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Use the Chrome browser for Gronze and it is in English.Hi,
there are various spanish websites which offer planning-tools.
Planning-tool 1
Planning-tool 2
Leon-Santiago is about 320 km, so an average of 15-16 km/day.
For further Information on the route (distances, villages, elevation etc.) and alternative accomodation, not only albergues, you may consult this website:
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Alexandra
Excuse my ignorance, but what is an AC? Thanks!If you stay in a Hotel in Madrid they will be happy to keep your luggage as laong as you have a room booked.
We stayed at an AC and when we returned our luggage was waiting in our room.
Buen Camino
And there I was thinking it was a hotel with air conditioning.AC'sare hotels that are affiliated with Marriot.
Or unless you like the feeling of walking the whole thing, the hard parts and the easy parts, the pretty parts and the not so pretty parts.From Leon I’d bus, taxi, or hitchhike and begin in Hospital de Obrego unless you like a whole bunch of hard surface and tarmac. Just me reflecting back only 5 days ago ...
Agreed, but the OP noted a foot injury so just trying to assist. In Villafranca del Bierzo tonight and we have encountered 2 40/50 yr old women off to hospital in past 6 days with series leg swelling. Hoping not DVT or stress fractures??And there I was thinking it was a hotel with air conditioning.
What is a stress fracture? thanksAgreed, but the OP noted a foot injury so just trying to assist. In Villafranca del Bierzo tonight and we have encountered 2 40/50 yr old women off to hospital in past 6 days with series leg swelling. Hoping not DVT or stress fractures??
Small break in bone from over stress. Painful.What is a stress fracture? thanks
Small break in bone from over stress. Painful.
ah so many many people have brain fractures too on a daily basis...
I think my friend had a stress fracture she was out of action for about three months.
Cayou, is that why it seems so many take a bus to Leon and start walking from there, because there's so much pavement/road there and so the best place to get off bus and start walking to avoid so much road walking is Hospital de Obrego?From Leon I’d bus, taxi, or hitchhike and begin in Hospital de Obrego unless you like a whole bunch of hard surface and tarmac. Just me reflecting back only 5 days ago ...
I did end up using the bag service as it meant I could manage 20km or more and keep up with my new friends which was important to me.this is another good reason to use the mochilla service if you are not in the prime physically me thinks
My foot made it but I did get shin splints on the section from Sarria!What is a stress fracture? thanks
I ended up staying at Catalonia Puerta del Sol in the middle of Madrid and they were so lovely!If you stay in a Hotel in Madrid they will be happy to keep your luggage as laong as you have a room booked.
We stayed at an AC and when we returned our luggage was waiting in our room.
Buen Camino
Mmm. I wish I had a map to look at now. Anyhow, Holhum, I can't remember where Sarria is at the moment but how about from the start of SJPdP, are you saying you didn't do that part of the Frances and just started from Leon but would suggest starting from Astorga or Ponferrada, which, I imagine, is close to Astorga? And you're suggesting leaving from one of those places instead of Leon or before because there's a lot of road walking from the beginning of the Frances until Leon/Astorga or....?So I walked from Leon, made it to SdC but with shin splints and bronchitis! It was the stretch out of Sarria that brought on the shin splints. The foot held up fine! In hindsight I’d recommend starting at Astorga or even Ponferrada to be honest. I’m glad I got a taste of the end of the meseta but it wasn’t for me, I loved Galicia!
Cayou, is that why it seems so many take a bus to Leon and start walking from there, because there's so much pavement/road there and so the best place to get off bus and start walking to avoid so much road walking is Hospital de Obrego?
That would probably help!I wish I had a map to look at now.
Yes, I'm with you, Cayou. I like the more scenic too and hope to avoid as much tarmac as possible.Astorga is leaving the Plains of Leon. Out of Leon is was hot with a lot of tarmac last Sept. Some like to see everything, me I like the more scenic. Tarmac was not what the original pilgrims walked on?! Hospital to Astorga is our style ... but an Astorga start would be nice too.
Astorga is leaving the Plains of Leon. Out of Leon is was hot with a lot of tarmac last Sept. Some like to see everything, me I like the more scenic. Tarmac was not what the original pilgrims walked on?! Hospital to Astorga is our style ... but an Astorga start would be nice too.
Yes, I'm with you, Cayou. I like the more scenic too and hope to avoid as much tarmac as possible.
Yes, those cobble-stoned streets and alleys can be killers after some timeLet me just say, having walked the Camino Frances, that tarmac is much nicer to walk on than the "original Roman roads" that the Camino sometimes includes. I can say, with a fair bit of confidence, that if the Roman legionnaires marched miles and miles on those roads, they would have hobbled onto the battlefield in no condition to fight anyone. The cobblestones of the Camino Portugues were wonderful in condition. So much for what "the original pilgrims" walked on. While tarmac is not my favourite surface, some of the alternatives are much worse.
There is a lot of beautiful scenery on the Camino. There are some less scenic parts - often into and out of the cities, but not always. It really depends on what you find scenic. Some find the meseta boring and repetitive and not at all scenic. Others find it majestic. Some of the scenic parts are found walking along roads. Some are not.
I also wondered what AC was. Thank you for asking. There is an answer to every question imaginable on this forum. ExcellentAnd there I was thinking it was a hotel with air conditioning.
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