Tarmac percentages on the VdlP

[Moniq]

Hi all, I have difficult feet and found two pairs that I like, one is more road oriented the other more trail with more agressive lugs. Can any give me a tough guess what percentage of the VdlP/Sanabres is tarmac or pavement?

 

[Josefus]

Roughly estimated: 50%

 

[Donna Sch]

There is very little road where you cannot walk off to the side on real dirt. I'd get the trail version of the shoes.

 

[Robo]

I have only walked from Sevilla to Astorga on the VdlP, so cannot comment on the Sanabres section to Santiago. But it "seems" a lot less tarmac that the Frances for example.

One of the aspects I loved on the VdlP was the walking surfaces.

Lots of graded dirt/fine gravel country roads and farm tracks.

As for shoes and "lugs", not as a recommendation as it's very personal choice, but I wore Hoka Stinson ATR6 and they worked well on that route.