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Doing this takes you around two sides of a triangle (Leon-Astorga-Granja rather than Leon-Granja). I guess it will require you to spend two days on the CF and then four days on a very untravelled section of the VDLP (the section that lies to the north of Granja de la Moreruela).León - Astorga (Camino Francés)
I spent a few days in Astorias last spring. It is a wonderful place with a rich history and culture. I am envious you get to stay there for a month.@Crosscheck Rider it's a fair point! I'm in two minds about it but luckily have a month in Asturias first to assess the situation. Can't say I'd be too fussed about being locked down in Spain if it came to that, though...
I'd say use a GPS / map /hiker trail app called Mapy.cz -- there are website and Windows desktop / laptop /tablet & Android & iPhone etc versions of it, and if you take the precaution of downloading the offline maps it's, well, not flawless (some hiker trails are inevitably missing) but it is very good, especially for such major routes as the Via de la Plata.
And if the official route might seem dodgy in some places, it often shows alternate dirt or tarmac trails as the case may be.
FWIW I'm going to walk a good stretch of the Via de la Plata in "reverse" myself next year, after reaching Astorga ; down to at least Cáceres, but maybe Mérida. Either way from there towards Fátima -- though it'll be a fake "reverse" as I'll be walking to Compostela that way regardless.
Really?Thanks Raggy!
So from that link and info it suggests that the only option is to walk from Leon to Astorga and then down to Zamora. And that there is no direct walking route or path down the Rio Esla?
If you can handle long-ish days, your destination for the first day would be the Hospedería Virgen del Castillo, in Valencia de Don Juan:... follow the Rio Bernesga from Leon (and then the Rio Esla) to reach Granja in three or four stages. Depending on your daily walking distance you might need two or three days to cover the 70km or so to Benavente, followed by one official VDLP stage to Granja.
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