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ENOUGH! Why is it that whenever I ask for information on a camino, the responses invariably just make me add more caminos to my ever growing list!There's also an alternative route which starts at the border between Portugal and Spain called Camino Miñoto Ribeiro that does @Isca-camigo (thanks for video link) pass San Clodio.
I found a good set of tracks for the Geira on wikiloc. 9 days with these stages. The author is Isa Isi. Looks like a good starting point.
Braga
Terras de Bouro
Portela do Homem
Ameijoeira
Cortegada
Berán
Beáriz
A Portela
Pontevea
Santiago
I was a bit disappointed that the trail doesn’t actually go through the town of Geres. It’s an old spa town, kind of a hub. So maybe, @Isca, you might want to consider a detour there. I remember walking in the eastern part of the park to a very beautifuld monastery in ruins, called Pitoes das Júnias, but that is probably too far from Geres to be an add-on.
Are these stages similar to the ones others have seen, planned, or walked? I haven’t even started to look at lodging options, which might require some reconfiguring of course.
This is a lot of information about Geira.Yes I'm glad there's interest for camino from Braga to Santiago de Compostela known as Camino de Santiago da Geira Romana e dos Arrieiros. Here's the website link for further info https://debragaasantiago.com/etapas-camino-xacobeo/ There's also an alternative route which starts at the border between Portugal and Spain called Camino Miñoto Ribeiro that does @Isca-camigo (thanks for video link) pass San Clodio. Here's the website link for further info https://www.caminominotoribeiro.com/en/inicio.htm I'd recommend either route albeit Geira is the official historic route and the other is more an invention of the local mayors. Either way you will walk through the Ribeiro wine producing area where you can taste some of the very best red and white wines in Spain !
For the Zamorano, have a look at the fb group for Albergue Ricobayo. Photos and videos give a flavour, includes route info and accommodations. Note Ricobayo albergue may go to 'collect key from neighbour' status when it re-opens (I moved on in June), and that the albergue in Almendra del Pan won't be ready for a considerable time.Like most of us, I have no idea when I’ll be able to walk again. But I think that it’s a good idea to have a bunch of camino plans ready to go at a moment’s notice, depending on how much time I have and depending on what season it is. Obssessive, yes, I know.
There are three short-ish Caminos in the northwestern part that all have my attention:
Zamorano-Portugués
Geira e dos Arrieiros
Portugués Interior
I will be researching all three but would appreciate any insight. Which of the three would you walk and why?
Thanks, bom caminho, Laurie
Yes some good choices here thanks for sharing. I know the owner of Caracas in Ribabavia vey well, Manolo. Their menu del dia is excellent and his house wine too as he makes it himself like most of the food including the pork! Fanatical Real Madrid fan and he's really poular in the town as he always gives fantastic service, doesn't speak a word of English though but his young son that looks like him can help.I would say at least two of those stops do not have accommodation options, Portela do Homem
Ameijoeira
There is a stop I am not familiar or heard of yet on the Galician side
A Portela.
The Wikiloc poster may have had connections to these areas so was able to stay at those places or used some creative taxi drop offs and pick ups.
Most people who walk seem to do it in 9 days some in 8 or one person in 7, I'm going to go for 10 or more, I have waited so long for this it would seem a shame to rush it. My provisional stops are:-
Braga(H)
Caldelas(Alb)
Campos de Gere's(Alb)
O Banos- Entrimo( H's or Aptmts)
Castro Laboreiro( H's or B&B's)
Cortegada (CR or Pen)
Ribadavia( H) - There is some luxury accommodation here but I will go for the humble Hotel Caracas, don't know why, sometimes I get a fixation on staying at a place on Camino this is one of them.
Feas(CR)...
.'Feás (km 83)
Hospedaje: Casa Rural O Forno do Curro +34 609 855 238
Comidas por encargo: Bar Nictron +34 988 28 51 78 (muito recomendável)'
This is copied and pasted from the website for this route, the Casa Rural has a room set aside for pilgrims it only has two single beds.
Forcarei.. this place is 1.6km off route but has a couple of hotels, you would take the detour at about the 54-53 km mark.
Pontevea - There is a hotel spa just out of town but for a little while the town advertised an Albergue de Peregrinos before the virus hit, it listing was taken down soon after, hopefully it is offered again next year.
Santiago
I still have to add in detours and one two night stop( Ribadavia)
The Beran stop would mean that you would probably be doing a flying visit to Ribadavia before walking on the additional 4-5 km in the afternoon, or getting a taxi back in and out to visit the many rich historical and cultural sights of Ribadavia.
June can't come quick enough for me.
Tratando de comparar los dos mapas (Geira y Miñoto), tengo razón en que los dos caminos se encuentran en algún lugar cerca de Pontevea, y las diferencias son que el Miñoto se dirige directamente al norte desde Braga y luego a lo largo del Miño, mientras que el Geira gira hacia el noreste desde Braga. por el parque y luego hasta Pontevea?
I must have intuited that you would ask this, because in the current thread on the Geira, I just noted that both the video and the website say that marking is not complete, and a GPS is necessary.@Isca-camigo: do you know if the Geira is fully signed yet?
Thank you @Isca-camigo, the Geira is starting to sound like the best option
I did the Torres/CPI to Peso da Régua from Trancoso and then the CPI up to Verín and on to the Sanabrés. It was glorious. I did a slight detour after Peso da Régua, going up a disused railway line to Vila Real up the Corgo Valley, which was one of my top 10 ever camino days.current Caminho Nascente in Trancoso, the main options for continuing seem to be a partial Torres to either Lamego and then the CPI or longer on the Torres to Braga
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