anniethenurse
Veteran Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino Frances.Vasco del Interior.Camino Finisterre& Muxia. Camino Portugues. Ruta del Ebro.
A route less walked indeed! I saw the first other peregrinos before La Puebla during my 7th day - the three women from Pays Vasco on their annual camino during the Easter Week! Coming to Santo Domingo de la Calzada was chocking - SO many pilgrims! But I got used to it pretty soon.
Stages
March 30 Irun - Oiartzun 10 km
March 31 Oiartzun - Andoain 25 km
April 1 Andoain - beasain 30 km
April 2 Beasain - Zegama 22 km
April 3 Zegama - San Adrian - Urbia - Aranzazu - Oñati 35?? km
April 4 Vitoria - La Puebla de Argazon 22 km
April 5 La puebla de Arganzon - Haro 31 km
April 6 Haro - Santo Domingo de la Calzada 20 km
Walking
Joe has very detailed notes on the walking conditions and hope we will get them soon. -There is always a way to avoid road walking because there are so many alternative routes. I don´t mind road walking so sometimes I just took the easy way. From Hernani to Zegama take the alternative route. The kilometres before Zegama there is a route in a very difficult terrain (didn´t do it). Mainly you are walking through green agricultural areas among cows and horses and locals working on the fields.
Albergues/Pensiones/Hotels
1 ) Irun Hotel Aitana €49 single room. Albergue de Peregrinos opened April1. Bars and restaurants, tiendas.
2 ) Oiarzun Pension €50 double room. Tel 658 931 891. Bars and restaurants, tiendas.
3 ) Andoain. Hospital del Pereginos. Donativo. No hospitalero. Note on the door how to get the key. Plenty of hot water (turn on). No kitchen. Clean, comfortable beds. Found three heaters that kept us warm. Lots of traffic outside. Many restaurants, bras, tiendas.
4 ) Beasain. Albergue. Donativo. Hospitalero Jose! Hot water. Clean, comfortable beds. Quiet location in the far end of the city. Many restaurants, bars, tiendas.
5 ) Zegama. Pension a suite + dinner €30 each. Very comfortable with heating. There is an albergue¨ in Beasain in a sportshall without hot water and very basic but FREE. You pick up the keys at the tourist info.
6 ) Vitoria- gasteiz. Hotel Dato 28. €36 single room. Clean, comfortable, heating, hot water, tv etc...Restaurants, bras, tiendas. Close to the camino. There is an albergue juvenil in Vitoria €22 and you have to buy sheets.
7 ) La Puebla de Arganzon. Casa de Peregrinos.Donativo. No hospitalero. Call before and warn that you are coming. When I reached the bar and asked for the albergue they knew Annie from Sweden was coming. My co-peregrinas from Pays Vasco had informed them. Kitchen. Hot water. Beds OK. One heater from room to room. It was Easter week Thursday and the first time other peregrinas: three women from Pays Vasco and 6 from Malaga on their yearly walk.
8 ) Haro. Albergue de Peregrinos de Haro. No hospitalero. Hard to find so the Municipal Police drove me there. instructions on the gate, you have to make a telphone call and somebody comes and registeres you and lets you in. The same 10 peregrinas as company.
Weather
The 4 first days were sunny and warm. The fifth day on the San Adrian was foggy, rainy, misty with no sight. We got lost on the mountains. To make a long story short we made it down to a village - no idea where we were and had to walk another 10 km to Oñati to the bus stop to take us Vitoria.I continued walking from Vitoria but Joe took a taxi one step back to walk the etapa we missed. The last three days were more rainy and before Santo Domingo a thunderstrom with heavy rain and it was hailing. too.
Other pilgrims
We didn´t see hardly any other pilgrims. Due to Easter week some pilgrims from Spain during two nights. There is hardly nowhere sellos if you would like to collect some. No pilgrim´s menu but the food was delicious. A route less travelled.
Guides
1) The on-line guide by CSJ http://www.csj.org.uk/guides-online.htm donativo - detailed and very usable.
2) http://tourism.euskadi.net/contenidos/i ... INGLES.pdf I got this one when I walked to the albergue in Irun and it is in Spanish with nice elevation chatrs and maps foer the Northern Routes.
3) http://www.guides-cheminsdecompostelle. ... rian-1.htm in French and if you know French a very good guide book.
4) http://caminodesantiago.consumer.es/los ... ago/vasco/
The seventh day you have to make you choice between Santo Domingo de la Calzada or Burgos. The parting of the ways is just after Estavillo. http://www.mundicamino.com/rutas.cfm?id=59 http://www.caminosantiagoviadebayona.com/
I hope some of you decides to walk this wonderful route in the agricultural and green Pays Vasco.
annie
Stages
March 30 Irun - Oiartzun 10 km
March 31 Oiartzun - Andoain 25 km
April 1 Andoain - beasain 30 km
April 2 Beasain - Zegama 22 km
April 3 Zegama - San Adrian - Urbia - Aranzazu - Oñati 35?? km
April 4 Vitoria - La Puebla de Argazon 22 km
April 5 La puebla de Arganzon - Haro 31 km
April 6 Haro - Santo Domingo de la Calzada 20 km
Walking
Joe has very detailed notes on the walking conditions and hope we will get them soon. -There is always a way to avoid road walking because there are so many alternative routes. I don´t mind road walking so sometimes I just took the easy way. From Hernani to Zegama take the alternative route. The kilometres before Zegama there is a route in a very difficult terrain (didn´t do it). Mainly you are walking through green agricultural areas among cows and horses and locals working on the fields.
Albergues/Pensiones/Hotels
1 ) Irun Hotel Aitana €49 single room. Albergue de Peregrinos opened April1. Bars and restaurants, tiendas.
2 ) Oiarzun Pension €50 double room. Tel 658 931 891. Bars and restaurants, tiendas.
3 ) Andoain. Hospital del Pereginos. Donativo. No hospitalero. Note on the door how to get the key. Plenty of hot water (turn on). No kitchen. Clean, comfortable beds. Found three heaters that kept us warm. Lots of traffic outside. Many restaurants, bras, tiendas.
4 ) Beasain. Albergue. Donativo. Hospitalero Jose! Hot water. Clean, comfortable beds. Quiet location in the far end of the city. Many restaurants, bars, tiendas.
5 ) Zegama. Pension a suite + dinner €30 each. Very comfortable with heating. There is an albergue¨ in Beasain in a sportshall without hot water and very basic but FREE. You pick up the keys at the tourist info.
6 ) Vitoria- gasteiz. Hotel Dato 28. €36 single room. Clean, comfortable, heating, hot water, tv etc...Restaurants, bras, tiendas. Close to the camino. There is an albergue juvenil in Vitoria €22 and you have to buy sheets.
7 ) La Puebla de Arganzon. Casa de Peregrinos.Donativo. No hospitalero. Call before and warn that you are coming. When I reached the bar and asked for the albergue they knew Annie from Sweden was coming. My co-peregrinas from Pays Vasco had informed them. Kitchen. Hot water. Beds OK. One heater from room to room. It was Easter week Thursday and the first time other peregrinas: three women from Pays Vasco and 6 from Malaga on their yearly walk.
8 ) Haro. Albergue de Peregrinos de Haro. No hospitalero. Hard to find so the Municipal Police drove me there. instructions on the gate, you have to make a telphone call and somebody comes and registeres you and lets you in. The same 10 peregrinas as company.
Weather
The 4 first days were sunny and warm. The fifth day on the San Adrian was foggy, rainy, misty with no sight. We got lost on the mountains. To make a long story short we made it down to a village - no idea where we were and had to walk another 10 km to Oñati to the bus stop to take us Vitoria.I continued walking from Vitoria but Joe took a taxi one step back to walk the etapa we missed. The last three days were more rainy and before Santo Domingo a thunderstrom with heavy rain and it was hailing. too.
Other pilgrims
We didn´t see hardly any other pilgrims. Due to Easter week some pilgrims from Spain during two nights. There is hardly nowhere sellos if you would like to collect some. No pilgrim´s menu but the food was delicious. A route less travelled.
Guides
1) The on-line guide by CSJ http://www.csj.org.uk/guides-online.htm donativo - detailed and very usable.
2) http://tourism.euskadi.net/contenidos/i ... INGLES.pdf I got this one when I walked to the albergue in Irun and it is in Spanish with nice elevation chatrs and maps foer the Northern Routes.
3) http://www.guides-cheminsdecompostelle. ... rian-1.htm in French and if you know French a very good guide book.
4) http://caminodesantiago.consumer.es/los ... ago/vasco/
The seventh day you have to make you choice between Santo Domingo de la Calzada or Burgos. The parting of the ways is just after Estavillo. http://www.mundicamino.com/rutas.cfm?id=59 http://www.caminosantiagoviadebayona.com/
I hope some of you decides to walk this wonderful route in the agricultural and green Pays Vasco.
annie
