The Camino Pilgrimages

Day 5 Almansa 28k Camino Levante 2018 Day 5 Almansa 28k Finally I am well and truly in the Spanish countryside and the trail climbs early on on wide dirt paths. The hike today criss crosses the railway track and unfortunately like yesterday there is absolutely no shade to be had.A breeze is keeping the […]

Day 4 La Font de la Figuera 18k The trail starts to climb today and we have left to outer towns behind us and move into more of the wide open agricultural landscapes. There is not too much road walking more dirt tracks and the distance is only 18k so it’s less than 5 hours […]

Day 3 Moixent 27k The forecast for the next 10 days is sun and more sun. Again the trail moves west through some smaller villages and the market town of Canals at 8k distance is a great breakfast stop! Once again I am up early and away at 6 so the first 20k are traversed […]

Day 2 Xativa 33k Today’s walk resembled yesterday’s inasmuch as it was on quiet country roads and through more satellite towns stretching out from Valencia. Alzira and Carcaixent are reached early on for a refreshment stop before walking through hundreds of citrus groves and reaching Manuel a final town on the trail. The large city […]

Day 1 Almagemesi 38k Up and gone from the albergue at 6 like a thief in the night. It’s a long day ahead and I pick up the markers from the cathedral and begin the slog. The birds are singing already you gotta love there zest for life!. Nothing else is moving nada no cars […]

This Camino to Santiago de Compostela is one of the lesser known and thus less traveled pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela, the famous cathedral city found in the north west of Spain. On the southeastern coast of Spain where the Turia River tips into the Mediterranean Sea lies the delightful ‘city of joy’ better known […]