Yellow arrows to Valladolid

Hi, Roger,

I took a detour to Valladolid when I walked in 2012. What I did was sleep in Puente Duero (great albergue), walk the next morning to Simancas, then hop a bus to the center. I got there very early and spent the night in Valladolid. Then the next afternoon I got back on a bus to Simancas and walked the very few kms to Cigunuela. I did this for two reasons -- first, I had heard from many people that the albergues after Cigunuela were not very nice, not until you hit Castromonte (where I did stay and what an amazing place that is!). Second, I had never visited Valladolid and wanted to see the town -- the way I did it, I had almost a full day the first day, and then a long morning/early afternoon the second day. It worked out great, Valladolid is a very nice city.

If you look at the google maps version of Simancas to Valladolid, you'll see that there is a section that looks like it has to go on the autovia, that there is no road. That doesn't comport with my memory, but in any event, I think it's pretty clear that there's not going to be a nice path with arrows. I would be surprised if there's any signage, but you could probably walk on concrete the whole way.

The other option would be to walk from Puente Duero to Valladolid (or take one of the many frequent municipal buses), and then pick up the camino again either back in Puente Duero or in Simancas. Both Puente Duero and Cigunuela are very nice albergues. I know people also sometimes sleep in pensiones in Simancas and take a day trip in and out of Valladolid, so that's another option.

Lucky you to go back, I agree it's a very nice camino. Laurie

Hi again, Roger,

In an effort to boost my abysmal level of tech knowledge, I tried to follow the instructions sent to me once by one of the moderators (mig) about how to use google maps.

I hope this works, but what I've tried to do is to find the walking instructions on google maps for Simancas to Valladolid (it's about 14 kms). It shows something I had forgotten about but now remember clearly -- to get into Valladolid from Simancas by bus (and by foot), you have to walk out of town, across the bridge and get on the secondary road that parallels the river into town. It will be a walk on asphalt the whole way in.

Hope this works. the second link is intended to be the walking directions from Puente Duero into Valladolid, which is also going to be all asphalt, I assume, and no arrows.

http://goo.gl/maps/Tljbx

http://goo.gl/maps/mQIzV

Hope these help clarify things. Buen camino, Laurie