CF Live Leon to Astorga advice needed

[MARSKA]

Can anyone recommend an itinerary for Leon to Astorga with a maximum of 25km per day (preferably closer to 20)?
I made it Leon today and plan to spend 2 nights. I am planning my route to Astorga and am having a tough time figuring out where to stay keeping KM's under 25. Ideas?
I have joined 3 other solo women along the Camino and we rented a very nice 2 bedroom apartment in Leon for the next 2 nights. I love the people I'm meeting - beautiful every one!

 

[Tincatinker]

@MARSKA, amiga, you've been on Camino for some days now. Some of the lovliest members of this forum have thrown you advice and directions, encouragement and some indicators to more efficient resources than this blessed forum. You are now, today, and without any doubt, an experienced peregrina. Go on, look at Gronze and whichever App you've gone for and amaze yourself by working it out yourself.

10 minutes with a guidebook, App, or dear old Gronze will open the entire Camino world to you if you could but trust yourself to take that next big step. No one, on here, has a better resolution than you! You can guide yourself all the way to Santiago. You can do this. While it's always comforting to have peer group agreement, consensus, approval even: Camino is the magical, out-of-order, border-land where we all discover the absolutely amazing things we can do, all for ourselves. Or it's a self-guided, concierged trip to a single destination. No discoveries other than that it has ended

Go @MARSKA, go Camino

 

[SabsP]

Can anyone recommend an itinerary for Leon to Astorga with a maximum of 25km per day (preferably closer to 20)?
I made it Leon today and plan to spend 2 nights. I am planning my route to Astorga and am having a tough time figuring out where to stay keeping KM's under 25. Ideas?
I have joined 3 other solo women along the Camino and we rented a very nice 2 bedroom apartment in Leon for the next 2 nights. I love the people I'm meeting - beautiful every one!

See this tool.

Planificador - Camino de Santiago - Godesalco.com

Perfiles altitudinales, planificación de etapas y archivos GPS para el Camino de Santiago.

godesalco.com

 

[woody66]

Hi MARSKA!
I walked the Villar de Mazarife variant from Leon start of September !
Here on Gronze.
Day one

León - Villar de Mazarife | Camino Francés | Gronze.com

A la salida de La Virgen del Camino hemos de elegir entre el camino histórico, por Villadangos del Páramo, o la variante por Villar de Mazarife, 4,2 km más larga. En Gronze creemos que es mejor optar por Villar de Mazarife, pues nos aleja de la carretera nacional y de áreas residenciales e...

www.gronze.com

Day two.

Villar de Mazarife - Astorga | Camino Francés | Gronze.com

Hasta Hospital de Órbigo la etapa sigue la misma pauta que la de ayer; luego, tras interminables días de llanura, caminamos por fin por un terreno algo más ondulado. Nada comparado con lo que nos espera. En la bonita Astorga, la Asturica Augusta romana, podremos admirar la catedral y el Palacio...

www.gronze.com

On day one here. (Valdoncina oncina small village 11 or 12 km from Leon)
in this hotel

Domus Oncinae Fabia C/Real, 7, 24391 Oncina de la Valdoncina, Spain +34 606 803 957​

Wonderful host!
On day two here in ( Villavante 20km from Domus Oncinae Fabia)

Galochas Mill Rural House Villavante Leon CP 24393 SPAIn +34 987 388 546​

Both were excellent stays the mill and Mercedes the owner were wonderful!
Villavante to Astorga day three 20km
Hope this helps
Woody

 

[C clearly]

Hi Marska! There are several in -between options, so you just to make the decision! It will surely be the right one . The left route through Mazarife is nicer, in my opinion.

 

[trecile]

What @woody66 said.

Or divide it into three days.

 

[CWBuff]

Villar de Mazarife is my suggestion as well
Then go to Hospital de Orbido and stay with Arturo at albergue San Miguel
After that it's a short hop to Astorga

That said, I wholeheartedly agree with @Tincatinker Trust yourself YOU CAN DO IT!!!
Case to point - I'm sure nobody on this Forum told you to get friendly with 4 other dolo Peregrinas and rent a 2BR apt, right?
You did it all by your (not so lonesome) self
GO @MARSKA BUEN CAMINO

 

[linkster]

@MARSKA Try this site. Just click on the León radio button and see what lines up around 20km.

Planificador - Camino de Santiago - Godesalco.com

Perfiles altitudinales, planificación de etapas y archivos GPS para el Camino de Santiago.

godesalco.com

Then take a loon on gronze.com (Google Chrome will translate for you).

¡Suerte!

 

[linkster]

I have walked to Villar de Mazarife and San Martin del Camino. The walk to Villa de Mazarife was nicer. The walk to San Marin de Camino was mostly along the road. I did have one of the best pilgrim meals in San Martin del Camino at Albergue Vieira.

 

[J Willhaus]

If left, call ahead to make sure there is an open place in Villa de Manzarife first. It is less supported option.

 

[MARSKA]

Thanks everyone! We put our heads together last night and could only come up with a route that had a 30km day so I (we)appreciate the suggestion of Leon to Villar to Hospital. Makes for 1 very short day but I think it is preferable to 1 very long day.
Gracias!

 

[MARSKA]

If left, call ahead to make sure there is an open place in Villa de Manzarife first. It is less supported option.

Yes, will do. I appreciate the heads-up up!

 

[canyonhiker]

Yes, will do. I appreciate the heads-up up!

Bus from Leon to Virgen del Camino (about 8km) Walk to Villavante, next day to Astorga both about 20km days. If you stay at Molina Galoches (we loved it) it is cash only.

 

[C clearly]

We put our heads together last night and could only come up with a route that had a 30km day

I am puzzled. What resources are you using? On Gronze, the Leon-Mazarife-Astorga stage shows as 31 km, but it actually has about 20 albergues and lodgings spread out in 6 villages along the 31 km.

I expect that any decent guide book or app would have most of the same information.

 

[Richard Smith]

Leon to Villar de Mazarife, was day 28 for us and took 5.5 hours including cafe stops to walk 22 km.
The other lines follow same pattern.

 

[linkster]

Here is a bit of a short cut at the end of the day walking into Astorga.

Astorga - Peregrino Torture Tower Detour