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Looks doable to me - the dark blue line is the Camino, and the pink dotted line is the route for cyclists.I have walked into Santiago at the end of various Caminos 13 times in the past and for a change, I am thinking of coming off the Frances Route after O Pedrouzo and simply walking into the Airport to fly home.
My question is, has anyone ever done that? ....and if so, how did you do that?
I recall walking along the Camino path around the runway perimeter fence and walking through a tunnel on the Camino path that passes under a road that runs to the airport, just after San Paio. Is there a path that runs alongside that road, or similar a little further along? Or can one walk alongside the perimeter fence to the airport main entrance perhaps?
Thanks for any help with this.
After 13 times following the signs to the right, it would be an interesting novelty to keep straight on the road! I can see a certain attraction in the continuity of the journey.isn't it a sad way to end a Camino
It is! In addition to most of the Camino routes being built into the maps it also has tons of other walking and cycling trails. I used the app to find the alternate route to the lighthouse in Finisterre that brings you there from above the lighthouse.Windy Maps looks like a very useful app to have.
i like this option! When i walked there appeared a ruin (i think it was a chapel) out of the fog and inside i saw ancient stone coffins. Mysterious place.It is! In addition to most of the Camino routes being built into the maps it also has tons of other walking and cycling trails. I used the app to find the alternate route to the lighthouse in Finisterre that brings you there from above the lighthouse.
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You can see the branch off on Google StreetView
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Footsloggers turn right (there is/was a mojon circled yellow); bikers straight on.
Looks like you share the highway with cars until the roundabout by the Spanish Air Force base and then get a dedicated cycle path
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Eventually ending up in the terminal
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If you use GoogleEarth then the attached KMZ file might be of interest.
Walk to the city. Get your Compostela and see more of Santiago and then walk the few Kilometres back to the airport or get a bus.not so difficult, just stop following the Camino signs, when they lead you to the right, towards San Paio...keep walking straight on the road and the main entrance appears after 10min.
but isn't it a sad way to end a Camino,without enjoying the magical city?
Even if you think you know the city well, than you don't! Santiago provides always surprises
The OP has done 13 caminos.Get your Compostela and see more of Santiago
It doesn't make sense. Perhaps OP should do a Camino he hasn't done previously. I don't think by doing what he is suggesting doesn't make him a pilgrim, just a hiker.The OP has done 13 caminos.
He knows what he's missing and likely doesn't need another compostela.
VNwalking understands the reasoning behind my thinking I believe, Martin. Some of these 13 Cominos I have walked in the past involve two "routes" - VdlP followed immediately by Ingles, for example on one occasion. I have walked 9 routes and simply choose to "ring the changes" in how I construct this upcoming one. By walking into the airport I gain time (a day) to innovate ingredients in the route proposed. Somebody PM'd me yesterday about by Forum Handle - "Hesed Walker" - which after investigation of the word that was new to her, had blessed her greatly. My PM response to her included the following, as her Forum name included the word "Pilgrim".. I believe my reply to her clarifies my own motivation, not that I should need to make one.....It doesn't make sense. Perhaps OP should do a Camino he hasn't done previously. I don't think by doing what he is suggesting doesn't make him a pilgrim, just a hiker.
Since your question about how to turn from the Camino Frances into a road/path leading to Santiago airport has been splendidly answered in a number of very helpful posts by, to name but a few, @trecile, @wisepilgrim and @Jeff Crawley, allow me to contribute to the thread drift. I'm sorry that somebody tried to derail the thread by airing their personal idea of how and where and why your or everybody else's Camino and their own future and first Camino Frances must end.Since joining this helpful and delightful forum in 2014, this is my first question ever posed. If I could close this thread now (having received helpful and informative replies) then I would.
That seems a bit harsh. Trying to get my head around the double negative in your last sentence. If you "don't think by doing what he is suggesting doesn't make him a pilgrim, just a hiker" does that mean you do think he's a Pilgrim not a hiker?It doesn't make sense. Perhaps OP should do a Camino he hasn't done previously. I don't think by doing what he is suggesting doesn't make him a pilgrim, just a hiker.
I don't see, actually, that even one had been walked. At least not in 2018.Judging by the two signatures @Chris Day has done 13 Caminos to your one.
My husband walked from Santiago to the airport, so it must be possible. He said he just walked backwards and there is a sign that says "to the airport."I have walked into Santiago at the end of various Caminos 13 times in the past and for a change, I am thinking of coming off the Frances Route after O Pedrouzo and simply walking into the Airport to fly home.
My question is, has anyone ever done that? ....and if so, how did you do that?
I recall walking along the Camino path around the runway perimeter fence and walking through a tunnel on the Camino path that passes under a road that runs to the airport, just after San Paio. Is there a path that runs alongside that road, or similar a little further along? Or can one walk alongside the perimeter fence to the airport main entrance perhaps?
Thanks for any help with this.
For my next walk (Camino Ingles) I intend to start walking from the airport and I've now remembered that I had already looked into this. Walking on foot in the immediate vicinity of airports can be tricky. It is best to avoid walking on the main access roads when possible but this may be easier said than done.lavacolla, had a night there then walked down the main road to the airport it was 6am, dark, foggy and quite a horrible scary walk. I wouldn't recommend doing that!
I have now imported this KMZ file into Google Earth. Interesting and a little weird at first because it includes a video sequence. I had never seen this before and I didn't even know that one could that. Cute.If you use GoogleEarth then the attached KMZ file might be of interest.
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