"I'm leaving on a jet plane"...Camino #7

yay! maybe check out the route after ribadeo (I think) that takes you around the coast instead of straight towards SDC. Ive never done it, but i am intrigued. Don't know when i'll be back again.

In Oviedo I liked the Museum of Fine Arts.

Especially this painting with its array of shades of blue and the quality of the shadows. A copy now hangs on my wall and is often mistaken for a photo.

Camino Chrissy said:

Hi all,
I am finally planning to finish the second half of the Norte (I'd turned on to the Primitivo before) and then will continue walking to Muxia. This was my planned Camino for spring of 2020 that was cancelled due to the pandemic...so better late than never. One son will be joining me and we leave for Madrid on April 24th and will be away from home for 30 days. We will start in Oviedo, staying two nights before walking.

We are in no rush and our plans have not yet been confirmed, so if any of you have walked this section and have saved your itineraries, or favorite towns to explore, please share them. Thanks!

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Stayed in the monastery at Sobrado Dos Monxes, where I met the funnist abbot of all time, the albergue had just been refurbished, & the cloisters,Chapel & ambience of the place was amazing....enjoy

Luarca and Santillana Del Mar. Both great little cities.
In Luarca there is a good restaurant named "Marisol's" for sea food. (But get there early).
In Santillana Del Mar there is "Pizzeria Bitinia" in the Del Rey Plaza - Excellent pizza.

Camino Chrissy said:

Hi all,
I am finally planning to finish the second half of the Norte (I'd turned on to the Primitivo before) and then will continue walking to Muxia. This was my planned Camino for spring of 2020 that was cancelled due to the pandemic...so better late than never. One son will be joining me and we leave for Madrid on April 24th and will be away from home for 30 days. We will start in Oviedo, staying two nights before walking.

We are in no rush and our plans have not yet been confirmed, so if any of you have walked this section and have saved your itineraries, or favorite towns to explore, please share them. Thanks!

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1. Monasteries at Modonedo and Sobrado (echoing Dimdog above). Both dorm and private rooms in spectacular settings.

2. As Catedras beach outside Ribadeo. You need to take a taxi to get there, and must go at low tide. Incredible cathedral-like rock formations exposed by the receding water.

3. Victor Corral's museum in Baamonde. It's hard to describe this artist. Nativist, maybe. Wonderfully quirky. He's turned his house into a museum, and it's the best thing about Baamonde, for sure. Here's a link: http://baamonde.org/casa-museo-victor-corral/

4. Take the mountain route out of Soto de Luina. Terrific walk along the ridge, which is not only more scenic but less climbing overall than the constant ups and downs of the official route. Ignore people in Soto de Luina who try to talk you out of it. Not recommended in foul weather, though.

4. The new official route from Mondonedo to Abadin (though still thought of as an alternativo). It's described in detail in Wise Pilgrim. See his Option 2, La Ruta Principale. Wonderfully remote, gorgeous walk that will remind you of the Hospitales Stage on the Primitivo. (It's that good). And shorter than the standard route (now labelled the Complementary route).

5. Take one of the alternativos described in Wise Pilgrim into Santiago so as to avoid the link-up with the Frances. We took the one along the 6601 that leads you to O Pedrouzo. That's pprobably better than sticking with the one that takes you all the way to the airport, since the route to the airport is along a busy road. Unless you want to hook up asap with the Frances, of course.

Buen camino!

Camino Chrissy said:

Hi all,
I am finally planning to finish the second half of the Norte (I'd turned on to the Primitivo before) and then will continue walking to Muxia. This was my planned Camino for spring of 2020 that was cancelled due to the pandemic...so better late than never. One son will be joining me and we leave for Madrid on April 24th and will be away from home for 30 days. We will start in Oviedo, staying two nights before walking.

We are in no rush and our plans have not yet been confirmed, so if any of you have walked this section and have saved your itineraries, or favorite towns to explore, please share them. Thanks!

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Have a marvelous time.

Buen camino.

Buen camino, Chris, however you go!

Damien Reynolds said:

yay! maybe check out the route after ribadeo (I think) that takes you around the coast instead of straight towards SDC

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There's a whole sub-forum about this. On my 'interested' list too, partly because of San Andres de Teixido.

VNwalking said:

There's a whole sub-forum about this. On my 'interested' list too, partly because of San Andres de Teixido.

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An extraordinary place. Which just gets odder as time goes on!

Camino Chrissy said:

Hi all,
I am finally planning to finish the second half of the Norte (I'd turned on to the Primitivo before) and then will continue walking to Muxia. This was my planned Camino for spring of 2020 that was cancelled due to the pandemic...so better late than never. One son will be joining me and we leave for Madrid on April 24th and will be away from home for 30 days. We will start in Oviedo, staying two nights before walking.

We are in no rush and our plans have not yet been confirmed, so if any of you have walked this section and have saved your itineraries, or favorite towns to explore, please share them. Thanks!

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It's a year for walking the fallen 2020 pilgrimages, isn't it. DH and I are planning to do the Via de la Plata, the trip that fell when the borders closed in 2020.

BC fellow peregrina