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I'm in with both feet!Who wants to join this collection of virtual pilgrims?
No mountains (well, just that one day to Segovia), very little Romanesque, but I’m glad to see you are willing to consider it. It is a wonderful camino.I'm in with both feet!
Segovia.Romanesque
Their albergue cabin is amazing and highly recommended! They also provide tips and great conversation and food! And they're on the forum too @rayyrosa.For those who use wikiloc for their GPS tracks, Ray y Rosa (who have a pilgrim ”cabin” on their property outside Manzanares, details later) have posted one long track for the Madrid.
You might lose one of them along the way due to mudcaking!I'm in with both feet!
I'd say there's more than very little Romanesque? If nothing else, there are some Romanesque churches in Segovia, the cloister at Santa Maria la Real de Nieva (though that might be transitioning to Gothic?) and the Romanesque-Mudéjar church at Santervás de Campos and several in similar style in Sahagún.No mountains (well, just that one day to Segovia), very little Romanesque, but I’m glad to see you are willing to consider it. It is a wonderful camino.
Right as always — There’s the one in Alcazarén too, which I also forgot. The octagonal church outside SEgovia, Vera Cruz is reminiscent of Eunate, I think.I'd say there's more than very little Romanesque? If nothing else, there are some Romanesque churches in Segovia, the cloister at Santa Maria la Real de Nieva (though that might be transitioning to Gothic?) and the Romanesque-Mudéjar church at Santervás de Campos and several in similar style in Sahagún.
Not that I recall, unfortunately. Not on our CdM and our only previous trip there was in 2007 and I don't remember going into one.Have you ever been inside any of the romanesque churches in Segovia?
Welcome to the forum. It looks like you'll be able to help us with this thread, and it will be great to get to know you! As I explained in the first post, I will announce a stage and then everyone can make their contributions and ask questions, on a stage by stage basis. Your information will be very helpful, especially to give us an idea of how Covid has affected the facilities along the route. We are very happy to have a contact there "on the ground.Hey guys, I´m new on the forum but I finished the Norte from Aviles - Muxia about 3 weeks ago and I started walking the Camino de Madrid on my 2 free days per week at the end of September. I´m a long-time resident of Madrid, local hiking guide and proficient in Spanish.
I actually wanted to start posting a guide+photo´s of my 4 days from Madrid to Segovia (haven´t gotten further so far), adding all the information that I feel is either lacking or plain wrong on the Gronze site. How about that? I didn´t encounter any pilgrims until just before Segovia so I may well have had the most recent experience
Btw, before proceeding towards Santiago from Segovia probably during my next holiday I want to walk the Camino Mendocino to Manzanares el Real during the next couple of weeks, so I could help adding there too. I already know an alternative route I´d like to recommend between Soto del Real and Manzanares el Real that will not only make the camino more enjoyable but also more exciting + I have some suggestions missing in Ray y Rosa´s otherwise excellent guide
We're slow walkers, and we'll walk along, trying to catch upWho wants to join this collection of virtual pilgrims?
This will be a planning thread more than anything else, so @Jenny@zen, I hope you will want to chime in with your observations, recommendations, and opinions!Loved the Madrid Way. Loved everything about it including staying in Ray and Rosa’s cabin and sharing a meal with them. Buen Camino for your virtual Walk. Enjoy.
Gosh I’m not gréât on the detail but I’ll look back at my blog and see if anything in particular I can add that’s useful. This is one of the paths I’d happily walk again.This will be a planning thread more than anything else, so @Jenny@zen, I hope you will want to chime in with your observations, recommendations, and opinions!
@VNwalking I think your Madrid, SS, Primitivo idea is a great combo ... and I say that even though the Salvador didn't capture us as much as it has many others - though we did love the 'middle three days' in the mountains. Madrid and Primitivo both among my favourite caminos - that said most of them are favourites!Segovia.
Wamba.
A long meseta walk....
What more does one need?
Actually this + SS & Primitivo has been on my radar for a while...
It just seems perfect~I think your Madrid, SS, Primitivo idea is a great combo ... and I say that even though the Salvador didn't capture us as much as it has many others -
@VNwalking I think your Madrid, SS, Primitivo idea is a great combo .
IMHO, the Madrid/Francés/Salvador/Primitivo is ALMOST as great a combination as the Olvidado/Invierno.It just seems perfect~
First, it could not be easier logistically. Fly to Madrid and walk.
Well, in that case perhaps the Olividado / Invierno needs to be next in line for us after VdeP - though I’m looking forward to another French camino too - maybe the Piemonte.IMHO, the Madrid/Francés/Salvador/Primitivo is ALMOST as great a combination as the Olvidado/Invierno.
Actually this + SS & Primitivo has been on my radar for a while...
Yes but not seriously and not that far up. My thought was that one could cross over between the Madrid and the Levante in either direction near Medina del Campo. If going from the M to the L, one could keep going to connect with the VdlP from there.Has anybody done that or thought about it?.
There have been several threads over the years of people interested in making the cross-over, and I will search to see if I can find any reports on how it went.There's another option I was thinking about. CdM to Medina de Rioseco, then head west through Villalpando and Granja de Moreruelo to join the Via de la Plata, and then via Ourense to Santiago. Has anybody done that or thought about it?
I once crossed over from the Madrid to the Levante between Santa Maria la Real de Nieva and Arévalo. Very easy, mostly on dirt next to a very minor road, although disappointed not to see quail in Codorniz. Further north might work well, especially as the way between Villalpanado etc and Benavente on the Sureste and Santa Marta de Tera on the Sanabrés is marked (or was when I walked that way in 2014). My thought was that one could cross over between the Madrid and the Levante in either direction near Medina del Campo.
Ahh great memories. We loved the walks through the pine forests - and not just for the shade. The extraction method was so interesting. I’ll be sure to read the article. Thanks @jungleboyOne of the things we enjoyed about the CdM was what we called 'sandy pine forests' in the middle section of the camino, where the trail typically looks like this:
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A few days ago, this article was published on the BBC website about the tradition and future of the extraction of pine resin in these areas, which might be of interest: Spain's untapped 'liquid gold'
Fascinating article — did you see that there are three museums highlighting the resin extraction process? One is in Navas del Rey, not very far from Nava de la Asunción.A few days ago, this article was published on the BBC website about the tradition and future of the extraction of pine resin in these areas, which might be of interest: Spain's untapped 'liquid gold'
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