A suggestion - stop in Armentiera for lunch and carry on another 7 km to Ribodumia ( stay at Os Castanos) that will shorten your next day to Arousa and there is very little accommodation in Armentiera. If there was any stage to cut short...
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I just published The Camino Francés: My Illustrated Camino Diary 2. I walked the Francés for the second time (and went on to Muxía and Fisterra) in the summer of 2023 and drew/painted and wrote this sketchbook diary every day of my...
It’s worth visiting the spanking new Pilgrims Office in Monteforte where Fran will be delighted to give information on alternative routes or where arrows might be temporarily missing or just to say Bon Camino!
On much of the early stages of the Camino de Madrid, you will see, instead, the red on white markers that remind you that this is historically the cattle (vaca) route for moving cattle from the area around Madrid to northern Spain. They look...
The infrastructure is definitely there for more pilgrims, but I didn't meet many in June this year. Several nights there were just two of us in the albergue.
As various previously ritual acts in the cathedral have been forbidden in recent years, perhaps we could add ‘getting a selfie with Ivar’ to the list.
I also have met el queso grande, and he’s a perfectly decent chap. The new location next to...
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