Thinking about the Camino starting from Granada May 2012.

[Spencer Evans]

My name is Spencer and my wife and I are seriously considering starting from Granada and would love to talk to anyone who can offer advice or is willing to share experiences. Thanks

 

[sillydoll]

Camino Mozárabei is 613 km from Granada to Mérida
http://www.granadajacobea.org http://www.viaplata.org

Visit Kevin Codds blog and read his book To The Field of Stars: A Pilgrim's Journey to Santiago de Compostela, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. (2008).
You can order it from the publisher, from Amazon.com, or from your local bookseller.
http://kcodd.blogspot.com/

 

[SDM]

Camino Mozárabei is 613 km from Granada to Mérida
http://www.granadajacobea.org

I could not open the above link ... found this one

http://granadajacobea.com.es/

Sarah

 

[mikevasey]

Camino Mozárabei is 613 km from Granada to Mérida

Peter Robins site gives it as 418km http://www.pilgrim.peterrobins.co.uk/routes/details/granada.html and CSJ as 406Km.

If you go back to Almeria your looking at 600+, some senalizacion happened on this section recently.

Various bodies are trying to coordinate developments on the Mozarabic routes starting from Malaga, Almeria and Jaenhttp://www.caminomozarabedesantiago.es.

 

[gyro]

My name is Spencer and my wife and I are seriously considering starting from Granada and would love to talk to anyone who can offer advice or is willing to share experiences. Thanks

I tackled it in 2010. I used Alison Raju's guide from CSJ primarily, together with some Spanish information from the various tourist information places.

It was a tough solitary walk, sometimes with my long days walking and little, if any services. The walk from Granada to Cordoba was interesting, the villages hospitable and the landscape tough. I did find myself getting lost on more ocasions that usual. But I take the Michelin "Orange series" maps and can usually sort myself out pretty quickly.
After Cordoba, there are some big days with a fair amount of road walking. I got as far as the Extremaduran border: to Monterubio in fact, before the ash cloud made me change my plans and return to the UK by bus.

I am glad that I tackled this route and would be happy to discuss. PM if you want to do this.
Gyro