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  1. Rick of Rick and Peg

    Tips for Tackling O Cebreiro Hill During Your Camino Walk

    ...Pradela variant route are the same. A link to a Google Map centered on the bridge is given below. I would give instructions to get on the Dragonte route by saying that immediately after you cross the bridge exiting Villafranca take the leftmost road at the fork (ignore the rightmost road...
  2. RuiCarneiro

    Tips for Tackling O Cebreiro Hill During Your Camino Walk

    ...Villafranca del Bierzo, and goes steeply to the right ridge and then goes down to Trabadelo where it reconnects with the main path; 2- the Dragonte's Route (which I did last year), going left before the bridge and then steeply to Dragonte village followed by constant up and down hill all day...
  3. Niels

    Off road caminos

    You may walk from Villafranca to O'Cebreiro via Ruta Dragonte. Most people would get off that and continue on CF Las Herrerias. Alternatively, you may walk from Villafranca via Paradela to the outskirts of Trabadelo. After O'Cebreiro, you're stuck on asphalt most of the time.
  4. L

    Thanks and just one more question re alternative routes

    Thanks. I have quite dodgy knees that sometimes flare up after challenging terrain and so feel that I don’t want to risk them when I have so far to go before we reach Santiago. However if we ever do another Camino we will probably make it shorter maybe starting from Leon and then I would love to...
  5. lindam

    Thanks and just one more question re alternative routes

    Depending upon how energetic and fit you are feeling, I can highly recommend the Dragonte route as one of the options leaving from Villafranca del Bierzo. It is a challenging day's detour from the main route but remains as one of my all time favourite days while walking various routes with its...
  6. tpmchugh

    App for Iphone with GPS

    ...on the Frances. I met people who walked with nothing more than leaflets given them at St Jean. I know people who braver than I, walked the Dragonte variant without GPS and that is one extremely badly marked route. The only people I noticed getting lost were two friends so deep in conversation...
  7. pasiño a pasiño

    Out of Villafranca

    Hola, i walked the alternative "Dragonte" in 2016, after we got lost short after the first climb, we walked together and had a super exhausting day but what a beautiful scenery, stunning nature. I think we came down to Las Herrerias...highly recommended only with experiences and enough food!
  8. C clearly

    Exploring Route Variants on the Camino Frances: Natural and Historical Highlights

    I admit that I didn't check the spelling when @David Tallan pointed out how I had spelled it - I was lazy and assumed he had checked. I wonder where the name came from. Thanks for the correction!
  9. Camino Chrissy

    Exploring Route Variants on the Camino Frances: Natural and Historical Highlights

    So then my preferred spelling is correct after all.🙂
  10. trecile

    Exploring Route Variants on the Camino Frances: Natural and Historical Highlights

    I call it Ruta Dragonte because it's the correct spelling. 😉 https://trekopedia.com/new-guide-ruta-dragonte-on-the-camino-frances/
  11. VNwalking

    Exploring Route Variants on the Camino Frances: Natural and Historical Highlights

    ...nicer. Again, the longer route off the main road is what most take. Very pleasant. Absolutely: And yes, have a look at Pradela. The Dragonte is strenuous and very adventurous, so I haven't tried it. There is also a way at Najera that takes you to Yuso/Suso. I didn't go that way but it got...
  12. Camino Chrissy

    Exploring Route Variants on the Camino Frances: Natural and Historical Highlights

    I used to call it the Dragonte too, and actually prefer that spelling because anyone who has made it up and over that alternative beast has definitely "slayed the dragon"!
  13. isawtman

    Exploring Route Variants on the Camino Frances: Natural and Historical Highlights

    It seems like lots of places in Spain have different spellings. Zaragoza or Saragosa. And then there is Fisterra or Finnisterre.
  14. David Tallan

    Exploring Route Variants on the Camino Frances: Natural and Historical Highlights

    I originally wrote Dragonte, then I saw C Clearly write Dragante and figured I must have been reading too much fantasy lately and misspelled it. So I edited my post to change it to Dragante. I guess I should have trusted myself.
  15. isawtman

    Exploring Route Variants on the Camino Frances: Natural and Historical Highlights

    The Dragonte Route has its own website here: http://trekopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/Trekopedia-Guide-to-the-Ruta-Dragonte-v1.0-May-2018.pdf and it is not listed on Gronze The Fonfria Route is shown on Gronze but it doesn't look that far away from the main route...
  16. David Tallan

    Exploring Route Variants on the Camino Frances: Natural and Historical Highlights

    ...route has you climbing those nearby mountains to the right and walking along them, further from the highway with the accompanying views. The Dragonte is much more of a detour, to the left. It is longer, with less infrastructure. There used to be significant concerns about the route marking...
  17. J

    Scenic route from Villafranca

    There is a girl who walked the Dragonte in the fall of 2019. She vlogged her entire camino. She had no problems at all. She is on youtube as I'll Get There
  18. Camino Chrissy

    Scenic route from Villafranca

    I agree the Dragonte needs to be carefully researched, but I have read on this forum that it has been waymarked much better in the last couple of years, so hopefully no longer getting lost for those who decide to tackle this alternative route.
  19. Kanga

    Scenic route from Villafranca

    ..."conventional route" is much better since the opening of the motorway - I now see the "highway" as a minor road. Anyone considering the Dragonte needs to research it carefully. Experienced pilgrims have gone astray on that route. For anyone interested there is a Facebook group "Friends...
  20. sternenstrasse

    Scenic route from Villafranca

    That route is called "camino duro" and beautiful indeed!

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