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Thank you for the description. Thinking I’ll be taking this routeThere is also the Vía Serrana from Gibraltar (La Línea) to Sevilla. I walked it last December; here is my live thread.
Thank you very much for the detailed replyThe Via Augusta goes from Cadiz to Seville via Utrera. The Camino Estrecho goes from Algeciras to Cadiz. There's an albergue in Tahiville on the Estrecho, but otherwise nothing. You can read up about them on the Augusta amigo website.
I walked the Estrecho recently, though I really just made my own way between Algecrias and Cadiz. There were some yellow arrows about, but you need gps. Because you won't meet any other pilgrims and will stay in private accommodation It's far more like a regular hike than a camino, I posted about it here if you'd like to follow my route.
Since you would be staying in regular accommodation on those two routes, the season doesn't make much difference, avoid summer for the best prices and to not get cooked on the Guadalquiver plain. The only point against winter would be that the area around Algeciras will be very wet which could make for a rough first day.
There are a few accounts like Yoah's or the more recent one by Karin309 who walked in winter. It'll be quiet, often cold, and you'll have less daylight for long walking days, but it's quiet doable.
Hoping to do exactly that in Feb 2024 ...Thank you for the description. Thinking I’ll be taking this route
The search function is your friendI've found a map for the Via Serrana, partially reprinted in Johnny Walker's guide, that shows a split of the trail on the last long stage from Utrera to Sevilla - one route goes a bit straighter through Dos Hermanas, and the other curves to the northeast a bit and goes through Alcala de Guadaíra. Any sense from anyone which of the two routes is more scenic, interesting or involves less walking on major highways or streets?
It looks like Johnny Walker's guide has you go through Dos Hermanas.
Thanks!
I have exactly the same question and am curious about responses ... but not so much hurry for me as I probably cannot walk next year as planned but must wait until 2025 ...Quick Via Serrana question, and this really is not a big deal. But I wondered if anyone else has dealt with this.
I pre-registered for a compostela QR Code using the SdC Pilgrim Office website. However, I didn't see any drop down menu that recognizes La Linea de la Concepcion as a starting point or the Via Serrana as a recognized "camino", so I claimed the next best city available (Sevilla) and the Via de la Plata as the camino. If I want a certificate in SdC stating that I started in La Linea de la Concepcion, is that even possible? It looks like the whole process has become automated, so I suspect that I can't just go up and talk to someone at the pilgrim office in SdC. If anyone has experience with this, please let me know. Otherwise, life can go on happily without another compostela.
We start in less than a month!
The number of potential starting points is very large, potentially nearly every coastal village, town, and city -- though the ones that stick out as more obvious are Ayamonte/Isla Cristina, Punta Umbría/Huelva/Palos de la Frontera, Sanlúcar de Barrameda/Jerez de le Frontera, Cádiz, some other "de la Frontera" places, Tarifa, Algeciras/La Línea de la Concepción, Gibraltar, Estepona, Marbella, Fuengirola, Torremolinos, Málaga (via Pizarra > Álora > El Chorro > either of two hiking trails from there to Ronda).I’m researching a potential trip for VDP. Looking at a map a start in Sevilla is seductively close to the coast. Is there pilgrim support between a coastal start somewhere south of Sevilla (maybe even Gibraltar?) for peregrinos joining the main route in Sevilla?
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