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Is San Salvador trail well marked in both directions; North-South and South-North?
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Is San Salvador trail well marked in both directions; North-South and South-North?
The reason is that the whole point of the Salvador as a historical camino is as a diversion from the Francés to visit Oviedo.From memory (I walked south to north in 2018) it is only marked for Léon to Oviedo and the waymarks are pretty good, but not the other way round, although there is no particular reason why this should be the case.
Just this past week on January 28th a group from Pola de Lena is planning to walk from La Catedral de Oviedo to La Catedral de Leon in 5 stages on consecutive single weekend days. The article appeared in the newspaper La Nueva España that I was unable to open.Is San Salvador trail well marked in both directions; North-South and South-North?
I also somehow missed an arrow and wound up missing La Colegiata de Arbas right before Puerto Pajares. The arrow is apparently on a rock which was covered with grass to the immediate right downhill right after this very noticeable structure see picture. We proceeded through the cow patty path that took us to the nacional with no appreciable opening and had to climb over a barrier and barbed wire to get to Puerto Pajares. Just figured out what went wrong on this unintentional detour a couple of days ago. Otherwise the Salvador is incredibly well marked and spectacularly beautiful. Now I definitely need to go again. South to North.Last fall, south-to-north, I found it sufficiently marked except for a section of the route just past Arbas and Pajares.
You would have loved it — I have always found that church open, and on my last Salvador, in 2021, there were real live candles to light, not those electric thing-ys. I was alone and it was a perfect place for reflection.I also somehow missed an arrow and wound up missing La Colegiata de Arbas right before Puerto Pajares.
Beautiful pictures. Striking that so many of these Virgen Maria carrying El Niño Jesus are front and central located behind the main altar. IE in Oseira.You would have loved it — I have always found that church open, and on my last Salvador, in 2021, there were real live candles to light, not those electric thing-ys. I was alone and it was a perfect place for reflection.
It’s good to have a reason to go back to the Salvador, as if one were needed!
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I did exactly the same thing.I also somehow missed an arrow and wound up missing La Colegiata de Arbas right before Puerto Pajares. The arrow is apparently on a rock which was covered with grass to the immediate right downhill right after this very noticeable structure see picture. We proceeded through the cow patty path that took us to the nacional with no appreciable opening and had to climb over a barrier and barbed wire to get to Puerto Pajares. Just figured out what went wrong on this unintentional detour a couple of days ago.