november_moon
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My husband and I will be walking from Burgos to Santiago in June, taking about 3 weeks for the walk. I figure that at the end of each week, we will appreciate having a rest day, so I am planning that in - nothing set in stone, of course, but just want to have an idea of where we might want to stop.
We'll probably take 1 rest day in Leon. When we walked a couple years ago, we started in Leon, but due to a late arrival in town, we didn't actually see much of Leon itself - and we'll likely get to Leon around the end of our first week of walking. I appreciate other recommendations in the local area though - Astorga seemed like a nice place to spend some time too. Last time around, we stayed in Hospital de Orbigo as a partial rest day - made a short day of walking and had the whole afternoon and evening there, so I probably wouldn't want to repeat that. We liked that town a lot, but want to take the opportunity to see another city or town.
For the second stop, I am thinking somewhere around O'Cebreiro - it should probably take us about a week to get there from Leon. When we walked a couple years ago, we had to cut our Camino short due to an emergency at home, so we didn't get all the way to Santiago and aren't familiar with the towns along the way from about Villafranca del Bierzo onward. So I definitely appreciate any recommendation of good places to stop for a rest day. And we aren't opposed to taking a taxi or bus off-route a bit if there is a nice town or relaxing hotel in a picturesque location nearby
Thanks in advance.
We'll probably take 1 rest day in Leon. When we walked a couple years ago, we started in Leon, but due to a late arrival in town, we didn't actually see much of Leon itself - and we'll likely get to Leon around the end of our first week of walking. I appreciate other recommendations in the local area though - Astorga seemed like a nice place to spend some time too. Last time around, we stayed in Hospital de Orbigo as a partial rest day - made a short day of walking and had the whole afternoon and evening there, so I probably wouldn't want to repeat that. We liked that town a lot, but want to take the opportunity to see another city or town.
For the second stop, I am thinking somewhere around O'Cebreiro - it should probably take us about a week to get there from Leon. When we walked a couple years ago, we had to cut our Camino short due to an emergency at home, so we didn't get all the way to Santiago and aren't familiar with the towns along the way from about Villafranca del Bierzo onward. So I definitely appreciate any recommendation of good places to stop for a rest day. And we aren't opposed to taking a taxi or bus off-route a bit if there is a nice town or relaxing hotel in a picturesque location nearby
Thanks in advance.