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Avoiding buses and not wanting to re-walk may be mutually exclusive!Is it difficult to walk to the sites from the Cathedral? I saw that some people have mentioned taking the #10 Bus up there, but unless it is absolutely necessary, I'd rather avoid that.
Also, how difficult is it to join the Camino from Naranco? I really want to avoid heading back into Oviedo
Dear Anne! How is it possible to see what you checked. I want to visit Naranco and then go to Escamplero and don't want to get back Oviedo. It'll be very simple to find a way if I can see it on the map.It took us about 40/50 minutes to walk up to the Monuments. Arrived just in time to join the last tour before the lunch break.
We then took a short steep path immediately behind the smaller of the two churches ( the second one you will visit). At the top, turn left and continue walking along a very quiet road, passing above a sports complex. We eventually joined the path from Oviedo at a chapel. From there, follow the shells/ arrows to Escamplero.
We checked this out on Google earth. Anne
We checked it all on google earth! You just have to first look at a site that offers you the name of the villages you will walk through on that first day ( try Gronze) and then find a spot on the google earth map showing you where you actually pick up the official path once leaving the " monumentos, as they are called there".I can't remember now, the name of that spot, but it took us about 40 minutes to reach it. After that, you carry on following the arrows!basically, we were walking parallel to the official path, but higher up and slightly bearing left. AnneDear Anne! How is it possible to see what you checked. I want to visit Naranco and then go to Escamplero and don't want to get back Oviedo. It'll be very simple to find a way if I can see it on the map.
You can look it up easily from Google Earth.[...] I want to visit Naranco and then go to Escamplero and don't want to get back Oviedo. It'll be very simple to find a way if I can see it on the map.
One way or the other you'll start from the S.Miguel de Lillo church and will have to return more or less that way. If you take the steep path up left after the church (going North), you'll have a path to the left after about 1/2 km after the first houses. Then a tough 1.1 km up until a main road, after which 1/2 km to the right until the statue. You'll have to ask about the condition of this track at the time and weather when you are at the Naranco churches.[...]- is it possible to visit both Naranco Churches AND the Sculpture of the Sacred Heart near there and how to go back to Camino.
Adriaan ( fraluchi - my husband) didn't mention that the little chapel is at Llampaxuga. That is where the two paths meet. If you search for I to. Google earth, it will take you there. AnneYou can look it up easily from Google Earth.
From the grassfield North of San Miguel de Lillo (the church at the top) starts a path upwards in NW direction. After about 200 meters it joins an asphalted road, which runs parallel to the Oviedo Sports Grounds (on your left). You'll pass its entrance and carry on straight down the main road for about 1km until this turns sharp left. There is a bus shelter/stop. Turn right and cross the village Ules in the direction of El Llano, and straight on until Lampaya.
About 300 meters after the few Lampaya houses there descends a track to the left. If you miss it, carry on and turn left when at a T-junction and you'll eventually come out at the same spot as the track. Follow the road until a little chapel on your right. You should have joined the official Camino towards Loriana and follow the yellow arrows. From here to Escamplero you should be OK.
This alternative is pleasant and not much of a detour from Oviedo past the "Monumentos".
Buen Camino!
Thank you fraluchi, that was fool proof, I managed it without a problem.From the grassfield North of San Miguel de Lillo (the church at the top) starts a path upwards in NW direction. After about 200 meters it joins an asphalted road, which runs parallel to the Oviedo Sports Grounds (on your left). You'll pass its entrance and carry on straight down the main road for about 1km until this turns sharp left. There is a bus shelter/stop. Turn right and cross the village Ules in the direction of El Llano, and straight on until Lampaya.
About 300 meters after the few Lampaya houses there descends a track to the left. If you miss it, carry on and turn left when at a T-junction and you'll eventually come out at the same spot as the track. Follow the road until a little chapel on your right. You should have joined the official Camino towards Loriana and follow the yellow arrows.
Sorry I don't. I didn't walk from the Cathedral, I walked across town from the albergue and then up Avenida de los Monumentos, according to my map it was another 4 kms to San Miguel de Lillo once I got to the end of town, I know that isn't much help, it felt like a long way.This is such great information. For those who are short of time, this is a terrific way to be able to visit the Naranco sites, an easy walk up from behind the train station, and then continue on the Camino. Sulu, Anne or Fraluchi, do you know the total kms from Cathedral - Naranco-Escamplero? Buen camino, Laurie
I don't think that the Kms to Naranco are important, rather the time. The walk is continuously upwards, including many stairs before and after the railway station. It's about 3.5 kilometers. Count max. 2 hours if you're taking it really easy.[...] Sulu, Anne or Fraluchi, do you know the total kms from Cathedral - Naranco-Escamplero? Laurie
Thanks, Angulero. Nice video, is there one for San Miguel de Lillo, too?
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