP? Forum member @george.g and I walked together from Malaga to Mérida. This year we met up in Santiago after our respective caminos.
I don't know about accommodation on the Malaga route, but my understanding/hope is that there are albergues virtually the whole way from Almería to Granada:Hi again, what do you think about the difference between walking from Malaga or Almeria? Is it a bigger chance to find a place to sleep if I start in Malaga? But then I would miss Sierra Nevada. But I guess there will be some nice mountains even from Malaga. Friendly /hj
Hi Magwood, My husband and I plan to walk the Mozarabe in March 2017. We hope to start from Granada. I did the Camino France in 2010 the yellow arrows were well marked. Are the yellow arrows well marked on this Camino?
Hi Hakan. Last spring I was 66 when I walked from Almeria to Merida in 27 days. I am reasonable fit and had no real problems with the climbs and distances. From the 9 stages between Almeria and Granada, only number 3 and 8 were long and a bit difficult. By the way, there is also an albergue in Santa Fe, 23 km from Almeria. It was the first stage but most of it was flat, and it makes the second stage (with some steep parts) a bit easier if you start in SantaFe.. Some towns also have a hostal. There is a thread from me somewhere here with my experiences.
I advise you to contact the Amigos from Almeria. Their website has a lot of information, adresses, GPS-data , and their president Mercedes is very helpful. The Camino Mozarabe is very wel signposted (also after Granada).
http://www.almeriajacobea.es/
Thats good news. Did you find the way from Almeria to Granada beautiful? /hjHi Hakan. Last spring I was 66 when I walked from Almeria to Merida in 27 days. I am reasonable fit and had no real problems with the climbs and distances. From the 9 stages between Almeria and Granada, only number 3 and 8 were long and a bit difficult. By the way, there is also an albergue in Santa Fe, 23 km from Almeria. It was the first stage but most of it was flat, and it makes the second stage (with some steep parts) a bit easier if you start in SantaFe.. Some towns also have a hostal. There is a thread from me somewhere here with my experiences.
I advise you to contact the Amigos from Almeria. Their website has a lot of information, adresses, GPS-data , and their president Mercedes is very helpful. The Camino Mozarabe is very wel signposted (also after Granada).
http://www.almeriajacobea.es/
Yes. It was very beautiful from the outskirts of Almeria to the entrance of Granada. The views of the Sierra Nevada are splendid. By the way, going on after Granada is also beautiful. On the Camino Mozarabe you meet all the different landscapes of southern Spain.Thats good news. Did you find the way from Almeria to Granada beautiful? /hj
Thank you, one more thing, I will arrive in Malaga in the night, and then take a bus to Almeria the day after, where do you think I should buy my credential? In Malaga or Almeria? Friendly /h
Not meaning to hijack Hakan's thread, but Carel5, can you tell me the dates you walked? Amancio, who lives in Granada, has advised me that starting in Almeria as late as I would be starting (around May 11 or 12) is going to make things just too hot further on. So I am thinking I will start in Granada, but then I will miss this lovely section from Almeria to Granada, so I am in a pickle. I could possibly start in September rather than May, but I see that the temperatures now are outrageously high as well. Not sure what to do! Thanks for any insight you might have, Laurie
Hi Carel5
I will think I have decided to walk from Almeria, next year probably starting around 8th April, I walked from Malaga to Merida in 2015 with Maggie, (well known on the forum, the best walking companion you could wish for)
Is there any particular info you could pass on re the Almeria - Granada - Cordoba section... river crossings, poor waymarking etc etc.
Regards
George
Hi George,
The waymarking is very good. I also had GPS tracks. Sometimes there are differences between the GPS data and the yellow arrows. In that case I followed the yellow without problems.
So I wish you buen camino, George
Hi, George,Only problem now is to work out what to do after Merida as I'm not sure I want to go up the VdelP again so soon!
The two of you again???Hi Maggie, seems we may be thinking along the same lines????
Best regards
George
Hi, Carel5, this is great information. Many thanks. I have somewhat reluctantly (and very ineptly) started carrying a GPS for the remote caminos I walk. I have been looking for GPS tracks from Almeria - Granada-Caceres and have been unable to find a stage by stage set of them (I.e., broken down into fewer than 500 points per stage so the GPS can handle it). Can you share the source of your tracks?
Buen camino Laurie
Hello again, hakan here. Now it´s almost time to go, I´m flying from Stockholm to Malaga Saturday evening. It seems I lost contact with the people in Almeria that would help me getting the Credential. Does anyone know if it´s possible to get one in the Cathedral in Almeria? Or Malaga? Or in un Alberge in Almeria/Malaga? Friendly /h
Hi, I'm looking at Mozarabe from Almeria in April 18. If body and soul are still together at that stage i would be keen to walk it. TomThanks so much for that information. I think that the Mozarabe from Almeria is going into my "Camino 2018" folder. I can't start in 2017 till May 10, and I appreciate all the advice about temperatures and starting dates. ONe option was to start in Granada on May 10, but then I'd miss out on Almeria to Granada. So my new goal is that in 2018 I will have the decks cleared and will be able to start in early April. Anyone else thinking that far ahead?
Now I just have to figure out my 2017 Camino, but I am thinking it will be in the north - as the Spaniards say, para variar. Buen camino, Laurie
So sad to hear that you were beaten by the heat and the loneliness. The Mozarabe is indeed a lonely affair. It took me two weeks to meet a bicigrino. I heard that one man started a day before me but he went faster than me. Only after 24 days I met other walkers in the albergue. The next day there were eight of us suddenly. I was happy to stay in two albergues run by fellow Dutchmen, in Alquife and Cerro Muriano. I hope things will improve in coming years as the Mozarabe is a fantastic camino.Hi, I´m afraid I have to say that it was to hot for me, had to give it up. And also to lonely, didn't meet a living soul on my first 4 days, alone on the camino, in Alberge, in restaurant and so on. Did a mistake choosing this way. But the support from the Amigos de Almeria, Veronica and Mercedes was wonderful, so nice, warm and helpful women. All the best for them. /hj
Hi ThelmaHi Magwood, My husband and I plan to walk the Mozarabe in March 2017. We hope to start from Granada. I did the Camino France in 2010 the yellow arrows were well marked. Are the yellow arrows well marked on this Camino?
Hi, Val,Hi Thelma
Think about the Almería to Granada option as well. One advantage is the work Almería Amigos have done, no legs longer than 27km (versus one 40km leg Malaga to Córdoba), good accommodation options etc. Yes, I've recently walked Malaga to Cabra and a week later, Almería to Granada. For me the latter was more interesting. (See my blog: valjrob.com) and it was not just that I had great company for the latter Camino. It helped, indubitably, but it was more than that. At present I'm thinking of walking Granada to Córdoba in April 17, early fantasies.... whichever you choose, enjoy. Val
Hi Thelma we walked this last year in June - it was a great walk but hot as, even for us West Australians. Fairly solitary route, we saw no other peregrinos. Some of it is quite tough but very rewarding. Below is the link to a short video we made of the walk - it was very hot 46 c when we reached Cordoba. Some Spanish language facility would help and there are few fairly tough ascents and descents.Hi Thelma
Think about the Almería to Granada option as well. One advantage is the work Almería Amigos have done, no legs longer than 27km (versus one 40km leg Malaga to Córdoba), good accommodation options etc. Yes, I've recently walked Malaga to Cabra and a week later, Almería to Granada. For me the latter was more interesting. (See my blog: valjrob.com) and it was not just that I had great company for the latter Camino. It helped, indubitably, but it was more than that. At present I'm thinking of walking Granada to Córdoba in April 17, early fantasies.... whichever you choose, enjoy. Val
Hi Thelma we walked this last year in June - it was a great walk but hot as, even for us West Australians. Fairly solitary route, we saw no other peregrinos. Some of it is quite tough but very rewarding. Below is the link to a short video we made of the walk - it was very hot 46 c when we reached Cordoba. Some Spanish language facility would help and there are few fairly tough ascents and descents.
Joe took us about 20 days all up with a couple of nights in Granada and Quentar ( recovering as that day was hot and hard). Most of way is well marked but there is one section where we went off track because we followed some blue fletchas. Cost us half a day. Will check where that was and let you knowDougyharry:
Also thinking of walking this route in 2018. I was wondering.
How well marked is the route?
How long did it take you to walk?
Joe
P.S. nice video
Joe took us about 20 days all up with a couple of nights in Granada and Quentar ( recovering as that day was hot and hard). Most of way is well marked but there is one section where we went off track because we followed some blue fletchas. Cost us half a day. Will check where that was and let you know
Nice video Doughyharry.
The first footage I have seen of the spectacular climb out of the Nacimiento valley after Alboloduy.
The video also gives a good overview of the landscapes on this Camino.
To Joe I can say: the route is very well marked. It is nine days from Almeria to Granada.
And to all: avoid the summer heat like in all Southern Spain Caminos.
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