Camino Madrid short stages?

[Chito]

I'll be walking the Camino Madrid, beginning in April. Any updated information would be appreciated in terms of accommodation, etc. I am now in my late seventies and would like to walk shorter stages, if possible (under 20k per day).
Thank you,
Joseph (Chito)

 

[MikeJS]

Gronze is a good statring place for info - https://www.gronze.com/camino-santiago-madrid

However, I think getting stages of under 20k may be a challenge. Especially the stage from Ceredilla-Segovia as that is a tough 30k stretch.

There are some alternatives but others with better knowledge of the other routes should be able to assist more than me.

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[Chito]

Gronze is a good statring place for info - https://www.gronze.com/camino-santiago-madrid

However, I think getting stages of under 20k may be a challenge. Especially the stage from Ceredilla-Segovia as that is a tough 30k stretch.

There are some alternatives but others with better knowledge of the other routes should be able to assist more than me.

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Thanks.

 

[Pelegrin]

The only alternative ( walking) is to take a bus from Cercedilla to Puerto de Navacerrada ( 1828 mts] and walk from there to Puerto de la Fuenfria ( 1790 mts). Is an one hour and a half walk not difficult but I don' t dare to recommend to people who don' t know Sierra de Madrid.

 

[David Tallan]

Gronze is a good statring place for info - https://www.gronze.com/camino-santiago-madrid

However, I think getting stages of under 20k may be a challenge. Especially the stage from Ceredilla-Segovia as that is a tough 30k stretch.

There are some alternatives but others with better knowledge of the other routes should be able to assist more than me.

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To shorten that stage, I stopped at one of the Youth Hostels shortly after Cercedilla and took a detour to La Granja de San Ildefonso, where I spent the night before continuing to Segovia. But even so, it may have been a bit above 20 km.

I found Ray and Rosa (who have a website with Camino guides and run a wonderful little acogida in Manzanares el Real) the best source for current information on the Camino de Madrid.

 

[Donna Sch]

I'm planning a short stage CM too so if someone can tell me if this is accurate:
Navacerrada - hotels;
Cercedilla approx 6km, lots of accom options;
Las Dehesas-Cercedilla approx 4 km, has a youth hostel and a CR;
Puerto de la Fuenfria ;
Valsain 19 km from Las Dehesas. Accom : OYO Casa Rural La Chata;
La Pradera de Navalhorno 1 km, Accom La Querencia de Valsaín Country House;
La Granja de San Ildefonso 3km lots of accom options;
Quitapesares 5 km, hostal;
Segovia 8km

 

[Laurie Sanantone]

Chito, here are my stages and distances for last year’s Madrid (miles, not km). I hope you can make sense of it. I was happy with these stages. I know it shows 15 miles from Penaflor to Medina, but it really didn’t feel like that — not much in the way of elevation changes, I guess. Buen camino to you, I hope you love this path as much as I did.

 

[Chito]

Thank you.