Looking for a guide - Ruta del Mar

[JZA]

The route seems a little vague to me so I have been trying to stitch it together and need help. The only English guide book I can find in 2019 vintage which isn’t much use.
Accomadation is another question. There seems to be a reasonable amount but I suspect it will be full in the Spanish holiday season so some insight on that please.

 

[heyerdahl888]

I'll walk Del Mar this summer. Yes, it's pretty hard to get informations, I informed from foruma, mostly Here, do a search.
Author of book posted gps tracks for all etapes and also will combine it with routhes on wikiloc.
Accomodation is big problem, there is only one albergue on the way. I reservated all accomodations in February, suggesting you to reservate it on time.

 

[Tincatinker]

The Cicerone guide authored by our own @Dave will get you there and back again. Despite its reputation that coast doesn’t move much. Accommodations and bar opening times may have changed but if you want a wild adventure then you’ll need to adventure now and again.

 

[Dave]

I think mine is still the only option. And yeah, I wish we could do an update--there just isn't the demand for the Mar yet to justify reprints. But, I have revisited the Mar and posted news here:

News and Notes from the Mar – Dave Whitson's Home Page

davewhitson.com

I track accommodations here (scroll down for the Mar):

Camino Inglés & Mar Accommodations 2024

Inglés/Mar Accomms Camino Inglés & Mar Accommodations,Updates to The Camino Inglés and Ruta do Mar by Dave Whitson and Laura Perazzoli -- Available from<a href="https://www.santiagodecompostela.me/products/cicerone-the-camino-ingles-and-ruta-do-mar-w-free-passport"> Casa Iva</a>r /<a href="https...

docs.google.com

Dave

 

[moberschmidt]

Many thanks Dave. I will be walking CDM beginning and late August and appreciate the book and the updates

 

[Magwood]

I walked the Ruta do Mar back in 2016 and plenty may have changed since then. But it might be useful to take a look at my blog (starting on day 24) where I posted daily re accommodation, scenery, tracks etc with lots of photos. I absolutely loved the route and gave myself a few ‘interesting’ adventures!

 

[Tia Valeria]

The route seems a little vague to me so I have been trying to stitch it together and need help. The only English guide book I can find in 2019 vintage which isn’t much use.
Accomadation is another question. There seems to be a reasonable amount but I suspect it will be full in the Spanish holiday season so some insight on that please.

Several of us have 'pioneered' this route around 2015/16 (Camino 2015 - June - July posts) and @Dave and his co-author have written an excellent guide. Yes it does date from 2019 but there are updates - many on this forum and added by @Dave . I see he has a link also to updates on his own website. Accommodation will be a challenge in some places and has improved in others. We booked before leaving home. Research both on the forum and in the various blogs should help you, and if you like maps then the various Mapas Militar for the area are good. However a photocopy of the needed pieces of each (or cut them up) is a good idea as there are 6 or 7 in total! We bought ours from 'The Map Shop' in Upton-on-Seven (2015) and they could be ordered on-line.
Enjoy the research and it would be good if you let @Dave know any updates and also post them on the forum. It only remains to say
Buen Camino

 

[pilgrimjim]

I'll walk Del Mar this summer. Yes, it's pretty hard to get informations, I informed from foruma, mostly Here, do a search.
Author of book posted gps tracks for all etapes and also will combine it with routhes on wikiloc.
Accomodation is big problem, there is only one albergue on the way. I reservated all accomodations in February, suggesting you to reservate it on time.

I walked this wonderful path in 2022. Buen Camino

 

[krystianw]

I know this isn't exactly what you're asking for, but I've found Sara Dhooma's videos useful for some less-documented routes. Here's her vlog for the Camino del Mar: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkWTKtiUr2pf0LwKZvqI7PWPlTAhMMw-4

 

[heyerdahl888]

After walked it I can consider it's most beautiful Camino yet for me and walked Portuguese, Norte, Primitivo and Ingles. Unreal views by the coast.

 

[Dave]

After walked it I can consider it's most beautiful Camino yet for me and walked Portuguese, Norte, Primitivo and Ingles. Unreal views by the coast.

It's easy to focus on what the Mar doesn't have--albergues, pilgrims, super-consistent waymarks (though they're much better these days!)--but what it does have, it has in glorious abundance. Glad you enjoyed it!

 

[pilgrimjim]

After walked it I can consider it's most beautiful Camino yet for me and walked Portuguese, Norte, Primitivo and Ingles. Unreal views by the coast.

Had only walked the Frances from Foncebadon before walking the DM in the fall of 2022. Couldn’t agree more about the inspiring nature of the walk, the challenge of walking something “new”, and the majesty of the coast. Glad you discovered its wonder!