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Now that we are now back home in New Zealand, and have caught up on some sleep, we would like to thank Elle, @Elle Bieling , and Rodney, @Rodney Kent , for your help when we decided that we had enough time to walk another pilgrimage route before we flew home from Madrid.
We had just completed three separate camino routes - the Chemin du Piémont Pyrénéen from Lourdes, the Camino Baztan and the Camino Invierno – and wanted to make the most of the few days we had left in Spain. The Caminos Teresianos was perfect for this.
Elle, your guidebook is excellent, as are your route tracks which we uploaded to Organic Maps. Also, thanks for your great email contact, we appreciated your helpfulness. And our thanks to you too Rodney, for answering our queries about the route. As you had walked the Teresianos so few weeks earlier your comments were great to have.
We loved the Caminos Teresianos, loved the vast wide-open vistas – wonderful land and skyscapes as far as we could see. We also loved the solitude that this route gave us.
Our stages were:
Day 1 – Ávila to Gotarrendura, 23 kms. We stopped at Bar El Paso in Cardeñosa for a drink and snack. Andreea at the bar in Gotarrendura was extremely friendly – her excellent English was helpful to us as our Spanish is very limited. Andreea very kindly rang ahead to our next nights stay to let them know we would be there. She also gave us her phone number and said to ring her if we ever needed help, either on this camino or any future camino in Spain. Andreea's husband cooked our evening meal. We had the albergue to ourselves. Donativo.
Day 2 – Gotarrendura to Fontiveros, 25 kms. There were no bars or other services all day. We were very warmly greeted by Ma Jose at the bar, Meson Juan de Yepes, and the meal she served us before we headed off to the albergue was fantastic. Once again, there were no others at the albergue. €10 per person.
Day 3 – Fontiveros to Mancera de Abajo, 27 kms. We stopped at the bar, el Gallo Kiriko, in Narros del Castillo, for drinks and a light meal, and we had the same later in the day in Bar Cielito Lindo in Mancera de Abajo when we picked up the albergue keys. As with the other two nights, we were the only ones in the albergue. Donativo.
Day 4 - Mancera de Abajo to Alba de Tormes, 31 kms. We stopped at the bar, el Montaraz, in Macatera where we had breakfast, and at a supermarket in Garihernandez where we bought a few things for a picnic lunch. Then it was on to Alba de Tormes where we went straight to the Museo Teresiana where we received our final stamps in our credentials and received our andariegas, our completion certificates. We stayed in private accommodation.
Day 5 – Alba de Tormes to Salamanca, 23 kms. This was a bonus day for us, extending our Caminos Teresianos nicely. No services all day.
As I said, we loved this short camino route. Most days were fine, most were very windy, however our final day to Salamanca was wet and windy as well as very cold – we still enjoyed it.
So thanks Elle and Rodney, with your help and information. We had a wonderful camino, one we will always treasure.
Marilyn & Jeff.
We had just completed three separate camino routes - the Chemin du Piémont Pyrénéen from Lourdes, the Camino Baztan and the Camino Invierno – and wanted to make the most of the few days we had left in Spain. The Caminos Teresianos was perfect for this.
Elle, your guidebook is excellent, as are your route tracks which we uploaded to Organic Maps. Also, thanks for your great email contact, we appreciated your helpfulness. And our thanks to you too Rodney, for answering our queries about the route. As you had walked the Teresianos so few weeks earlier your comments were great to have.
We loved the Caminos Teresianos, loved the vast wide-open vistas – wonderful land and skyscapes as far as we could see. We also loved the solitude that this route gave us.
Our stages were:
Day 1 – Ávila to Gotarrendura, 23 kms. We stopped at Bar El Paso in Cardeñosa for a drink and snack. Andreea at the bar in Gotarrendura was extremely friendly – her excellent English was helpful to us as our Spanish is very limited. Andreea very kindly rang ahead to our next nights stay to let them know we would be there. She also gave us her phone number and said to ring her if we ever needed help, either on this camino or any future camino in Spain. Andreea's husband cooked our evening meal. We had the albergue to ourselves. Donativo.
Day 2 – Gotarrendura to Fontiveros, 25 kms. There were no bars or other services all day. We were very warmly greeted by Ma Jose at the bar, Meson Juan de Yepes, and the meal she served us before we headed off to the albergue was fantastic. Once again, there were no others at the albergue. €10 per person.
Day 3 – Fontiveros to Mancera de Abajo, 27 kms. We stopped at the bar, el Gallo Kiriko, in Narros del Castillo, for drinks and a light meal, and we had the same later in the day in Bar Cielito Lindo in Mancera de Abajo when we picked up the albergue keys. As with the other two nights, we were the only ones in the albergue. Donativo.
Day 4 - Mancera de Abajo to Alba de Tormes, 31 kms. We stopped at the bar, el Montaraz, in Macatera where we had breakfast, and at a supermarket in Garihernandez where we bought a few things for a picnic lunch. Then it was on to Alba de Tormes where we went straight to the Museo Teresiana where we received our final stamps in our credentials and received our andariegas, our completion certificates. We stayed in private accommodation.
Day 5 – Alba de Tormes to Salamanca, 23 kms. This was a bonus day for us, extending our Caminos Teresianos nicely. No services all day.
As I said, we loved this short camino route. Most days were fine, most were very windy, however our final day to Salamanca was wet and windy as well as very cold – we still enjoyed it.
So thanks Elle and Rodney, with your help and information. We had a wonderful camino, one we will always treasure.
Marilyn & Jeff.