Yes or No - Ruta do Mar

[The Ghost]

Having received an email this morning from Ivar on new Guide books. I'm intrigued by the Ruta Do Mar. I don't really want to buy another book but I'm not finding, much recent info on the Ruta Do (or Del) Mar. My Gronze, Alltrails, and Buen Camino apps don't have any info. I looked at one thread but it seemed to jump around so I had no idea if it was talking for sure about this route.

I would like to know, how many stages are there? Are the accommodations expensive? Is it a bunch of up and down like the Del Norte? How do you stay on trail if it's not marked well?

I'm arriving at the end of September and am doing the Ingles and would have another nearly three weeks and was leaning towards the Primitivo. I just completed the Portuguese in April and the Del Norte 2 yrs ago.

I like being able to see the ocean and hadn't heard of the Ruta Do Mar before. Any info is appreciated.

 

[peregrina2000]

Try this website, which lists 12 stages.

Camiño do Mar: Todo lo que hay que saber de esta ruta alternativa al Camino del Norte

El Camiño do Mar es una ruta alternativa al Camino del Norte para seguir recorriendo la costa cantábrica y atlántica.

vivecamino.com

And then what I would do is to take each one of the stages listed and plug the town names into a wikiloc GPS trail search. If you don’t know wikiloc, it’s the site with the most GPS tracks in Spain, by a huge margin. I see that for the first stage, Ribadeo to San Cosme, for instance, there are many recorded tracks.

Wikiloc | Trails of the World

Find the best outdoor trails for mountain hiking treks, bike tour itineraries, MTB rides, and up to 80 activities. Discover the most beautiful places in the world, download GPS tracks and follow the top routes on a map. Record your own trail from the app, upload it and share it with the community.

www.wikiloc.com

If you are not a wikiloc user, these are tracks recorded by people who have walked the routes (usually, but not aways). Some have a lot of textual explanation, some add a lot of pictures, it just depends. Even if you don’t speak Spanish, you can use the tracks to see distances and elevation profiles, which is very helpful.

Our own @Magwood also walked this route.

And since you’ve already found the subforum for Ruta del Mar, it should be obvious that you will get a lot of info scrolling through the posts that are there, about 40 of them.

Buen camino!

 

[The Ghost]

Try this website, which lists 12 stages.

Camiño do Mar: Todo lo que hay que saber de esta ruta alternativa al Camino del Norte

El Camiño do Mar es una ruta alternativa al Camino del Norte para seguir recorriendo la costa cantábrica y atlántica.

vivecamino.com

And then what I would do is to take each one of the stages listed and plug the town names into a wikiloc GPS trail search. If you don’t know wikiloc, it’s the site with the most GPS tracks in Spain, by a huge margin. I see that for the first stage, Ribadeo to San Cosme, for instance, there are many recorded tracks.

Wikiloc | Trails of the World

Find the best outdoor trails for mountain hiking treks, bike tour itineraries, MTB rides, and up to 80 activities. Discover the most beautiful places in the world, download GPS tracks and follow the top routes on a map. Record your own trail from the app, upload it and share it with the community.

www.wikiloc.com

If you are not a wikiloc user, these are tracks recorded by people who have walked the routes (usually, but not aways). Some have a lot of textual explanation, some add a lot of pictures, it just depends. Even if you don’t speak Spanish, you can use the tracks to see distances and elevation profiles, which is very helpful.

Our own @Magwood also walked this route.

And since you’ve already found the subforum for Ruta del Mar, it should be obvious that you will get a lot of info scrolling through the posts that are there, about 40 of them.

Buen camino!

Thanks. I did see there were 40 of them and browsed them.

I also just clicked on the link for the book that Ivar sent out earlier. Had I clicked on that link first, the info about that specific book. I would have at least seen the number stages and names of towns.

 

[Corned Beef]

Definitely. Did it in reverse last December. Beautiful coastline and remote. If you need company it's not for you. Check @Magwood 's blog for suggestions - Day 24 onwards. Accomodation is a bit patchy but you can use the FEVE rail line if you need to move forward or back to get accomodation.

Caminos del Norte / Ruta do Mar / Ingles

Click on the links below to read the post…. 2016…the next camino Ten days and counting Everything but the kitchen sink Last day of near normality Day 1, Irun to San Sebastián 26.5 km Da…

magwood.me

 

[wynrich]

We would highly recommend the Ruta del Cantabrico which parallels, more or less, the Ruta do Mar except the Ruta del Cantabrico mostly stays right on the coast and is very well marked and stunning. The two intersect occasionally. The Ruta del Cantabrico begins at Ribedeo and ends at Ladrido. The Ruta do Mar continues on to Ferrol.