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Hola!I remember reading on this wonderful forum, years ago, that you can skirt around the commotion of the Frances by —- somewhere towards the end of the Primitivo, I don’t remember where- - getting a bus and crossing over to the Ingles. Entering Santiago from the Ingles rather than from the Frances. Can somebody please give me the details on how to do that? My husband begins his Camino on the Primitivo later this week!
I'm not an expert on Primitivo but as I remember you just don't follow "official" Primitivo to Melide but take right hand option ("Camino Verde" I think) through Friol and Sobrado dos Monxes. There are threads about this in Primitivo sub-forum, people took that way.Isn't there a route you can walk that skips the Frances from the Primitivo too? Thought I read that on here somewhere?
Davey
Not really. From Lugo, it’s 4-5 stages either way, depending on how long you want to make your stages. When we went along the Primitivo directly to the Frances, our stages were Ferreira, Melide (link-up with the Frances), then Salceda, LavacolIa, Santiago. This could have been shortened one day readily enough but we were in no hurry. if you go via the Camino Verde and then follow the alternative past Boimorto, the logical stages are Friol, Sobrado, Boimorto, A Rua or O Pedrouzo, then Santiago. With the exception of the Sobrado - Boimorto stage of only 11 k, these stages are all in the 20 - 25 k. range, and are pretty flat. The Sobrado - Boimorto stage is necessarily short because there’s no place to stay between Boimorto and the junction with the Frances (wherever you hit it). If you want to cut your stages down to 4, the logical thing is probably to extend the Lugo - Friol stage a further 8 k. There is a place to stay at Reguela called Hotel Rural Biterra. From there, you could easily make it to Boimorto in one day. Alternatively, you could push the Friol to Sobrado stage to Boimil, which is 2 k short of Boimorto and has an albergue.Thank yoou Andy
and this adds a day to the primitivo? so from lugo to santiago via norte is one day longer than via the french?
Talking about this all the time...I did manage to find this one (english link at the very end) https://estradasecorredoiras.blogspot.com/search?q=verde.
will let you know what happens, I think it may also depend on the people I end up walking with, sometimes it is nice to just stay with the group, sometimes the group will come and sometimes it is better to just wander off...
You do any kind of blog/vlog @Pieces ?yes, I will see how it goes. My german is really rusty and I am trying to cut back on guides. I have a small Salvador and a map for Primitivo and may get the APP, will just go with the flow, but it is nice to know the options still. Something to consider
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