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I'm hoping to walk along the coast after Santander too.Im hoping to walk from Santander not on the camino but on the coast. I want to walk somewere between 20 and 25 km for this first day. I'm hoping to get a place to stay a little on the route so i can skip the first beach in Santander.
I have trouble findiing.a room or bed. Bookings has no vacancys. Were must I look for sleeping, walking this distance and has someone tips were to stay?
Not sure about exactly this spot but we've had good luck many places going to Google maps and looking for hotels (zoom in and out and they will appear/disappear) and also on airbnb. You might already have tried those options but since you only mentioned booking, I wanted to mention those options for finding places to stay.It is final. I am flying to Santander on the 20 september to walk my second part of the camino norte. So glad it finally is certain
Im hoping to walk from Santander not on the camino but on the coast. I want to walk somewere between 20 and 25 km for this first day. I'm hoping to get a place to stay a little on the route so i can skip the first beach in Santander.
I have trouble findiing.a room or bed. Bookings has no vacancys. Were must I look for sleeping, walking this distance and has someone tips were to stay?
Flory definitely do it! It's stunning maybe the most stunning 2 days of the Norte and everyone misses it! I did it alone in september was a bit nervous starting out but it was fine. I started on a sunday so there were plenty of lovely locals to give me directions although you just keep hugging the coast its simple enough. The more you walk on the better it gets.It is final. I am flying to Santander on the 20 september to walk my second part of the camino norte. So glad it finally is certain
Im hoping to walk from Santander not on the camino but on the coast. I want to walk somewere between 20 and 25 km for this first day. I'm hoping to get a place to stay a little on the route so i can skip the first beach in Santander.
I have trouble findiing.a room or bed. Bookings has no vacancys. Were must I look for sleeping, walking this distance and has someone tips were to stay?
Agree. The walk into Santander along the coast is spectacular. It amazes me that it is not the main way to go but is somewhat of an alternate route.Flory definitely do it! It's stunning maybe the most stunning 2 days of the Norte and everyone misses it! I did it alone in september was a bit nervous starting out but it was fine. I started on a sunday so there were plenty of lovely locals to give me directions although you just keep hugging the coast its simple enough. The more you walk on the better it gets.
It can be quite exposed at times so if the weather was bad it might not be so safe. I stayed the first night in san juan de la canal found this hotel outside town think its costa san juan has a campsite at the back and little cabins at back very affordable, friendly people. Seems to be a locals spot so it was fun being a solo pilgrim hanging out with Spanish families, police officers and road workers
Second day is even more beautiful you wont believe it. I made it to boo de piegalos. Last part you end up in some sort of national park it did seem a bit isolated. Once you hit the car park head out on the asphalt road. Its a bit of a stretch to make it to the main road then it's right i think to boo. Its signposted. I wouldn't have wanted to do that section in national park ans road at night so just to keep that in mind.
One thing ill say is that you don't encounter many or any shops so have some lunch in your bag for each day and water. There is a cafe on the first day for food at the lighthouse and also a little town with restaurants but there were big distances with nothing so best to carry something and you can plant yourself down in a beautiful spot and have an epic picnic
Definitely do it you wont reget it.
You could try wikiloc app. I don't think its necessary. There is just one little trail you really can't loose itCould someone tell me how I can download the gps tracks for the coastal route out of Santander?
Thanks a bunch.
Cat
I have put my stages on Wikiloc. You can find them here:Could someone tell me how I can download the gps tracks for the coastal route out of Santander?
Thanks a bunch.
Cat
It depends on who falls into your definition of “kinda fast.” I walked it at age 67 and remember walking into the albergue in Boo late in the day, probably around 4 pm. I had left Santander early, surely before 7. I am a good walker but not a super athlete.How long has this been taking people from Santander to Boo for kinda fast walkers?
I walked from Santander to Liencres, then Liencres to Santillana del Mar at the beginning of June.I have made a plan that i think will work for me. I have booked the nearest afourdable hostel near the lighthouse. I also booked a hotel in Liencres. That will be a walk of about 24 km i think. It is my first day walking so that is far enough and gives me plenty of time to enjoy the walk. The next day i will walk to santillana del mar.
Bumping this old thread to find out if this information is now in @Dave's book. I'm currently in Liencres - farther along than Soto de la Marina, and trying to decide what to do tomorrow.
Unfortunately, I'm here on a Saturday and it appeared that Hotel Costa San Juan had a two night minimum on the weekend. I'm staying at Hotel Calas de Liencres in Liencres, which I got on booking.com for 54€ for a double room. I booked it last minute, so that didn't seem too bad for a weekend price. And I was supposed to have a ground floor room, but they upgraded me to the 2nd floor.
A few pics from today's walk.
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I'm in Santillana del Mar now and my Wikiloc track says 18.12 km from the station at Mogro. I took the advice of @Dave on another thread and walked the old Camino route which saved some kms. My total distance from my starting point in Liencres was about 27.5 km, about the same as yesterday's walk on the coast from Santander, but it took me a couple of hours less as yesterday's trail was very rocky and I didn't stop as often to take pictures. If you go the coast route do take into account that there are many places where you will want to spend time taking in the view, so it will likely make your day longer.
I started from the ferry port. If I were to do it again I would try to stay close to the lighthouse to save some kms on the walk. I tracked my walk with Wikiloc and these are my stats for the first day to Liencres.
I had wanted to stay in Soto de la Marina because that's where others who posted in this thread stayed, but I only booked the day before and other than a 88€ hotel everything was booked, or required a two night minimum. That's why I ended up in Liencres. Now looking back I'm glad that I did get farther because it kept the walk to Santillana del Mar shorter. The hotel I stayed at was Calas de Liencres which was 54€. I thought that wasn't bad for a last minute booking for a Saturday night
Thanks so much!!It depends on who falls into your definition of “kinda fast.” I walked it at age 67 and remember walking into the albergue in Boo late in the day, probably around 4 pm. I had left Santander early, surely before 7. I am a good walker but not a super athlete.
I think that it was not the difficulty of the trail that took so much time, it was the beauty of the coastline that kept making me stop and marvel! It is really beautiful.
You can see this random wikiloc set of tracks. There is virtually no ascent, and the trail is a good one. These tracks were recorded this month, so I would trust them as being up to date.
Santander - Boo de Piélagos
Santander - Boo de Piélagos Hiking trail in El Sardinero, Cantabria (España). Download its GPS track and follow the route on a map. Record your own itinerary from the Wikiloc app, upload the trail and share it with the community.www.wikiloc.com
And I reached Liencres around 4 pm starting around 7am from my hostel at the train station. Lots of my time was taken up by admiring and taking pictures of the scenery - which is the reason why I wanted to go this way!It depends on who falls into your definition of “kinda fast.” I walked it at age 67 and remember walking into the albergue in Boo late in the day, probably around 4 pm. I had left Santander early, surely before 7. I am a good walker but not a super athlete
That surprised me, because I’ve just gotten back from a camino with a fair number of days with those kinds of totals and they seemed much more strenuous to me than what I remember on the Santander coast. I know that elevation measuring is notoriously unreliable, but the wikiloc tracks I’ve posted put the total at less than half what you report. Who knows.altitude gain was only 668m for all that distance.
You got me thinking about that. I took a look again at my Garmin tracks and compared to the elevation profile. I'm not sure we necessarily took the "usual" route at the end between Liencres and Boo. I'm looking at that hook out towards the coast again at miles 15-17.5 where there's a fair amount of up/down on the elevation profile. Looking at the route in Wise Pilgrim it looks like somehow we got misdirected from the coast and took a shorter but more difficult way, perhaps. I have vague memories of talking with a former peregrina from Australia who lived there now and I think we may have gotten confused. It's all good, though.That surprised me, because I’ve just gotten back from a camino with a fair number of days with those kinds of totals and they seemed much more strenuous to me than what I remember on the Santander coast. I know that elevation measuring is notoriously unreliable, but the wikiloc tracks I’ve posted put the total at less than half what you report. Who knows.
Maybe a more useful way to consider it, since we know there‘s such wide variation among devices, would be to look at the wikiloc elevation profile. There is a lot of “up and down”, but the biggest ascent is less than a hundred meters, and the trail ranges from 3 m above sea level to 96 m above sea level. I think that this kind of elevation gain and loss would not present a big challenge to a good walker.
Thank you. Your advice was very informative for my planning.I walked from Santander to Liencres, then Liencres to Santillana del Mar at the beginning of June.
Here are my posts on various threads at the time
I pretty much followed the red route in the Wise Pilgrim Norte app.Thank you. Your advice was very informative for my planning.
Which route they you take out of Liences to boo? Did you walk back to the regulair group our did you walk another path?
That’s one of the beauties of these off-Camino alternatives, imho. All the tracks take you to the same destination, but there are of course lots of different ways to get there, especially when you’re walking on a beautiful coast where lots of people go hiking!Looking at the route in Wise Pilgrim it looks like somehow we got misdirected from the coast and took a shorter but more difficult way, perhaps. I have vague memories of talking with a former peregrina from Australia who lived there now and I think we may have gotten confused. It's all good, though.
Either way, I don't remember any of the climbs being particularly difficult, at least by Norte standards. We showed up in Boo late afternoon, but had reservations and were not rushed. We were served a fabulous and hearty meal right there at the albergue and swapped stories with others who took the long way that day too. One of my favorite Camino days and evenings.
Hi Flory, it’s great to read your post - I’m also flying in to begin my camino from Santander on 20th Sep and hoping to take the most coastal route too!It is final. I am flying to Santander on the 20 september to walk my second part of the camino norte. So glad it finally is certain
Im hoping to walk from Santander not on the camino but on the coast. I want to walk somewere between 20 and 25 km for this first day. I'm hoping to get a place to stay a little on the route so i can skip the first beach in Santander.
I have trouble findiing.a room or bed. Bookings has no vacancys. Were must I look for sleeping, walking this distance and has someone tips were to stay?
Hi. I hope you have a lovely walk. I had to change my flight. I know will be landing on the 21 september so i will walk one day behind you. I will walk to Liences were i booked a room.Hi Flory, it’s great to read your post - I’m also flying in to begin my camino from Santander on 20th Sep and hoping to take the most coastal route too!Great to know I won’t be totally alone and really appreciating all the info below. Rachel
It is final. I am flying to Santander on the 20 september to walk my second part of the camino norte. So glad it finally is certain
I have trouble findiing.a room or bed. Bookings has no vacancys. Were must I look for sleeping, walking this distance and has someone tips were to stay?
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