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From Tui or Caminha?Portuguese including the Variante Espiritual. In my view, it isn’t really close between that and the other caminos I have walked for last 100km beauty.
I would choose Tui myself, but I was mostly thinking of the VE when I answered!From Tui or Caminha?
Thanks for your answer. The Variant Espiritual was my first camino. Is really beautiful except the last km arriving to Santiago.My 5 cents worth!
As you can see i have only done the Portuguese Coastal, parts of the Senda Littoral and the Espiritual Variant!
From Vigo to Pontevedra was great but the Variant Espiritual was the icing on the cake a really beautiful walk that i would do again at the drop of a hat!
Combarro was a little bit busy with a couple of coach trips going through the town on my second day there but it is a wonderful place! Check out the Variant on YouTube!
Woody
Thanks. San Salvador is a nice suggestion, I will consider in 2024. This time I m with a group of friends and they want arriving Santiago.AKA: Which parts of Galicia are the most beautiful.
If you are only looking at the last 100 km before Santiago, there are a limited number of Caminos you can look at. Beyond the Ingles and Finisterre routes, which you've already done, you are limited to: the Frances from Sarria, the Portugues from Tui or Caminha (two routes that join together 77 or so km from Santiago), Sanabres from Ourense, Norte from Baamonde (the last 40 km on the Frances), the Primitivo from Lugo (the last 50 km or so on the Frances), and the Invierno from Chantada (the last 50 km or so on the Sanabres)
The rest of the routes merge into the above more than 100 km from Santiago. So you've got la half dozen choices, with a lot of overlap, all within Galicia.
If you re looking for really different landscapes, you may want to consider walking along a different route and not necessarily ending (this time) in Santiago. I hear the San Salvador is very beautiful.
This brings to mind of a piece of Solzhenitsyn that I keep in my notebook:Thanks for your answer. The Variant Espiritual was my first camino. Is really beautiful except the last km arriving to Santiago.
It reminds me that searching for the best of this or that might be less important than being in the company of other pilgrims, together with the hospitaleros and myriad others that make our pilgrimages possible. There might be much to recommend busier routesDo not pursue what is illusory ... it is, after all, all the same: the bitter doesn't last forever and the sweet never fills the cup to overflowing.
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Rub your eyes and purify your heart - and prize above all else in the world those who love you and wish you well.
Bierzo tp SarriaHi everybody,
This year I've done the Camino inglés and Santiago to Finisterra, Next year I want to do another 120km camino or part of it before arriving Santiago, as beautiful as the English one.
Can someone give me any tips or advice on which camino to go?
Thanks
Narta
The Invierno is magical. Full biased disclosure: I have walked these parts 4 times most recently less than 1 week ago. If doing the last 100 km, do start before Chantada and begin at Diomondi. (Look at Invierno threads on this forum.) You do not want to miss the codos de Belesar, the vineyards on the Ribeira Sacra and the walk on ancient Roman stone roads, crossing over river rocks to reach Chantada. This time I started in Diomondi just to enjoy this gorgeous Albergue and to walk the above, a short day, so as to savor each moment. Poles are a must.Thanks. San Salvador is a nice suggestion, I will consider in 2024. This time I m with a group of friends and they want arriving Santiago.
If you choose this Camino stay in the brand new Albergue in Mosteiro de Oseira right after Cea. Incredible monastery restoration, gentle hospitable monks. The Albergue just re-opened this year.So i would vote VdlP. From Ourense to Santiago.
If you choose this Camino stay in the brand new Albergue in Mosteiro de Oseira right after Cea. Incredible monastery restoration, gentle hospitable monks. The Albergue just re-opened this year.
Agreed! If ending in Santiago is NOT critical, consider parts or the entirety of the Del Mar. just walked it in October and the beauty is beyond description. Words only limit the inspiration this Camino provides.AKA: Which parts of Galicia are the most beautiful.
If you are only looking at the last 100 km before Santiago, there are a limited number of Caminos you can look at. Beyond the Ingles and Finisterre routes, which you've already done, you are limited to: the Frances from Sarria, the Portugues from Tui or Caminha (two routes that join together 77 or so km from Santiago), Sanabres from Ourense, Norte from Baamonde (the last 40 km on the Frances), the Primitivo from Lugo (the last 50 km or so on the Frances), and the Invierno from Chantada (the last 50 km or so on the Sanabres)
The rest of the routes merge into the above more than 100 km from Santiago. So you've got la half dozen choices, with a lot of overlap, all within Galicia.
If you re looking for really different landscapes, you may want to consider walking along a different route and not necessarily ending (this time) in Santiago. I hear the San Salvador is very beautiful.
Was there plenty of accomodation along the variant Espiritual? I intend to take this walk in mid April 2023, it will be my first big walk and will give myself plenty of time to follow this route. Any suggestions for accomodation please?My 5 cents worth!
As you can see i have only done the Portuguese Coastal, parts of the Senda Littoral and the Espiritual Variant!
From Vigo to Pontevedra was great but the Variant Espiritual was the icing on the cake a really beautiful walk that i would do again at the drop of a hat!
Combarro was a little bit busy with a couple of coach trips going through the town on my second day there but it is a wonderful place! Check out the Variant on YouTube!
Woody
Thank you so much for your information… it’s definitely the route I’m takingThe Oseira Albergue was renovated by the Xunta. 40 beds, Pilgrims only, €8, no reservations allowed.
The Mosteiro Hospedería inside the monastery with the monks, requires reservations and a 2 possibly 3 night stay with 3 meals/day and run of house except the cloister, of course. It is a wonderful place for silence and contemplation. You are welcome to pray the liturgical hours with the monks. At the last evening prayer before the Great silence, as you exit the chapel the abbot individually blesses the monks and the guests. Very solemn and moving.
Thank you Rita, and thank you all so much I really appreciate these contributions, all of them!Can I suggest Sanabres from Ourense. You can start with a day or two in Ourense and enjoy the hot springs. The Japanese themed one is amazing with lots of different pools of different temperatures as well as spa jets in some.
The walk from there is very beautiful. You can also go to Oseira, stay in the brand new albergue and visit the monastery there.
There are a few steep climbs to consider - but I remember as I walked this section thinking that it will become busier soon since it is so beautiful.
San SalvadorHi everybody,
This year I've done the Camino inglés and Santiago to Finisterra, Next year I want to do another 120km camino or part of it before arriving Santiago, as beautiful as the English one.
Can someone give me any tips or advice on which camino to go?
Thanks
Narta
San Salvador is a beautiful Camino, to be sure. But in case it is important I will mention that it never gets within 100 km of Santiago de Compostela. It goes from Leon to Oviedo and then it is a little over 300 km to walk from Oviedo to Santiago on the Camino Primitivo, if Santiago de Compostela is your destination.San Salvador
San Salvador
That is trueSan Salvador is a beautiful Camino, to be sure. But in case it is important I will mention that it never gets within 100 km of Santiago de Compostela. It goes from Leon to Oviedo and then it is a little over 300 km to walk from Oviedo to Santiago on the Camino Primitivo, if Santiago de Compostela is your destination.
Wow! I didn't even like the Ingles much less thought it was pretty. Oh well to each his ownI'm still sticking with the Sanabrés, but the Ingles from Ferrol is also definitely up there for scenery and depth of experience. I walked the Portugeuese from Vigo, but while it was beautiful in places it was also far too busy.
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