Memorable Places

[Mark Greenwood]

Hello and appologies if this has already been asked.

I've got 35 days until I leave home on route via Paris to SJPD. My bags packed and if I check it anymore I'll go mad! Lol

I've read, like all of you, everything I can about the Camino Frances and wondered if any of you experienced pilgrims can mention any special places that shouldn't be missed, even if they are slightly off route by a few miles.

As I sit here, I've allowed myself 50 days to get the most out of my Camino, and want to experience as much as possible, from SJPD though to Santiago and onto Finestairre.

Thank you in anticipation. I depart SJPD on the 10th April, so fingers crossed and Buen Camino to my fellow pilgrims.

 

[Bradypus]

The strange octagonal church at Eunate. A worthwhile diversion before Puente la Reina.

 

[MinaKamina]

Ponferrada and las Médulas nearby.

https://www.patrimoniocastillayleon.com/en/las-medulas

 

[Tincatinker]

THE MURAL PAINTINGS OF VILAR DE DONAS - Fundación Jacobea

Santa María de Vilar de Donas is perhaps one of the most unknown and beautiful spaces of the Camino. Located in the vicinity of Palas do Rei, it is well worth turning off from the Camino and walking the few hundred metres that it takes, to visit the treasure it contains. This is a cycle […]

www.fundacionjacobea.org

There is a small painting of The Christ awakening in the Tomb that ought to break your heart

 

[C clearly]

Here are all the threads with the tag "route variant/side trip" that are posted in the Camino Francés section. They should keep you busy for a few hours while you resist the temptation to re-weigh everything and re-pack!

 

[Mark Greenwood]

Here are all the threads with the tag "route variant/side trip" that are posted in the Camino Francés section. They should keep you busy for a few hours while you resist the temptation to re-weigh everything and re-pack!

Thankyou!

 

[davejsy]

St Anton, which for me was the most magical stay/night of my whole Camino.

+1 for Eunate also. It's beautiful, spellbinding and mesmerising, and only a short detour.

Go. Walk. Expect nothing, but believe in everything and let it unfold around you as you put one foot in front of the other on this serendipitous path.

 

[Dani7]

The San Juan Bautista donativo in Granon. An amazing « human » experience to be had.

 

[CaminoPhotos]

Hello and appologies if this has already been asked.

I've got 35 days until I leave home on route via Paris to SJPD. My bags packed and if I check it anymore I'll go mad! Lol

I've read, like all of you, everything I can about the Camino Frances and wondered if any of you experienced pilgrims can mention any special places that shouldn't be missed, even if they are slightly off route by a few miles.

As I sit here, I've allowed myself 50 days to get the most out of my Camino, and want to experience as much as possible, from SJPD though to Santiago and onto Finestairre.

Thank you in anticipation. I depart SJPD on the 10th April, so fingers crossed and Buen Camino to my fellow pilgrims.

Walking into Castrojeriz. You have the monastery ruins which are worth looking around. And in Castrojeriz, the walk up to the castle is amazing, and yet most people pass it by. You can look around the ruins, and climb to the top to get 360 degree views. Incredible, one of the best experiences of the entire Frances IMO. Buen Camino

 

[DoughnutANZ]

The museum of human evolution in Burgos, humbling and gave me a real sense just how long humans have lived, loved and developed in Spain.

Museo de la Evolución Humana

El Museo de la evolución humana, también conocido por sus siglas MEH, está situado en la ciudad española de Burgos y ha sido diseñado por el arquitecto Juan Navarro Baldeweg. En el solar sobre el que se edificó estuvo en siglos pasados el desaparecido convento de San Pablo de Burgos, de la orden...

www.museoevolucionhumana.com

The Gaudi museum in León, I was amazed at the attention to detail of this innovative architect.

🥇 Museo Gaudí - Museo Casa Botines Gaudí en León

El museo de Antonio Gaudí más grande del mundo en León. Visita exposiciones temporales y permanentes. Disfruta de nuestras actividades o recrea la historia.

www.casabotines.es

While in León don't miss the famous pastries at Panaderia La Masera-Confiteria Asturias,

Panadería La Masera-Confitería Asturias · Av. República Argentina, 8, 24004 León, Spain

★★★★★ · Bakery

maps.app.goo.gl

 

[Maurice Frank]

The Silent House in Castrojeriz. It is on the Camino on the right. Sorry I don't know the address. Look for an information sheet posted on the outside near the door.

 

[Jodean]

Saint Nikolas, a donativo about 11km past Castrojeriz. Go to sleep by candle light. Simply a wonderful experience.
The Parochial in Zabaldika is fantastic.
Church ruins outside of Zubiri that are being restored by a passionate man. Spend some time chatting with him and leave a donation.
The church in Navarete. For 1€, you can watch the entire front of the church explode into shiny goldness.

 

[G_the_D]

The Castro in Burgos, pinxtos in Pamplona (and everywhere else). Please tour as many cathedrals as possible but do not miss the cathedral in Leon. It is breathtaking.
If it fits your schedule, a stop in San Bol is a wonderful experience.

Buen Camino,

Gord

 

[DreamWeaver]

The Silent House in Castrojeriz. It is on the Camino on the right. Sorry I don't know the address. Look for an information sheet posted on the outside near the door.

Espacio Interior
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/niacamino

 

[Nelle]

In addition to what’s already been mentioned:
- Monastery at Samos
- Riding a horse from Las Herrerias to O Cebreiro with Victor of Al Paso Stables
- the singing Nuns of Carrion de los Condes
- Portico de Gloria at the Cathedral — you need to book a free visit online no more than 7 days in advance. You can no longer take photos and you can’t touch it - but it is stunning.

Enjoy— you can’t go wrong. Buen Camino.

 

[Luap]

I’m with Nelle. Try to make time for the Benedictine Monastery at Samos. Please check it’s open before you go and read it’s history. The Benedictines know only too well where to establish their communities and Samos does not disappoint. Walking round that final hill and seeing the monastery before you is breathtaking.
Go with the flow, follow your heart and listen to your heart along the way.
Disfruta! Buen camino. X

 

[mattythedog]

Espacio Interior
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/niacamino

There is another one: The House of Silence, built by Mau. On the right of the Camino about 2 houses past the rustic path to the castle.

 

[Saint Mike II]

Hola, my two favourite places: the church at Los Arcoss and in the first instance the great Burgos Cathedral.

 

[Vancouver Rose]

Loved all the huge old books in the library at Museo de San Isodoro, in Leon. A bible there is more than 1,000 years old! And there's a challis there that is believed to be "proven" by a research team, to be the one that Christ drank from at the last supper.

And the murals all along the Camino both in, and outside of, the Cities, are gorgeous! Favourites included "The Great Thinkers" mural (Einstein, Ghandi, & ML King, Jr.) in Rabe de las Calzadasa, a wall of murals on a street in Cacabelos, and Murals on a variety of buildings in Belorado, including one with Winnie-the-Pooh, and the Spanish version of You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think which came at a time when I really needed to believe it.

 

[Richard Smith]

Castro de Castromaior
Remains of Stone Age fortified settlement, about 200m off the camino

and the Library in the castle in Ponferrada

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

The already mentioned Romanesque church in Eunate and the Royal Pantheon (called The Sistine Chapel of Romanesque Art) in the museum attached to the Basilica de San Isadoro in León.

 

[Peregrinopaul]

Allow some time to walk up to the castle in Castrojeriz. The views in every direction are iconic.

 

[cathal Ferris]

N Matter what you do you will have to return at some point as there is something else to see I loved the Bull Run in Pamplona the Monastary after the walk om the Pyreenees and getting woke to music playing guitarists in the morning the village of Astorga brass band and dressed like something out of chitty chitty bang bang The park on the outskirts of Santiago enjoy and remember to look back ob=ver those view points you just climbed Buen Camino

 

[bullingtonce]

Hello and appologies if this has already been asked.

I've got 35 days until I leave home on route via Paris to SJPD. My bags packed and if I check it anymore I'll go mad! Lol

I've read, like all of you, everything I can about the Camino Frances and wondered if any of you experienced pilgrims can mention any special places that shouldn't be missed, even if they are slightly off route by a few miles.

As I sit here, I've allowed myself 50 days to get the most out of my Camino, and want to experience as much as possible, from SJPD though to Santiago and onto Finestairre.

Thank you in anticipation. I depart SJPD on the 10th April, so fingers crossed and Buen Camino to my fellow pilgrims.

Your inward self.

 

[Roland49]

The Monastry in Nájera is worth visiting, too.