Stages for Vdlp

[Mary Quagliata]

I'm glad you liked it. I'm thinking of walking the Via de la Plata in 2017. Nice and warm and flatish.

 

[chook]

Go for it Mary, you will not be disappointed! It's not as flat as you might imagine but worth every step.

 

[Kennedy1]

How are the way markings on this route? Where did you get your Camino passport?

 

[Bad Pilgrim]

Is there really no way to shorten the length of the stages? So many of them are 20 miles long. Are there no little towns in between?

Vía de la Plata: My memory is a bit fuzzy but I think there are a few stages of about 30 kms that cannot be avoided. At least in 2013 when I walked. But these are exceptions.

/BP

 

[Anemone del Camino]

Oh! I think she was asking about the Vía de la Plata! Not the Primitivo! Just saying!

Take care!

BP

Urghh, diffucult to follow as this is in the Primitivo thread. But I just plotted VDLP from Sevilla to Salamanca, also in 23km stretches, lr just about. Doable except in two points where a bus or taki would be needed to do the first or last 10km of an etapa.

 

[LesBrass]

I'm glad you liked it. I'm thinking of walking the Via de la Plata in 2017. Nice and warm and flatish.

Mary I walked the VdlP last year and I am still wishing I was there. It's an amazing walk!

We had very hot walking out of Seville (36c) to freezing early mornings on the Sanabres but I loved every bit of it and would go again tomorrow if I could. One thing I would stress is that it's not flat. I thought it was going to be flat... and sometimes it is. But there are also lots of hills and mountains and rolling countryside too. It has a bit of everything and I LOVED it (did I say that already?)

here's the start of my blog https://caminobrassblog.wordpress.com/2016/09/20/bordeaux-pizza-goodbyes/ it's not as informative as other blogs, it's more about me and my walk... but the photos will show you how the landscape changes every day.

My walking buddy preferred 20-25km days and we managed this most times. It's totally do-able with the odd taxi start... we also skipped over one long day stage on the bus. It's fabulous... did I mention how much I fell in love with this path

@Kennedy1 - the markings are generally very good, one or two days where we scratched our heads a couple of times but nothing that caused real problems. You can get a passport in Seville or buy one form Ivar's shop.

 

[camino07]

Excited! Just booked my flights to Seville from Perth. Will start walking on Wednesday 19th April. It will be interesting to see how it compares to my previous VdlP in 2012,
will include the Sanabrese.

 

[SUSIE]

Hi I am thinking of starting in Salamanca 3rd week in Sept 2017 to Santiago.
I am interested to see some ones stages which have cut down some of the longer stages were possible...
Thank you