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🇪🇸 Camino del NORTE (from Irún)

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Camino Preparation Guide
The focus is on reducing the risk of failure through being well prepared. 2nd ed.
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    • Sticky
    Coastal alternatives to the Norte's asphalt
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    Peligrina46
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    Donativos on the Norte/Primitivo
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    trecile
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    Camino Del Norte: where to start from for the best coastline?
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    trecile
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    Camino del Norte: Irun - SDC, April-May 2025
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    John Cook
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    Camino with towns and villages
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    Camino del norte october 2024
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  • Tags walking poles/sticks
    • Walking Poles
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    WalkingInGers
    More 2024 Camino Guides available
    The 2024 Camino guides will be coming out little by little. Here is a collection of the ones that are out so far.
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    Camino del Norte in October - from Santander to Santiago
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    Tom Conklin
    Camino Norte - Albergue los doce tribus
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    Myra13
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    Where to get damaged hip belt repaired in San Sebastián?
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    donalomahony
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  • Tags camping
    • Camping
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    trecile
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    Taxi on the Camino del Norte
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    Simperegrina
    Camino Way markers in Bronze
    The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.
    2024 El Norte to Ribadesella, possible stages.
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    Simperegrina
    New hostel in Saint Jean de Luz
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    trecile
    LIVE from the Camino My first evening
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    laineylainey
    Public transportation availability
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    trecile
    Luarca - for a break on the Norte?
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    mattythedog
    Let us pick up your suitcase once you arrive in Europe....
    ...and ship it to Santiago for storage. You pick it up once in Santiago. Service offered by Casa Ivar (we use DHL for transportation).
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    Visiting Garabandal and/or Loiola from the Norte
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    Morgan Rosas
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    Where to get the first stamp (sello) in Irun
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    emmanuel
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    starting thursday from san sebastian
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    AndyChristie
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    Accommodation June 2024; need to pre-book?
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    Sobrado dos Monxes to O Pedrouzo
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    Alva
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    Camino wristwatch
    Perfect memento/gift in a presentation box. Back is blank for engraving.
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    Pilgrim attacked by bird of prey
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    elizason13
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    Lost & Found Lost my walking pole in Laredo
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    plutoandy
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    Travel hubs on the Norte
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    StephenChad
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    Lost & Found Lost Pants in Gijon
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    Pafayac
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    Santona to Santander 2nd time.
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    KiwiJohn
    Promote your Camino Project on the forum
    €2,-/day will present your project to thousands of visitors each day. All interested in the Camino de Santiago.
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    Sunday Opening (Shops / Restaurants)
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    tjz
    To take a quilt or not
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    BerryJuniper
    LIVE from the Camino Fuertebrazos on the Camino del Norte
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    Peregrinopaul
    Brierley guide to Camino del Norte
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    PhilB
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  • Tags credencial/sellos/compostela
    • Pilgrim passport
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    lt56ny
    Best lightweight Camino guides
    Ideal pocket guides for during & after your Camino. Each weighs only 1.4 oz (40g)!
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    Preparing my camino del norte
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    FrJimKingcsc
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    Albergues after Santander
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    Tia Valeria
  • Tags safety & crime
    • Alert A flasher on the Camino del Norte
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    JCLima
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    Hostel Gernika Lumo Aterpetxea
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    trecile
    Stunned by Zumaia
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    AlexB
    Camino Jewellery
    A selection of Camino Jewellery
    Illness after Orio to Zumaia on Tuesday (June 25, 2024)
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    hikentravel1234
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    Joining Norte from Oviedo.
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    HMV
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  • Tags hazards route variant/side-trip
    • Coastal alternative Between Castro Urdiales and Laredo
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    AJGuillaume
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    Camino del Norte
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    Henriettagal
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    Seeking advice re most scenic section of the Norte for a mish mash walk
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    StephenChad
    Camino Way markers in Bronze
    The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.
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    Camino Del Norte - San Sebastian to Bilbao
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    Amc
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    Tips for Bilbao to Santander
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    JerryStroebele
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    Albergue Tu Camino, Ontón: permanently closed
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    Simperegrina
    Accommodation
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    KiwiJohn
    Walking the Norte over the past few weeks
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    laineylainey
    Promote your Camino Project on the forum
    €2,-/day will present your project to thousands of visitors each day. All interested in the Camino de Santiago.
    Donativos on the Norte/Primitivo [2023-24]
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    Tortilla
    August Accommodations
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    asl
    On the Norte and want to avoid the Frances until last possible moment into SdC
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    isawtman
    Albergue Pozueta after Gernika, update
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    Susan Maria
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    How to explore Basque Coast (Bayonne, Anglet, Biarritz, Saint Jean de Luz, Hendaye stretch) before Irun?
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    Kathrina72
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    Promote your Camino Project on the forum
    €2,-/day will present your project to thousands of visitors each day. All interested in the Camino de Santiago.
    Deba to Zarautz or Zarautz to Deba?
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    Mendizale
    Supplies on the CdN
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    katkins_in
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    Camino Del Norte - April 2024
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    laineylainey
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    using correos Citipaq service
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    trecile
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    One week Camino del norte - start from Bilbao or Santander?
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    billC
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    Best lightweight Camino guides
    Ideal pocket guides for during & after your Camino. Each weighs only 1.4 oz (40g)!
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    Opposite direction!!
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    Catastrophi
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    Need Help / Advice on Accommodation in San Sebastian and Northern Route
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    JerryStroebele
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    5-7days on Camino del Norte
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    jefferyonthecamino
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    Interesting places to stay over night on the Camino Del Norte
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    etazac
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    Alternative routes - maps?
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    KiwiJohn
    Camino Jewellery
    A selection of Camino Jewellery
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    Albergue In Muros De Nalon
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    Simperegrina
  • Tags credencial/sellos/compostela
    • Where to get credential in San Sebastian?
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    Theskygeek
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    Bilbao -> Santander feedback
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    Kathrina72
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    Shortest section between Camino del Norte and Primitivo.
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    Camino Chrissy
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    Walking from Santander to Gijon commencing 18 June but worried about accommodation...
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    AlanS2222
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    Get a Spanish mobil number + data while on the Camino
    Get a spanish phone number with Airalo. eSim, so no physical SIM card. Easy to use app to add more funds if needed.
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    Can the Camino del Norte be as Magical as the Frances and Portuguese Routes for a first timer?
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    jabrown
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    current (May 2024) status of albergue bed availability on CDN
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    Simperegrina
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  • Tags travel-agencies/groups
    • Itinerary opinion
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    Canche
    Boo de Pielagos to Mogro
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    AlanS2222
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    • Following the coast from Santander to Boo
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    Wandalina
    More 2024 Camino Guides available
    The 2024 Camino guides will be coming out little by little. Here is a collection of the ones that are out so far.
    Two Weeks In
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    Gigipete
    LIVE from the Camino Starting in Bilbao - a six week Camino
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    MilenaS
    Ferry from Somo to Santander ?
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    Flog
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    Monasteries on the Norte
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    Silvermomma
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    Second thoughts on completing del Norte
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    JoroAtanasof
    Get a Spanish mobil number + data while on the Camino
    Get a spanish phone number with Airalo. eSim, so no physical SIM card. Easy to use app to add more funds if needed.
    Cycle storage in Gijon
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    Skinnybiker
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    Start where we are or walk the extra distance to the edge of Irún?
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    AlwaysLost
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    Irun Camino start
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    asl
    Prices on Gronze for rooms
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    peregrina2000
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    Free hiking poles, Bilbao, 15 May 2024
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    Helen Avoca
    Get a Spanish mobil number + data while on the Camino
    Get a spanish phone number with Airalo. eSim, so no physical SIM card. Easy to use app to add more funds if needed.
    LIVE from the Camino Counting pilgrims on the Norte AGAIN
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    Umwandert
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    Norte Mountain Route - Soto to Cadevedo
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    mb4869
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    Next Friday on my way to CDN
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    Vertigo
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    Camino Chrissy
    Avoiding the Larrabetzu-Lezama-Zamudio Slog
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    WestKirsty
    Get a Spanish mobil number + data while on the Camino
    Get a spanish phone number with Airalo. eSim, so no physical SIM card. Easy to use app to add more funds if needed.
    Need help finding the closest bus stop to Camino Norte Path, from San Sebastián Airport
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    andycohn
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    Pack too heavy
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    trecile
    Markina albergue reporting very high numbers
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    Bradypus
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    Camino del Norte
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    mb4869
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    Diversion at La Arena / Pobena
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    Paul from Tas
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    Best lightweight Camino guides
    Ideal pocket guides for during & after your Camino. Each weighs only 1.4 oz (40g)!
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    Heading to Irun
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    TheBanjo
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  • Tags phones/apps/gps/maps
    • Wifi Connections Irun to SdC
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    GaryRobArms
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    LIVE from the Camino Mountain route from Soto de Luiña
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    katkins_in
    Official new alternative route from Boimorto to Lavacolla
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    MesaWalker
    Buy hiking poles in Irun or Amazon deliver?
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    trecile
    Camino Jewellery
    A selection of Camino Jewellery
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    Lambere 3 caminos norte first
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    Mlambere
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    • Alternative Route from Deba
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    Tortilla
  • Tags food & drink
    • Food on Sundays
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    ChrisMayou
    LIVE from the Camino Santillana del mar
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    Martin-B
    Can I start Northern caminos from Muros de Nalon city?
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    Tincatinker
    Camino Way markers in Bronze
    The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.
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