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I looked at this site and the information is great but I’d like to have it in English. Am I missing a translation available thru the web site or do I need to work on translating the directions myself?Here is a link to download a guide to the Camino de Lana, I was convinced other posters had put it elsewhere but when searching through relevant threads for info I realised it might have been missed, apologies to other posters if it has already been posted http://www.encaminodesdealicante.org/otros-caminos/camino-de-la-lana it is an excellent guide, giving detailed maps with the variants, profiles of all the stages and extensive listings of accommodation and other services, and if you like hard copies like me then it is perfect.
Here is a link to download a guide to the Camino de Lana, I was convinced other posters had put it elsewhere but when searching through relevant threads for info I realised it might have been missed, apologies to other posters if it has already been posted http://www.encaminodesdealicante.org/otros-caminos/camino-de-la-lana it is an excellent guide, giving detailed maps with the variants, profiles of all the stages and extensive listings of accommodation and other services, and if you like hard copies like me then it is perfect.
FYI....Also be aware that some hostals, albergues and hotels listed have gone out of business.The maps are quite good, the problem is enlarging them to get really small details, I don't think it is possible, maybe on the dropboxes it is possible,.
FYI....Also be aware that some hostals, albergues and hotels listed have gone out of business.
I liked Alcala del Jucar, but feet dictated that I needed to rest them, so I was asleep on my mat in in my locked art room at 1730, I was given the key, I drifted off to the sounds of people pumping iron, the gymnasium is one of the many things in the Casa Cultural, you are given the front door key and you have to lock that at 10pm. I woke up at 9pm to the sounds of church bells, I didn't know what time it was, I wanted to save what little power my mobile is had for getting out the next day and contacting my girlfriend's family in Madrid when I arrived there. On my late night paseo, I walked up to the castle and hoped I would see yellow arrows, no luck. It must have been a strange sight a man walking around with a head torch, shining it at kerbs and walls. It wasn't until I walked back to the bottom, I saw board with a senderismo paths in the area, it did not indicate the Camino but it did show a path from the castle to the next village which I knew was on the Camino, so when I did walk the route the next day which turned out to be the Camino as well I was always going to go that way anyway.
Alcala del Jucar to Casas Ibanez ( 12km)
My last day, a stunning walk along the side of the Gorge to begin with, a little section that matches anything I have done on my previous Caminos. Then a long straight walk on a flat path.If I had good shoes and felt like I needed to do a big section to cut down my days taken then this is where I would do it, this 12km + the 24km of the next etapa, which is flat and next to a road I believe. There would be several places you could stop and break your day into sections. Casas Ibanez is good place to get in and get out if you start or finish your camino, several buses to Albacete and Valencia through the day and possibly a Samar bus to/ from Madrid, but you need a Phd in statistical analysis to understand their website.
I'm keeping glued to this section, A few people will be walking the Lana in the next days, weeks and months I hope to pick up their tips. Hopefully I can sort out my shoes and come back for at least a week this year.
Buen Camino
I didn't go to the Ermita, it was 5pm, the wind was a bit crazy and even this early in the Camino my feet were killing me, I remembered BP's comment that the path down from the Ermita was quite tricky so decided to give it a miss, instead when e I hit the road that leads up to the Ermita, I went down instead, I took a guess that it would lead to Orito.
Oh, dang that second language deficit!!
The guide and maps are basically the same as the Dropbox, but I did come across some differences when looking at them, I feel the guide is more up to date.
I hope to be there in October ...
I look forward to your reports @bjorgts as a few of the Mozárabe Mob are thinking about this route in spring 2019. Can’t you bring your plans forward a year @peregrina2000?We will not walk the Lana from Alicante this time. The reason is this: In spring 2013, we started walking Camino Levante from Valencia. It became our most unsuccessful camino in many ways. We had to go home to Norway after a few days. That same autumn we tried once more, starting from Alicante. We followed Sureste and the Lana to Almansa and passed over to Camino Levante. (You can find the address to my YouTube channel with videos from the two caminos at the bottom here.)
Since that time, we have wanted to make a new start from Valencia and maybe get a better walk. So now we will do this: We start at Camino Levante in Valencia, meet Lana in Almansa and follow Lana as far as the vacation goes, probably to Cuenca.
I'll probably report, but not until I get back home again. That's how I usually do it.
I look forward to your reports @bjorgts as a few of the Mozárabe Mob are thinking about this route in spring 2019. Can’t you bring your plans forward a year @peregrina2000?
Hei Bjørg. Er nettopp hjem fra La Lana. Skriver en guide nå på engelsk. Best. KevinI look forward to your reports @bjorgts as a few of the Mozárabe Mob are thinking about this route in spring 2019. Can’t you bring your plans forward a year @peregrina2000?
Can anybody tell me what street in Alicante does the camino de la lana startHere is a link to download a guide to the Camino de Lana, I was convinced other posters had put it elsewhere but when searching through relevant threads for info I realised it might have been missed, apologies to other posters if it has already been posted http://www.encaminodesdealicante.org/otros-caminos/camino-de-la-lana it is an excellent guide, giving detailed maps with the variants, profiles of all the stages and extensive listings of accommodation and other services, and if you like hard copies like me then it is perfect.
Here is a link to download a guide to the Camino de Lana, I was convinced other posters had put it elsewhere but when searching through relevant threads for info I realised it might have been missed, apologies to other posters if it has already been posted http://www.encaminodesdealicante.org/otros-caminos/camino-de-la-lana it is an excellent guide,
I just bought the hard copy, 10€- very good quality, and spiral-bound, BUT the maps aren't a patch on the online version, which were ordinance survey quality with numbered waypoints that related to the text. I was hoping to cannibalize it and just take the maps, but it looks like I'll be relying largely on the maps in the downloadable version that's on my phone.
I had read Kevin O'Brien's 2018 guide and I think that was what he had done; and was of the view that the way marking, the maps and a compass did the job.
Very helpful people at the Amigos office, and a lot of people attending for advice.
What time of year are you looking at this Camino? I am only on my 10th year on Camino but quickly moving onto year 71...Bjorts, you always give such good info walking these remote caminos. I hope you will check in with the forum as you walk the Lana in October — my selfish reason for saying this is that I hope Alicante to Santiago will be my 2020 camino. That will be my 20th year on the camino and my 70th year on this planet! Buen camino, Laurie
We have two very detailed planning threads for the Lana, with many links to additional information. Part 1 covered Alicante to Cuenca, and Part 2 (Cuenca to Burgos) is still active here, if you'd like to join the virtual walk. Once we "arrive" in Burgos, the two threads will be merged and some clean-up done, so there will be a single thread.I checked this out, it looks very, very good especially if you are not 100% confident in Spanish - it gives a lot of info on how to find accommodation and food as well as the actual route. Our plan was to walk the Lana last year. Unfortunately, Covid 19 intervened but we are optimistic for 2022. Does anyone have any information on whether (or which) albergues, bars etc are reopening on the Lana? Or any other changes since 2019?
Thanks for this, especially as you got back so fast. As I said, we planned for 2020 and found a wealth of excellent resources. My main concern was about changes post-Covid and whether the information we found was still current. If all goes to plan (rarely does of course but you never know) we'll walk the Lana in 2022 and find out, so we'll be able to update/confirm any info. Meantime, if anyone has any new info re the Lana, please post. Cheers.We have two very detailed planning threads for the Lana, with many links to additional information. Part 1 covered Alicante to Cuenca, and Part 2 (Cuenca to Burgos) is still active here, if you'd like to join the virtual walk. Once we "arrive" in Burgos, the two threads will be merged and some clean-up done, so there will be a single thread.
Yes, that was a question we had in mind throughout. In a few cases @peregrina2000 and others managed to communicate with the lodgings, but the answer was never definitive.My main concern was about changes post-Covid and whether the information we found was still current.
Thanks so much. Don't know how I missed seeing the thread you referenced.This is a recent thread from someone who is about to start the Lana (Oct 14th). Some of the info already on there may help. Even better, the OP will probably update us on what is open now, which will give you some indication of what to expect. Buen camino.
No worries. I had to go back through my emails from Ivar to find it myself. If you could post any new info on that post, a lot of us would really appreciate that as we are planning to walk the Lana next year and we are very unsure of the situation post-pandemic. Good luck.Thanks so much. Don't know how I missed seeing the thread you referenced.
Walking from Alicante was perfectly fine, actually...
I'll have to row back a bit on my comments about the outskirts of Alicante, partly because I have never been there but also because they violate one of my own principles about walking the camino - you don't cherry-pick the nice bits: the camino goes where the camino goes if that happens to be slap bang through an industrial estate, that's where you go too. And anyway, you never know what you are going to find.Uhm yes, it is my favourite start of any Camino, no matter the suburbs and how dry the first stages are... I walked that stretch 3 times already. The outskirts of Alicante may look insignificant to the untrained eye, but I love the Ermita de San Pascual and Orito. I wouldn't trade it for anything...!
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