Eben Jacobs
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You may not want a whole day but some time in these places, so maybe a shorter day to accommodateThank you for this great forum.
We are a 60+ couple who will be cycling the Camino from Burgos to Santiago. Due to some knee injuries, walking is not an option. However we would like to get the Pilgrimage experience AND be a tourist on the route. It therefor make sense to have our "rest days" not only to rest, but to experience the culture, do sightseeing, buying a few souvenirs etc. Which towns/cities would be the most sensible to have our rest days as "tourist days".
Help would be much appreciated.
Thank you for this great forum.
We are a 60+ couple who will be cycling the Camino from Burgos to Santiago. Due to some knee injuries, walking is not an option. However we would like to get the Pilgrimage experience AND be a tourist on the route. It therefor make sense to have our "rest days" not only to rest, but to experience the culture, do sightseeing, buying a few souvenirs etc. Which towns/cities would be the most sensible to have our rest days as "tourist days".
Help would be much appreciated.
I thank you so much for your reply. This is exactly what we have in mind and so glad that you confirm it as a good idea.Why not just cycle at about "normal" hiking speed ?
I've come across a few bike pilgrims who've made that choice, over the years, and as far as I can tell, their pilgrimages were deeply enhanced by slowing down to daily walking speed rather than trying to keep up with the typical bikers.
And cripes, not even the deadliest "purist" could possibly accuse either of you of being "tourigrinos" for slowing down and keeping pace with the walkers you might want to keep peace and pleasure with, even whilst that slow pace gave you all opportunity for your tourism jollies .... All of the slow biker pilgrims I've ever met have been wonderful and wise ones.
Give yourselves enough time to make every day both a biking day and a touristy day, and you'll find that your pilgrim days will just somehow be those very same.
I cant believe I forgot about this. In Burgos there was a museum of anthropology (I cant remember its exact name) Quite close to the cathedral, across the river. It was amazing, we were enthralled, and spent about 3 hours there. There were hardly any other people and we had the place to ourselves, its huge and really well set-up, no money spared. Really amazing. You will walk past earlier but probably not notice, a famous archaeological site after Ages. This museum is the public face of that site, and much much more. You will recognize the reason for the land formations you've walked over in the past weeks. It was the highlight of Burgos and the earlier walking for us.If you stop at Samos ask Monks if you can attend vespers after evening Mass. Quite a nice service.
As others stated: stay in Burgos an extra day and tour Cathedral. And, walk around city there are a number of small interesting museums.
Buen camino.
I live in León and as has been said it is a lovely town, well worth a couple of days exploringThank you for this great forum.
We are a 60+ couple who will be cycling the Camino from Burgos to Santiago. Due to some knee injuries, walking is not an option. However we would like to get the Pilgrimage experience AND be a tourist on the route. It therefor make sense to have our "rest days" not only to rest, but to experience the culture, do sightseeing, buying a few souvenirs etc. Which towns/cities would be the most sensible to have our rest days as "tourist days".
Help would be much appreciated.
castillo de pambre is reachable on a local route from palas do rei.
From there I had a nice afternoon walk to the Castillo de Pambre, which unfortunately was under reconstruction at the time.
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