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Triacastela - Serria 2 Paths?
- Thread starter Dario
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3rd Edition. More content, training & pack guides avoid common mistakes, bed bugs etc
rioja routard
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Hi
I did the one via Samos Monastery which I believe is a bit longer than the other. Probably a bit muddy this time of year.
Perhaps someone can comment on the other?
Buen Camino
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I did the one via Samos Monastery which I believe is a bit longer than the other. Probably a bit muddy this time of year.
Perhaps someone can comment on the other?
Buen Camino
♠
sillydoll
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Sarria via Samos is 21km - the direct route is 18km.
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I have done both routes. The San Xil route is prettier and avoids more road but you will miss the Samos Monastery. 6 of one and half a dozen of the other.
I would take the San Xil route myself.
I would take the San Xil route myself.
sillydoll
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- 2002 CF: 2004 from Paris: 2006 VF: 2007 CF: 2009 Aragones, Ingles, Finisterre: 2011 X 2 on CF: 2013 'Caracoles': 2014 CF and Ingles 'Caracoles":2015 Logrono-Burgos (Hospitalero San Anton): 2016 La Douay to Aosta/San Gimignano to Rome:
Dario, the route is undulating - no mountains. I know what you mean about the path from O Cebreiro to Triacastela - up and down the side of the main road on steep rocky, stony tracks and then that long descent to Triacastela.
I have sent you my diary page for that day last year in September - no more mountains!
Enjoy the next week - your camino is almost over.
I have sent you my diary page for that day last year in September - no more mountains!
Enjoy the next week - your camino is almost over.
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St James' Way - Self-guided 4-7 day Walking Packages, Reading to Southampton, 110 kms
Re: Triacastela - Sarria 2 Paths?
As Silvia says hills but no mountains.
As Silvia says hills but no mountains.
The first edition came out in 2003 and has become the go-to-guide for many pilgrims over the years. It is shipping with a Pilgrim Passport (Credential) from the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela.
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I really like the route via San Xil. It's quite pretty; not too arduous, and passes through lots of small villages.
(I've not been, but have heard the monastary at Samos is overrated)
(I've not been, but have heard the monastary at Samos is overrated)
St James' Way - Self-guided 4-7 day Walking Packages, Reading to Southampton, 110 kms
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- Many, various, and continuing.
I´ve done them both, and I recommend the San Xil path. It´s one of my favorite and most Galician stretches of the Camino. In the springtime there´s a pond alongside that´s hopping and singing with little frogs... you can hear them for miles!