Bonus point - which confuses me most:
This is a part of the Caminos map that lots of people have probably seen on wiki-web.
There, the "Ruta del Besaya" from Santander to Carrión de los Condes is shown but noted as (30) Calzada de los Blendios...
I started hiking with a way too big and too heavy pack (2.9kg empty) and went to one of the lightest Osprey packs that I've found in a local hiking shop some time later (2.1kg).
After changing to a 1kg ULA pack (first a waterresist Circuit X-pac...
Hello,
just some sort of stupid question: I found a very nice Spanish book from 2002 (ok, pretty old one) which describes - according to my limited Spanish language knowledge - the development of a hiking route La Calzada de los Blendios in the...
Got this 2024 edition as well. Ordered from the UK, but it got shipped from Sweden inside the EU, means no issues with custom taxes and neither any other issues with parcels from the UK (like super long postal delivery times).
Very nice and...
Jokes aside, there was a bit of discussion here a while ago when some hikers on the Camino Mozarabe who were walking north to south on that route (away from Santiago) had it made clear to them that the association albergues were not welcoming...
Thanks for the explanation, @David Tallan. Will be interesting to explain with my halfway decent Spanglish knowledge, that I am traveling in the opposite direction away from Santiago dC on the Camino Olvidado path :)
But jokes aside, I have...
It depends on the albergue. Many private albergues do not require a credencial. While they are listed as "pilgrim-focused", they are not exclusive to pilgrims traveling to Santiago de Compostela. There are others (often municipal albergues...
@dbier, @David Tallan
Thanks for you answers.
Yes, I intend staying a good portion of that round-trip in albergues and I was under the impression that a pilgrim pass is required for them staying there overnight. Please correct me if I am wrong...
Hello,
this is Peter here. I am new in this forum as I've registered due to an adventure I am planning for next year.
I don't want to hike a full camino, but rather make a round-trip around Santander.
* Santander => San Vicente de la Barquera...
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