brothersamuel
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Frances 2007, Primitivo 2023, ??? 2024
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The end of the Invierno joins onto the Sanabrés which is also the VdlP's most common entrance to Santiago, for whatever that's worth.Regarding the entrance to Santiago itself - I did think that maybe a final part of Via de La Plata would do
Our criteria would be
- great nature (mountains, if possible)
- no crowds (definitely no Camino Frances...)
- at least some pilgrim infrastructure
Sounding like you’re aware that The Sanabrés which starts in Granja de Moreruela is the perfect fit.I did think that maybe a final part of Via de La Plata would do,
Thank you, I have been thinking about the Norte - or parts of it - I think it would partly depend on the time of the year - from fellow pilgrims at the end of september / early october I have heard plenty of stories of bed races which is something I would prefer to avoid - but if we start towards the latter half of October, it might be a less of an issue... And we could make the detour on the camino Lebaniego (if I remember the name correctly) - via Picos de Europa...An option could be to walk the Camino del Norte from Irun to Santandar. I gives you the best of two worlds : seaviews and mountainous terrain
Knock-my-socks-off natural beauty? I will take that any day!I'm with @Robo in suggesting the Invierno from Ponferrada. It ticks a lot of boxes. Mountains, not so much - they're more like big hills. But there's a lot of knock-your-socks-off natural beauty. And 2 weeks would be a perfect (relaxed) amount of time to walk it.
OK, interesting - from the first camino on the Frances all those years ago I do have fond memories of those Pyrenean foothils... ( and ending in La Rioja? In October? Sign me in!If it does not have to go to Santiago, what about the Aragones? Maybe walk a week there and join the CF and end around Logroño or Santo Domingo de la Calzada depending on your walking speed? In October the crowds on the CF will be thinning. The Aragones will be virtually empty. I love the stretch of the CF after Samto Domingo to Burgos.
Thank you indeed! The idea of Camino de Madrid did occur to me, mainly because of the ease of transportation, but I knew very little about the features. But your description prompts me to look more deeply into it.I vote for the Camino de Madrid. You start in Madrid and end in Sahagun so transportation to and from is easy. It takes 13-14 days to walk, has infrastructure, mountains and the Meseta. The albergues are never full, or you can do private accommodations for nearly all of it. Also has castles, churches, water features the whole way. Also being less traveled your daughter can work on her Spanish and you can get the less crowded feel of how the Camino used to be. The route is well marked with the usual blue arrows and Gronze, Buen Camino App and RayyRosa are available for route information as is this forum.
All the reasons you listed are why I walked it last October and loved it.
Now this is "out-of-the-box" thinking... I've never visited those parts of Spain - being something of a history/architecture nerd as well, it might be fun... I am not very fond of big cities (prefer nature and smaller settlements), but to see those marvels might be worthwhile...Since it'll be October and not too hot in the south, you could choose a portion of one of the southern caminos, e.g. approx. 9 days on the Mozárabe from Almería to Granada, allowing you to visit the Alhambra at the end, and then maybe visiting Córdoba and Sevilla as well to wrap up your two weeks. This part of Spain, Andalucía, is the most magical part of the country for me.
This does sound rather appealing!Take the Frances from Burgos to Leon, and then from Leon to Oviedo in the Camino del Salvador. Three great stops of Camino and Spanish history there. The Meseta will provide great time for conversation, and the Camino del Salvador (where she could also complete a pilgrim passport) will have great natural beauty. I’m doing that with my daughter next year.
Dear friends,
after my last year's pilgrimage on the Primitivo with my oldest son, this year is the turn of my daughter...
The idea is, once again, to walk in autumn, most likely October, I can take at the most two weeks off from work (she will be in her last year of home-schooling, so school holidays can be arranged very easily...)
Now, I know that the usual recommendations for two weeks worth of walking would be either the Primitivo or the Portuguese. But...
I do not want to walk the Portuguese way - from what I hear and read there are too many people, and - given that my daughter has been learning Spanish for some years now one of the ideas is to let her have some practice - hence we would prefer walking in Spain.
Primitivo is always the option, but I would like to keep it as a "last resort" option - I mean, I loved it last year, but I keep telling myself, that there is a lot of Spain to discover besides Primitivo...
Having talked it over with my daughter, we came to the conclusion that we do not necessarily need to finish walking in Santiago itself - I mean, we could start a chunk of a different camino - and leave it for her to finish by herself once she is a bit older. This all brings me (finally) to the point of my question: What would be your pick of a section of a Camino, for two weeks worth of walking, in Spain, in October?
Our criteria would be
Where would you head out?
- great nature (mountains, if possible)
- no crowds (definitely no Camino Frances...)
- at least some pilgrim infrastructure
Thank you
Thank you, they certainly would feature on our future list of choicesI really enjoyed the Invierno. (...) The Sanabres is another good choice.
Never heard of that one, looks interesting - from a quick image search, maybe more people are doing it on a bicycle? (Maybe I will save this one for a future bikepacking trip then...Ruta de Lana
Ah, I am glad I am not the only one who tries to be prepared... Got loads of "just in case" routes planned, though mostly for cycling... Just in case I have a day to spare somewhere on a business tripYou have a good range of suggestions here already. I'll add one more, although you may discard it immediately as it may spend too much time in France. It's a little loop I put together for myself, just in case I ever find I have a couple of weeks to spend in Europe and want a quick beautiful walking option in the mountains (gotta be prepared)
From Pamplona onto the Aragones, then switch to the Arles and a few days on the Camino Del Piamonte to Saint Jean Pied-de-Port, from whence you join the excited crowds starting out for a couple of days (or take a bus back to Pamplona if you prefer!)
Gives some serious flex.8-10 days from Ponferrada to Santiago,
We’re currently on the via de la plata in Spain. We left Seville nearly two weeks ago and are now in Alcuescar. It’s been quiet - Sone days no other pilgrims so accomodation is easy to get, practicing spanish is fun and the people are amazingDear friends,
after my last year's pilgrimage on the Primitivo with my oldest son, this year is the turn of my daughter...
The idea is, once again, to walk in autumn, most likely October, I can take at the most two weeks off from work (she will be in her last year of home-schooling, so school holidays can be arranged very easily...)
Now, I know that the usual recommendations for two weeks worth of walking would be either the Primitivo or the Portuguese. But...
I do not want to walk the Portuguese way - from what I hear and read there are too many people, and - given that my daughter has been learning Spanish for some years now one of the ideas is to let her have some practice - hence we would prefer walking in Spain.
Primitivo is always the option, but I would like to keep it as a "last resort" option - I mean, I loved it last year, but I keep telling myself, that there is a lot of Spain to discover besides Primitivo...
Having talked it over with my daughter, we came to the conclusion that we do not necessarily need to finish walking in Santiago itself - I mean, we could start a chunk of a different camino - and leave it for her to finish by herself once she is a bit older. This all brings me (finally) to the point of my question: What would be your pick of a section of a Camino, for two weeks worth of walking, in Spain, in October?
Our criteria would be
Where would you head out?
- great nature (mountains, if possible)
- no crowds (definitely no Camino Frances...)
- at least some pilgrim infrastructure
Thank you
In the area between Estella and Los Arcos, there are many small villages near the Camino Frances, and many walking paths or low traffic roads between them. So, not the Camino, but in most of these villages, it will be hard to find somone who speaks English, hence plenty of opportunity to practice Spanish. And both woods and fields. North of Los Arcos, also mountains. If that interests you, I can provide links to maps of some of the routes I took. Some of them have markers to click for images of the place. Also the GPX files I used to create the maps.Dear friends,
after given that my daughter has been learning Spanish for some years now one of the ideas is to let her have some practice - hence we would prefer walking in Spain.
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