Ivar's Map

[Sirage]

I wished to buy the new map, even better with the 20% discount.

A few limitations for me: From Xabia it doesn't have the connecting link between Benavente to Santa Marta de Tera which I am advised does exist - it might even be named the Sanabres Este. Nor the alternative route I will be mulling over - from Sureste/Levante to Salamanca and then the Torres followed by de Geira.

Notwithstanding that, perfection including rarely walked routes is not a show stopper because I have a pencil and a good map like this would be better than no map.

Sadly, a postage cost to Australia of $27 on top of the discounted $17 is too much for me today.

 

[ivar]

For those of you that are not sure what map this is, here is the link:

Camino de Santiago Map (1:1.250.000)

This map is as large as your kitchen table when you fold it out. It shows the whole of Spain with all the Caminos marked. Probably not ideal to use while walking, but fantastic for sitting at home planning your next walk. Size: 92cm x 123cm (36 inches x 48,4 inches) This is the 5th edition from...

www.santiagodecompostela.me

(20% off for the next few days)

 

[AlanSykes]

it doesn't have the connecting link between Benavente to Santa Marta de Tera which I am advised does exist

The link does indeed exist and is well marked with arrows and mojónes. It almost exactly follows the N525 from Benavente (which the Sanabrés finally leaves about 5km from Santiago).

Nor the alternative route I will be mulling over - from Sureste/Levante to Salamanca and then the Torres followed by de Geira.

The route from Ávila to Alba de Tormes is called the Ruta Teresiana and is not officially a camino de Santiago. There's loads of information on this website:

La Ruta - Ruta Teresiana de la Cuna al Sepulcro

La Ruta Mapa y señalización Acceso al mapa de la ruta y señalización que te guiará en el camino. Etapas División de la ruta en etapas y lugares de parada recomendados Guía por localidades Localidades que atraviesa la ruta con su patrimonio y guía de servicios (restauración, alojamiento, etc.) La...

rutateresiana.com

The Torres is marked from Salamanca to Braga, and the feeder day (or coda to the Teresiana) from Alba de Tormes to Salamanca is mostly on a vía verde. Braga to Santiago on the Geira is sadly not marked.

 

[Stivandrer]

I had mine laminated, at some considerable cost. It then stays rolled up in a tube and avoids being crinkled.
Easily spread over a large table, a good buy.

 

[David with new Kit!]

Great map - Glad I bought it

 

[dbier]

Got mine pinned up outside my cubicle at work. Amazing how many "Oh, I want to do that!" or "Oh. my....whatever...did/is doing/is planning to..." conversations I have.

 

[Sirage]

@AlanSykes Thanks for the confirmation and details.

I am "generally" familiar with all the routes discussed above. I have all the kml files necessary (cleaned edited and stitched together) except 1 section: I have scoured the world for a kml just west of Benavente without success. I am not sweating on it because as you say - just follow the marks, although I am able to navigate more than adequately without signs.

Last year I was walking 75 days for my 75 th birthday from Almeria.

{ I got the idea from a friend when said he had just cycled 80 miles on his 80th birthday as part of a much longer adventure across a decent slice of the USA. }

At Salamanca I had intended to do the Torres and then the Geira but opted to walk north to connect with the Sanabres which was a great walk as far as Ourense then I bussed to Braga to walk the Geira but the night before I started I developed a most painful toothache (I started a thread but that didn't go anywhere of course). So a rapid change of plan. By 7am I was on a bus to Vigo - train to Madrid - flight home to Australia - to the dentist. The idea of seeing a dentist in Braga made no logistical sense.

So now my idle interest: How to get from Xabia, say, to Muxia, say, beginning next March?

77 days for my 77th birthday - no hassle, no pressure (not starting at 14:30 at St Jean) within the 90 day visa limit.

Hence the idea of getting Ivar's map but I am baulking at the idea of paying $US44 with $AU.

Moderators eg @trecile @C clearly Maybe this thread needs a new title, a title for a route that traverses Caminos with perhaps 5 or 6 names although just looking on a map (which I don't have ) it seems just like a sensible track from coast to coast.