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It depends on how far you can walk in a day. If this is your first Camino, 185 km might be a bit ambitious for 7 days. On my first Camino we averaged 20 km a day. My first thought is Burgos. If you get there a day or two before your week is up, there is plenty to see and enjoy there. If you find that you can really walk far day after day, you could push on to Castrojeriz or Fromista.Finally I am planning my next part of the Camino Frances and this time I will walk alone.
I have 7 days to walk and I need to be able to travel to and from Madrid if possible (much more expensive and longer trips to fly to Norway from the airports by the coast).
To Logroño from Madrid I can take the train. As far as I can see it is going trains from Fromista as well. Is this trip, 185 km, to long for 7 days? Are there some other villages after Burgos with great (or at least not to bad) bus or train communication with Madrid or other places with airport?
I have walked from SJPdP to Logroño and are used to walk in the Norwegian mountains. I have a family at home and I am more interested in walking as much as possible when I am traveling alone. It feels like a better use of the days compared to stay at one place (the rest of the family doesn't appreciate walking long distance, they prefer to run or travel in other waysIt depends on how far you can walk in a day. If this is your first Camino, 185 km might be a bit ambitious for 7 days. On my first Camino we averaged 20 km a day. My first thought is Burgos. If you get there a day or two before your week is up, there is plenty to see and enjoy there. If you find that you can really walk far day after day, you could push on to Castrojeriz or Fromista.
If this isn't your first Camino, you have a better idea than we do how far you are capable of walking.
A website with timetables and an overview for the bus line Burgos-Castrojeriz-Fromista is here: https://autobusesamaya.wordpress.com/las-rutas/castrojeriz/. It hasn't been updated since 2017 but I think the departure and arrival times don't change.I can't get the Amaya website to work. The Burgos bus station site only shows timings inbound. You might want to check government website for Castrojeriz (if such exists) where times might be published.
I think that if you previously walked from SJPP to Logrono at an average rate of 23.7 km per day and have been doing a modicum to keep yourself in shape, this should be doable. It is probably a good idea to ease yourself into it with a shorter walk on the first day to warm things up, which you have alotted. And, in general, Logrono to Castrojeriz is not as taxing as the Pyrenees so it isn't unreasonable to think you should be able to walk an extra one km each day.Now I have a preliminary plan, I will try to book flight tickets this week when they are less exepensive. The thing is that I try to not be away from my family to much and in the same time walk as long as possible.
- Friday after work: Flight from Norway to Madrid. Landing 23.30. Train to the main station and hotel
- Saturday morning: Train to Logrono at 07.30. Arriving 11.23 (if the schedule will not change).
- Saturday: Walk 18,5 km to Ventosa where I have prebooked room (because I will arrive "late").
- Sunday-Friday: Walk 148,6 km on 6 days = average of 24,7 km/day (one km more than last time I walked and that should be no problems if I am not getting injured or something like that).
- Friday afternoon: Travel from Castrojeriz either to Fromista or Burgos by bus or taxi and take the evening train back to Madrid. The train leaves 19.33 from Burgos and 18.22 from Fromista (time table right now). Maybe I can pay to take a shower somewhere as well before taking the train. Take train to the airport and stay in hotel at the airport.
- Saturday morning: 06.10 fly back to Norway. Back at home right after lunch and my family is happy.
This should be possible, don't you think?
Finally I am planning my next part of the Camino Frances and this time I will walk alone.
I have 7 days to walk and I need to be able to travel to and from Madrid if possible (much more expensive and longer trips to fly to Norway from the airports by the coast).
To Logroño from Madrid I can take the train. As far as I can see it is going trains from Fromista as well. Is this trip, 185 km, to long for 7 days? Are there some other villages after Burgos with great (or at least not to bad) bus or train communication with Madrid or other places with airport?
As far as I can see (when I check the trains now in January), the train to Logrono is leaving from MADRID-PUERTA DE ATOCHA. My plan is to take the train from the airport to Atocha and stay at a hotel close by Atocha.You will be arriving very late to Madrid, Negotiating the connection from train to Metro, then walking to your hotel could be tiring and awkward. Not that Madrid be an unsafe city, but anyway...Maybe you can consider a taxi. I believe there is a flat tariff, 30 euros
Buen camino!
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