Costa Brava to Cinque Terre?

VeganCamino said:

Anyone have info on walking from the Costa Brava to Cinque Terre? It's about the same length as the Camino Frances. Curious if this route is a route or all road walking. Thanks for any info.

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it's a different mix, depending on the region and terrain. the french riviera is densly populated but there are often (tarmac/cement) seaside promenades. I've done parts of it and @JabbaPapa has walked it in the reverse very recently.

there is no single marked route. you will need to do a good research before you go.
in france, you will find various local routes (PR = petites randonées, waymarked yellow-white) and perhaps some long distance routes (GR = grandes randonées, waymarked red-white). pilgrim route via aurelia (http://www.compostelle-paca-corse.info/) which goes from menton (on the italian border) to arles touches the coast only briefly. in italy there is via della costa (http://viadellacosta.it/), waymarked and with a fairly good pilgrim accommodation structure, which sometimes follows the coast but often forays inside to avoid the main road walking. cinque terre have thier own system of paths, very beautiful, and a couple of youth hostels, very popular.

as this is all a very touristy area, affordable accommodation in the season might be a big problem, especially for one night only.

some threads about forum members who did it or planed it:
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...via-narbonne-and-perpignan.59696/#post-705540
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/camino-home-to-home-2018-2019.58346/#post-668659
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/santiago-to-rome.51831/#post-569748

I've been in all mentioned regions on vacation in the last 8 years.
The SS1 (Via Aurelia, Via Julia, Via Domitia for the Romans) and the ongoing coastal streets in France and Spain are a heritage of the romans.
Most of the time you can find sometimes gravelled, sometimes with strips of tarmac nice walking areas beside the road.
Sometime a little bit further away (D559 in France, very narrow).

I think it would be fun to roam around the old roman roads. The only annoying point could be, that these regions are very attractive vacation-spots and even outside the main-season not very affordable.

Buen Camino!
Roland