Fabio Pablo
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- I have done the camino from porto to santiago. next trip will be from Santander, with the purpose to arrive to Gijon
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Hi Fabio,
The distances are workable and you'll have reasonably-priced accommodations available every night (although not always albergues). The biggest issue to consider, given your beach priority, is that you'll only actually be on the coast on four of these nights.
Day 1: Santander-Santillana 32km (w/shortcuts; also possible to take the train from Santander to Mogro, cutting off a less desirable chunk, and then walking from there)
Day 2: Comillas 23km
Day 3: La Franca 31km (new albergue there and bungalows in the camping; not literally on the coast, but a very easy walk in the afternoon)
Day 4: Llanes 22km
Day 5: Ribadesella 30km
Day 6: La Isla 17km
OK, at this point you have five nights on the beach, plus Santillana del Mar, which is pretty impressive. This admittedly involves a couple of longer days, and I'm not sure if that's in your comfort level. This is just what it takes to have an overnight on the coast. From La Isla it gets a little bit trickier. From La Isla to Gijón, you're inland the whole time. At 50km, that's definitely two days. The next walk from Gijón to Aviles is not the best part of the Norte by any means.
To maximize your enjoyment, have you considered maybe starting before Santander? If you started in Laredo, you could start with an easy 14km into Noja (beach), follow it up with another easy walk to Guemes (inland, but wonderful albergue experience), and then have a great coastal walk to Santander (17km). You could certainly find easy transport connections from Santander to Laredo.
Not sure if any of this is useful! Hope you find a plan that feels like the right fit.
Dave
Hello Fabio. Interesting schedule. After leaving Santander, you will not see the ocean untill you reach Comillas (and indeed this is the same between La Isla and gijon) but there is not much to be done about this.
I do not know how much walking you want to do day each day, but some things come to mind:
- If you want to spend most of your time near the ocean, I take it you would prefer to stay overnight in seaside towns & stare at the sea at night (well that is something I enjoy doing anyway). In that case I would walk to San Vicente on day 5. And I would include a stop in Ribadesella (instead of Pineres). I found it both very pleasant towns.
-I found the coastline around Pendueles quite special, especially the Bufones de Arenillas which are in between Pendueles and Llanes. In hindsight, I wished I had taken some more time there. So you may consider walking from San Vicente to Pendueles in one day, staying in the really lovely donativo albergue, and then have a shorter day to Llanes to stay there at night.
Alternatively, and I agree with Dave, the coastal walk from Guemes to Santander is very beautiful and something you might want to incorporate.
Hope this helpful.
If coast is important to you why not fly into Santander but then head back to San Sebastian and start fro there? You get sea views from there to Deba, then from Portugalete to Santander except for a shot bit getting to Guemes. That's 10 days or so.
If you want to start in Santander and head west them know that the albergue in Boo de Pielagos is impecable, with full bedding and real towels, though nothing else around, In Santillana the Solar de Hidalgos at the entrance of the area where no cars are allowed is an impressive mansion with a decent albergue at the back, but avoid the one in San Vicente at all cost.
Good luck! You really can't go wrong.
¿Pero tienes pensado llegar a Santiago en otro momento?.
But what you plan to arrive in Santiago at another time ?.
con el camino del norte, de momento no. Pero me fue el año con el camiño portugues desde porto. A ver en el futuro lo que puede pasar, y si voy tener mas tiempo.
Fabio
Hello Fabio, to answer your question about preferences, I have only walked from San Sebastian to Llanes, but if you love the ocean views and spending time of the beach you will think you aremin heaven while on the bit up to Santander. Beautiful views, beaches perhaps every 2-3 days, especially if you are not afraid of the longer routes, as on the way to Deba. Off the top of my head: San Sebastian, Pobena, Noja, a lovely and perhaps one of the most beautiful places I have ever been blessed to see when leaving Hazas via a way that is not in the guides, the bit after Guemes, Laredo.,lots of beaches. Other bonus when walkng towards San Sebastian is the great cities and food that come with it. San Sebastian is world reknowned as is Bilbao.,This is something I didn't consider, and maybe it is not a bad idea.
just some questions that could be helpful to me:
- did you prefer the part form S. Sebastian to Santander or the second part?
- in wich one the route is better marked?
-what about the beaches on this coastiside?
about s. vincente, what happened?!
thanks a lot
Fabio
Pues te doy mi opinión, que ya puse más veces. Si no tienes la intención de llegar a Santiago, creo que no deberías de utilizar los albergues públicos, ya que lo que estarás haciendo es senderismo. Para eso están las casas rurales y hoteles, negocios que subsisten precisamente de la gente que viene a conocer ésta y otras zonas. Quizás es lo que tenías pensado hacer. Otra cosa es que por falta de tiempo, este año hagas sólo una sección y otro año retomes el camino desde ese mismo sitio, pero siempre con la intención de terminar la peregrinación en Santiago.
Well, I give you my opinion, which already put more times. If you do not intend to get to Santiago, I think you should not use public shelters, because what you're doing is hiking. That they are the casas rurales and hotels, businesses remain precisely the people who come to meet this and other areas. Maybe it's what you had planned to do. Another thing is that due to time constraints, this year do only one section and another year start back the way from the same place, but always with the intention of completing the pilgrimage in Santiago.
Fabio, both are good plans. But keep in kind that the alberuge in Santander is only for pilgrims, so using it after you ahve walked for a bit of R&R is a nono. You would not like to arrive in an albergue after walking 20-30km ton find all beds are taken, including some by people no longer heading to Santiago. You will love del Norte!
Hello,
i did it from Irun to Santillana al Mar. it was a great experience, great views and great people. really really amazing.I am looking forward to continue it next year.
Buen Camino!
I am tossing up between the Portugal or Northern Camino, what are your views on this. GHola everybody,
i would start on 20th of August a camino from Santander. Since i have just 12-13 days of walking, this year i can't arrive until santiago ( luckly i did with the camino of portugual) so I planned to arrive only to Gjion, maximum Alives.
my idea is to enjoy this part of the camino, with a special focus on the places on the ocean.
i will arrive on 20th at 11.00 a.m o'clock, so a possible plan would be:
day 1: Santander
day 2: Boo de pielagos ( 14 km)
day 3: Santillana al mar ( 29,3 km)
day 4: Comillas ( 24 km)
day 5: Colombres ( 29 km) ( or stop in san vincente? 11 km from comillas)
day 6: Llanes ( 24 km) ( or Pendueles ? 10 km from colombres) or Celorio? 5 km after Llanes)
day 7 : Pineres ( 20 km)
day 8 : La Isla ( 28 km) ( or stop in Ribadesella? 10 km after Pineres)
day 9: Villaviciosa
day 10 : Gjon
after that i have still 3 days to spend before coming back to Santander in train (my flight back is on 3rd of September)
considering my 13 days and my wish to spend almost of my time on the ocean, what would you suggest respect to my plan?
Thanks a lot,
y buen camino
Fabio
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