Anamya
Keeping it simple
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Frances (2015)
Portugues (2017)
Lebaniego (2019)
Hi all
Finally I found some time to write after all the craziness of the last weeks. We just finished the Camino Lebaniego and got back home after the most intense 15 days or our lives (due to camino and non-camino reasons).
Many of you followed my husband situation and recovery here in the forum ( this thread ), and we are thankful for every positive wish. Every day of our walk, we would stop at the churches and make a prayer for everyone who wished us well and helped us on this journey.
In a nutshell, the Lebaniego was very, very tough, and had little to zero facilities at many points. The landscape, however, was mindblowingly beautiful. Given what we went through last week, it was very challenging physically and mentally, even though we were only doing 15-20km days. The trail was never flat, we were always going up and down.
Our stages:
Day 1- San Vicente de La Barquera to Cades (25km)
Day 2 – Cades to Cicera (16km)
Day 3 – Cicera to Potes (19km)
day 4 – Potes to the Monastery of Santo Toribio and back (6km)
Would I recommend this camino? It is quite tough. Probably not for someone who has not done other caminos or other hikes before. But definetly if you are more experienced and can deal with the loneliness and lack of infrastructure, because it is gorgeous. And our arrival in Santo Toribio was on of the most welcoming, beautiful experiences we have ever had, beyond any expectation.
And I was usually walking in front of my husband, because the trail was quite narrow in many places. Every time I looked back, I saw his smile and his expression of awe with magnificent landscapes as a background.
After all we went through, there wasn't a more beautiful view in the universe![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
That said, I will post some comments on what we did each day and my impressions on the trail.
Finally I found some time to write after all the craziness of the last weeks. We just finished the Camino Lebaniego and got back home after the most intense 15 days or our lives (due to camino and non-camino reasons).
Many of you followed my husband situation and recovery here in the forum ( this thread ), and we are thankful for every positive wish. Every day of our walk, we would stop at the churches and make a prayer for everyone who wished us well and helped us on this journey.
In a nutshell, the Lebaniego was very, very tough, and had little to zero facilities at many points. The landscape, however, was mindblowingly beautiful. Given what we went through last week, it was very challenging physically and mentally, even though we were only doing 15-20km days. The trail was never flat, we were always going up and down.
Our stages:
Day 1- San Vicente de La Barquera to Cades (25km)
Day 2 – Cades to Cicera (16km)
Day 3 – Cicera to Potes (19km)
day 4 – Potes to the Monastery of Santo Toribio and back (6km)
Would I recommend this camino? It is quite tough. Probably not for someone who has not done other caminos or other hikes before. But definetly if you are more experienced and can deal with the loneliness and lack of infrastructure, because it is gorgeous. And our arrival in Santo Toribio was on of the most welcoming, beautiful experiences we have ever had, beyond any expectation.
And I was usually walking in front of my husband, because the trail was quite narrow in many places. Every time I looked back, I saw his smile and his expression of awe with magnificent landscapes as a background.
After all we went through, there wasn't a more beautiful view in the universe
That said, I will post some comments on what we did each day and my impressions on the trail.
Last edited: