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Hi, Amanda, welcome to the forum!
I hope that the weather treats you well, because leaving from Sevilla in September can be really really hot.
When I walked, my only guide was the pages I printed off from the Eroski site, which has maps. I don't know whether you speak Spanish, but the site is at caminodesantiago.consumer.es There are schematic maps, info on albergues, really everything you need to know.
You can get the pilgrim's credencial (I think that's what you mean by passport) in Sevilla, but others will have to chime in as to the specific locations. I'm assuming that's where you are starting from, but I may be wrong. If you're in the US, you probably have time to get one from American Pilgrims on the Camino -- see their website.
Buen camino, Laurie
Hi Amanda. I agree that the best most up-to-date info is the Eroski Camino website; it's also an iPhone app which is great when walking. You can also get a credencial at the Hotel Simon in Sevilla. When are you starting? Despite my forum name I'm a lone female pilgrim, starting from Sevilla around 18 th September. I'd really appreciate some company on the first one or two stages because of the reports of robberies at knife-point on solo pilgrims. Anyway - Buen Camino.Getting ready to walk the via de la plata in a few weeks and I have the Walking guide by Gerald Kelly but no map. Did a few google searches and had no luck. Anybody have advice- Do I need one? Is there one? Where can I get one?
Also, I have heard talk about passports for the main camino but is there such a thing for the via de la plata.
Thanks for the advice
I also am starting from Seville ,Sept.19 and am traveling alone for first 100 kms.Hi Amanda. I agree that the best most up-to-date info is the Eroski Camino website; it's also an iPhone app which is great when walking. You can also get a credencial at the Hotel Simon in Sevilla. When are you starting? Despite my forum name I'm a lone female pilgrim, starting from Sevilla around 18 th September. I'd really appreciate some company on the first one or two stages because of the reports of robberies at knife-point on solo pilgrims. Anyway - Buen Camino.
Hi Cloosh,Thinking about walking the Via de la Platta this time around, but seems to be a lack of guide books......Any suggestions/recommendations, and sadly don't speak Spanish? I am supposing the Eroski Camino guide is in Spanish?
Hi all,Hi Cloosh,
You’ll love the VdlP. I have walked it twice now (spring and Autumn) and both experiences were incredible. Last time I used Malanie’s app and Jirit’s accom list(find it here on the site). Really I could have gotten by with nothing. It’s well-marked and only a few tricky spots that Mel’s app got me through. You’ll most likely end up with a few others though. We found that the German pilgrims had a good guide too so between the little group there was always a solution.
Accommodation is easy and fantastic ! Plenty of space until Merida and then a few more pilgrims join in. Allow plenty of time for ‘spare’ days in Caceres, Merida, Salamanca (mandatory!), Zamora and maybe Ourense.
Enjoy your camino and feel free to PM me if you have any more questions
I actually took the Portuguese variant from Zamora to Verin last year (an adventure in itself).
Cheers, Grace
Bernice did you walk on your own? I'm a single walking intending to walk VDLP from May 1 2015, the previous post about robberies at knife point was a bit concerning!Cloosh,
In addition to Melanie's app, I recommend Gerald Kelly's accommodation guide. They are complementary, although Gerald concentrates on albergues. It's downloadable as a pdf, but it's really designed as a book. He's extended it recently.
No guide I have seen had useful maps, at least to a useful scale, so don't bother. Just rely on the arrows. I binned four paper guides along the route and relied on Melanie and Gerald.
Good luck. You will love it!
Bernice did you walk on your own? I'm a single walking intending to walk VDLP from May 1 2015, the previous post about robberies at knife point was a bit concerning!
Wasn't too hot, Bernice at that time of the year?Hi Sydneycoastal walker. I started the VDLP alone on 19 September, but on my second night met up with a Canadian woman, Betty. We didn't walk together for about ten days, as she wasn't well, but after that we were together for the rest of the trail. I felt very safe in Spain and even in isolated areas felt no sense of threats. We were 60 and 67, and, apart from our sticks, really didn't have any protection. The theft element early on was dealt with, I understand, as the culprits were caught. You'll meet up with people on the route and will probably coalesce into a loose little band as you go.
You'll love the VDLP. It's fab and really not too strenuous until getting near Galicia, by which time you will have walked hundreds of kms and will be really fit. But be kind to yourself. Try not to have a deadline and give yourself days off when you need them. We found one day off at a time was usually sufficient.
No, we were blessed with fabulous weather, with two full days of rain and two four-hour periods in all the time we were on the road. People told us that it was exceptionally good weather. As an NZer, I find high temperatures difficult, but even the dry heat coming from Seville was okay; although sometimes a wee siesta en route was called for.Wasn't too hot, Bernice at that time of the year?
Bernice, coming from Adelaide I should be used to the dry heat, but if I'm going to start on 13 September I'd better get practising right now!. You can be lucky though - on my recent Frances I only had about 4 days of light rain, and none at all in Galicia, so hopefully my luck will hold for the VDLP.No, we were blessed with fabulous weather, with two full days of rain and two four-hour periods in all the time we were on the road. People told us that it was exceptionally good weather. As an NZer, I find high temperatures difficult, but even the dry heat coming from Seville was okay; although sometimes a wee siesta en route was called for.
Thanks Bernice, I've decided to do it and will be heading out from Seville on April 30th this year!
Hi Sydneycoastalwalker I'm walking solo on 20th April and noting Peregrina2000 comments the civil guardia are patrolling the area. Also the Amigos are aware of this situation. Safety in numbers you'll have fun and meet heaps of people.Bernice did you walk on your own? I'm a single walking intending to walk VDLP from May 1 2015, the previous post about robberies at knife point was a bit concerning!
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