Bad Pilgrim
Veteran Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Yes
This is one of the stages where I felt the most isolated from civilization. (But the worst one is yet to come.) If there is no people at Navarramiro (the center of the estate), you will be alone for 23 kms. Bring food & water. Since we are at 1000-1200 mtrs altitude, I imagine the weather to be harsh in some seasons. I've seen pictures of Montegaudo in snow: I wouldn't like to be caught in a blizzard in those woods...!
Check your cell phone: mine went on strike for 90 % of that stretch. The connection is bad up there, should you need help.
Hostal Los Palancares: recommended. The owners work in the first bar when you enter Fuentes (on your left at the entrance to town) and the rooms themselves are in another building.
Walking the 40+ kms from Monteagudo to Cuenca is not an impossible feat either. Fuentes would then be half-way to target and (sorry for jumping ahead) the next stage has a bar in La Melgosa (at least in summer). And the part from Fuentes is such easy walking. Yes one would arrive late in Cuenca... But perhaps take the next day as a rest day.
Check your cell phone: mine went on strike for 90 % of that stretch. The connection is bad up there, should you need help.
there's a 'cozy' albergue, a CR, and a couple of pensións
Hostal Los Palancares: recommended. The owners work in the first bar when you enter Fuentes (on your left at the entrance to town) and the rooms themselves are in another building.
Another suggestion for those who like longer stages would be to walk Monteagudo to Melgosa (35 km, very flat), where there is Hotel/ Casa Rural. That makes the next day into Cuenca a short 9 km and would essentially give you a rest day in Cuenca.
Walking the 40+ kms from Monteagudo to Cuenca is not an impossible feat either. Fuentes would then be half-way to target and (sorry for jumping ahead) the next stage has a bar in La Melgosa (at least in summer). And the part from Fuentes is such easy walking. Yes one would arrive late in Cuenca... But perhaps take the next day as a rest day.