- Time of past OR future Camino
- Via Gebennensis (2018)
Via Podiensis (2018)
Voie Nive Bidassoa (2018)
Camino Del Norte (2018)
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This is undoubtedly the best single thread the forum has about the Levante. It includes detailed stages, places to stay, places to visit, places to eat — everything you would ever need to know about the Levante. Undertaken during covid times, the thread benefitted from the contributions of many forum members who have walked the Levante. And it was a lot of fun!
Preamble
My wife and I have just finished walking from Seville to SdC on the VdlP and the Sanabrés. Virtually, as we are currently in confinement in Melbourne (Australia). We were supposed to have finished our Caminho Português earlier this week, and we would be arriving at Fisterra today. Oh well... The Camino will be there when the time comes.
It looks like we're going to stay in confinement for a while longer, and we can't leave the shores of Australia until probably next year. So to keep our dreams alive, we have been looking at other Caminos, and planning 2021, 2022, 2023,...
@peregrina2000 had organised a number of Zoom meetings to showcase the Camino Mozárabe, the Invierno, the Olvidado, and the Levante. She's amazing, and has a wealth of information! During those meetings, I showed some enthusiasm, and as I arrived on the Praza do Obradoiro, @peregrina2000 was there, and suggested I walk the Levante. She didn't have to ask me twice!
On this Camino, my wife Rachel and I will be walking together, at our own pace. We know/hope we will be accompanied by a number of other pilgrims, @Albertagirl , who will be walking in real life when she can, @peregrina2000 , @C clearly , @KinkyOne (who has a great resource about this Camino on this forum), hopefully @JLWV (who is a member of the Asociación Amigos del Camino de Santiago Comunidad Valenciana, and who shared lots of info during the Zoom meeting - I should have taken more notes! ), @OzAnnie who wants to finish this Camino, and anyone else who has walked this Camino or who would like to walk it.
I'll acknowledge my sources here: @peregrina2000 's pilgrimage in 2013, @KinkyOne 's resource on distances and accommodation, and @JLWV 's accommodation list. I'm also getting information from the Amigos website, as well as information that @C clearly sent me.
Day 0: València
For us, it will probably be Day -5 to Day 0, as we would spend some time looking around València. I might download the Visit València app from the official tourism website to get my bearings. It looks like there's plenty to see! We will, of course, go to the office of the Amigos to get information about the Camino. I understand we can get a special credencial there.
@peregrina2000 stayed at the Pension París, which is now known as the Casa del Patriarca. It's fairly central in the Ciutat Vella, and about a 10 minute walk to the cathedral where we will be able to get a sello. And it's only 5 minutes away from the church of San Juan del Hospital, where, on the eve of our departure, we will go to receive the Blessing of the Pilgrim at the end of mass at 7pm.
An alternative place to stay is the Youth Hostel Center Valencia, which is also close to the cathedral. There are also many other places to stay, even a Parador!
Tomorrow we start walking. We favour stages up to about 20km per day. Not that we are lazy, but we are both in our 60's, Rachel has had cancer and although she starts the day often stronger than I do, she gets tired by early afternoon, as a result of her treatment and medication. No lullaby needed when she goes to bed! So looking ahead, we will walk to Silla.
I will be posting every 2nd day or so, to give readers the time to make comments. When we will be taking rest days, which we will, knowing there are so many little towns that are worth seeing, I will post the rest day at the same time as the day to that town.
¡Buen Camino!
This is undoubtedly the best single thread the forum has about the Levante. It includes detailed stages, places to stay, places to visit, places to eat — everything you would ever need to know about the Levante. Undertaken during covid times, the thread benefitted from the contributions of many forum members who have walked the Levante. And it was a lot of fun!
Preamble
My wife and I have just finished walking from Seville to SdC on the VdlP and the Sanabrés. Virtually, as we are currently in confinement in Melbourne (Australia). We were supposed to have finished our Caminho Português earlier this week, and we would be arriving at Fisterra today. Oh well... The Camino will be there when the time comes.
It looks like we're going to stay in confinement for a while longer, and we can't leave the shores of Australia until probably next year. So to keep our dreams alive, we have been looking at other Caminos, and planning 2021, 2022, 2023,...
@peregrina2000 had organised a number of Zoom meetings to showcase the Camino Mozárabe, the Invierno, the Olvidado, and the Levante. She's amazing, and has a wealth of information! During those meetings, I showed some enthusiasm, and as I arrived on the Praza do Obradoiro, @peregrina2000 was there, and suggested I walk the Levante. She didn't have to ask me twice!
On this Camino, my wife Rachel and I will be walking together, at our own pace. We know/hope we will be accompanied by a number of other pilgrims, @Albertagirl , who will be walking in real life when she can, @peregrina2000 , @C clearly , @KinkyOne (who has a great resource about this Camino on this forum), hopefully @JLWV (who is a member of the Asociación Amigos del Camino de Santiago Comunidad Valenciana, and who shared lots of info during the Zoom meeting - I should have taken more notes! ), @OzAnnie who wants to finish this Camino, and anyone else who has walked this Camino or who would like to walk it.
I'll acknowledge my sources here: @peregrina2000 's pilgrimage in 2013, @KinkyOne 's resource on distances and accommodation, and @JLWV 's accommodation list. I'm also getting information from the Amigos website, as well as information that @C clearly sent me.
Day 0: València
For us, it will probably be Day -5 to Day 0, as we would spend some time looking around València. I might download the Visit València app from the official tourism website to get my bearings. It looks like there's plenty to see! We will, of course, go to the office of the Amigos to get information about the Camino. I understand we can get a special credencial there.
@peregrina2000 stayed at the Pension París, which is now known as the Casa del Patriarca. It's fairly central in the Ciutat Vella, and about a 10 minute walk to the cathedral where we will be able to get a sello. And it's only 5 minutes away from the church of San Juan del Hospital, where, on the eve of our departure, we will go to receive the Blessing of the Pilgrim at the end of mass at 7pm.
An alternative place to stay is the Youth Hostel Center Valencia, which is also close to the cathedral. There are also many other places to stay, even a Parador!
Tomorrow we start walking. We favour stages up to about 20km per day. Not that we are lazy, but we are both in our 60's, Rachel has had cancer and although she starts the day often stronger than I do, she gets tired by early afternoon, as a result of her treatment and medication. No lullaby needed when she goes to bed! So looking ahead, we will walk to Silla.
I will be posting every 2nd day or so, to give readers the time to make comments. When we will be taking rest days, which we will, knowing there are so many little towns that are worth seeing, I will post the rest day at the same time as the day to that town.
¡Buen Camino!
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