Helen Mannersjö
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Via De La Plata + Sanabres march-april 1050km 2015
Arles to Lodeve + Norte & Primitivo march-may 1250km 2016
Planning for Sureste and Torres march 2017
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Very useful. Thank you!Hi
Exists the official internet site in which contained some reports about the way, but I think it does not exist in English.
I inform all the links with information I have about the Camino Torres:
http://caminosantiago.usal.es/torres/
https://pt.scribd.com/document/245434310/1-Guia-Practica-Del-Camino-Torres-01-a-10#scribd
http://keelin59.blogspot.pt/
https://ridewithgps.com/trips/1744448
http://stradesentieri.blogspot.pt/
http://caminotorres.blogspot.pt/2014/08/etapa-12-lamego-peso-da-regua-127-km.html
https://www.facebook.com/O-Meu-Camiño-Torres-360994610732399/
hello Helen,
yes I did this in april'16. Wow - What a great walk. It was better than I could ever imagined. Maybe more isolated than some can handle? not for those that want a cafe con leche every hour!
I met only 2 Italians in my first 13 days walking ...then walked into Ponte de Lima with 50 people at the Albergue! One of the Italians (Fabrizio) has done the walk twice ...see his blog on the Torres website mentioned above. I also have a email for him if needed.
Accommodation varies. Mainly Residencials or more basic.
Can't rely on arrows as few to be found .....BUT meet with Luis Quintales <lamq@usal.es> at the University of Salamanca. I met with him & he downloaded all the GPS track for me ....after all, he mapped the GPS tracking. Was just so helpful, as I was coming from Australia and really appreciated his support. The walk takes on a greater significance when you understand it's historical significance.
He was responsible for the Alumni Association of the University re-tracing the journey of Diego de Torres Villarroel .
Hi Laurie, go to www.caminotorres.com then click Etapas del Camino. Click the etapa that you want ( e.g. Salamanca - Robliza de Cojos).Scroll down to the bottom to the GPXThanks, RodlaRob, this is giving me ideas for 2017. I am hoping to start in Granada and had planned to continue on the Sanabres, but .... I am always tempted by new untraveled routes, it's a character flaw.
I do have a GPS so I wonder if you can point me to any online source of those tracks. If not I can of course email Luis.
My real question though, has to do with the way itself. I think I remember that someone one the Spanish forum reported that it was almost entirely on asphalt. That's a deal breaker for me, so I'm wondering what your experience was. Many thanks, Buen camino, Laurie
We plan to go the Camino Sureste starting in Alicante early March next year. But instead of walking the end at VdLP, as we have already walked in, we are thinking about taking the Camino Torres from Zalamanca and then via Portugal to Santiago.
I did the Camino Torres as part of a trek from the most southerly point of Spain to the most northerly point of Spain in March 2014,( Tarifa, Cadiz,Sevile,Salamanca,Camino Torres,Santiago,Ferrol, San Andrés de Teixido,Estaca de Bares),
I did a search to see if there were other threads that should be moved to this section
On it, he cautions us to bring a GPS because he says it is not way marked. I wonder if that has changed
Hi Laurie, go to www.caminotorres.com then click Etapas del Camino.Scroll down to Etapas y distancias and then click one of the place names.( e.g. click Salamanca to give a multitude of information for the stage between Salamanca and Robliza de Cojos).Scroll down to the bottom for tracks in GPX and KML format.
Ray y Rosa have posted the route on wikilocs, though. http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=10949409
I'm going to investigate the asphalt question as best as I can. Buen camino, Laurie
@peregrina2000
I copied first stage text and photos from official web site in .pdf file attached here.
Also sent .docx file to you via e-mail. If you want to see larger scale photos move the cursor to the photo, press CTRL and left click it. Maybe this way you'll be able to see them...
Thanks, Castilian, that's the same guy who wrote up his experience on the Spanish forum, which I linked to in one of my posts on this thread. I will definitely look at those tracks....and a Wikiloc user nicknamed amodo posted stage by stage tracks. You may look for them if you were interested.
First stage:Thank, K1, I can see everything except the GPS tracks.
Yes, and I will be back for a LOT more help.
I did hear from the Spanish forum that the route is not marked till Guimaraes, so a GPS seems pretty essential!
You probably won't be surprised to learn that this didn't work for me. All I got was a huge page of text. Ray y Rosa have posted the route on wikilocs, though. http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=10949409
I think this is an intriguing option for 2017. ML, how late can you start?
Thank, K1, I can see everything except the GPS tracks. I'll have to wait till next week to spend more time on this, but hey I have all winter to plan!
Thanks, Castilian, that's the same guy who wrote up his experience on the Spanish forum, which I linked to in one of my posts on this thread. I will definitely look at those tracks.
I did hear from the Spanish forum that the route is not marked till Guimaraes, so a GPS seems pretty essential!
As I said in the very beginning of this thread ...... don't rely on the arrows till you approach Guimaraes.
Hi Laurie
If you want company from Salamanca to Braga can I make the way with you?
In 2017 I do not have many holidays (April/May
Hi Laurie.
In the municipality of Tarouca I saw the way is marked near the Ucanha bridge. You also saw in Mesão Frio and I've seen the Régua.
You probably won't be surprised to learn that this didn't work for me. All I got was a huge page of text. Ray y Rosa have posted the route on wikilocs, though. http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=10949409
I think this is an intriguing option for 2017. ML, how late can you start?
Hi Laurie and all Peregrinos ,when I did this in April 2014 the website had said you would need a GPS,not for a lack of signage, but because the signage went in all directions ( heaven knows why ) and if you followed the signage you would never get to Santiago. I did see a couple of crazy examples of this but with common sense I guessed the right way. Also on the odd occasion I sensed I was going back on myself so I switched on the GPS and retraced my steps for 10 minutes. Other times it was my fault ( missed the signs ) and I used the GPS to bring me back onto the correct camino. I would have thought the signage now would have improved a little. Peregrinos do not be apprehensive about doing this camino because it says you need a GPS. I enjoyed the change of scenery from that of the Ruta de Plata. A Hospitalero told me I was the first Pilgrim he had seen in the last 2 months, so if you like the less crowded caminos this one is for you. I enjoyed it and I'm sure you will too, regards Mick.And here is a thread from a Spanish language forum posted by someone who walked in 2013. On it, he cautions us to bring a GPS because he says it is not way marked. I wonder if that has changed.
http://foroperegrinos.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=334565&hilit=Camino+Torres+Amodo&start=40
Aaaaaaaaaaaaa, I feel envy, envy, envy,.....I just wanna tell you all that this years Camino was the best. We started 14 of march in Alicante and walked the Sureste to Avila. From there we took Ruta Teresiana to Alba de Tormes and then a short one called something like Ruta de la Plata ? to Salamanca. From Salamanca we went on Camino Torres and that was great. but I would never recomend anyone to do it without GPX-trax on the phone = NO SIGNS some days. And from p.t.e de Lima we walked Camino Portugese. From Alicante to P.t.e Lima (more than 1000km) we meet 2 !!! other pilgrims
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