Hi folks,
I'm looking for some advice on the Camino Mozarabe. I'm 31 year old Irish woman. Two springs ago I walked most of the Ruta de la Plata from Seville to Santiago, unfortunately I had to skip the part between Merida and Salamanca due to injury, in large part due to pushing myself too hard at the start. I'd like to have another go at the route, but starting from a different place.
I'm drawn to the Mozarabe and I love the idea of starting somewhere on the coast, perhaps Almeria. Given that I'll be travelling solo, I'm wondering what the signage is like along the way. There seems to have been a bit of a revamp of the path in the last couple of years, and I've seen the recent pdf guides produced for part of the path. What are others' experience with the path and signage?
I'm looking for any other advice or comments on the route, particularly from women travelling alone.
I've heard stories of lone travelers being robbed near Seville, but I don't want to let scare stories hold me back.
I'm thinking of going in early spring, some time between February and April.
Gracias!
Hi Eve,
I'm from Germany and I walked the camino mozarabe last April starting in Almería. Until Granada I was totally alone but it was a wonderful time, looking back seeing the Mediterranean Sea, looking forward you see the snow of the Sierra Nevada for several days. There was no guide but I got information in Almería by the association Almería jacobea. The camino in the Province of Almería is well designed with flechas but not in the province of Granada, I think it is even wrong sometimes, at least irritating. You have casas rurales for the night, two albergues, one of them in Alboloduy new and well kept, and hostales of course. One time I stayed in a motorhighway hostel. The second and the third day are difficult because of steep mountains and long distances in dry rivers. In the province of Almería the landscape has the character of desert. It was very hot and you need a lot of water. From Granada to Córdoba no problems.
Try it! I think you will not regret it.
Buen camino
Eve