Vinsman

My Adventures Walking the Camino de Santiago

Archives for February 2015

Travel Resources

Getting to and from your starting point on the Camino de Santiago can be an adventure in itself. There are many great tool out there to help.

A great all around travel site for Europe is rome2rio This is a travel planning site that I use to find the best way to get from one point to another in Spain, although it is great for most of Europe.

For Air travel:
Kayak.com
skyscanner.com
Delta Airlines
United Airlines
US Airways
American Airlines
Iberia Airlines
Ryan Airlines

Ryan Air is a quick and inexpensive way to get from Santiago to Madrid. Iberia also flys from Santiago to Madrid but is a bit more pricy. Others that fly out of Madrid are Vueling and Air lingus.

For Train Travel:
Renfe

For Bus Travel:
Alsa I used Alsa to travel from Santiago to Lisbon. They travel much of the country.

Avanza Bus I will be using avanza to travel from Salamanca to Madrid Barajas airport in May and then will use them again when I return to complete the Via de la Plata.

For travel from Biarritz to Saint John Pied du Port:
Caroline Aphessetche @ Express Bourricot is fantastic. (+33) (0)6 61 96 04 76

Please leave me a comment with any others that should be added to the list.

Tentative Plan for the Via De la Plata

From Sevilla to Santiago de Compostela through the Vía de la Plata

1) Sevilla – Guillena 22.5
2) Guillena – Castilblanco de los Arroyos 17.6
3) Castilblanco de los Arroyos – Almadén de la Plata 29.2
4) Almadén de la Plata – El Real de la Jara 14.2
5) El Real de la Jara – Monesterio 19.7
6) Monesterio – Fuente de Cantos 20.6
7) Fuente de Cantos – Zafra 24.4
8) Zafra – Villafranca de los Barros 19.2
9) Villafranca de los Barros – Torremejía 27.3
10) Torremejía – Mérida 16.1
11) Mérida – Alcuéscar 36.1
12) Alcuéscar – Cáceres 37.9
13) Cáceres – Albergue del Embalse de Alcántara (FR 600 m) 32.9
14) Albergue del Embalse de Alcántara – Grimaldo (FR 1 km) 19.1
15) Grimaldo (FR 1 km) – Carcaboso 30.1
16) Carcaboso – Aldeanueva del Camino 38.5
17) Aldeanueva del Camino – La Calzada de Béjar 21.9
18) La Calzada de Béjar – Fuenterroble de Salvatierra 20.1
19) Fuenterroble de Salvatierra – San Pedro de Rozados 27.8
20) San Pedro de Rozados – Salamanca 23.7
21) Salamanca – El Cubo de la Tierra del Vino 36.6
22) El Cubo de la Tierra del Vino – Zamora 31.6
23) Zamora – Granja de Moreruela 41.1
24) Granja de Moreruela – Tábara 25.8
25) Tábara – Santa Croya de Tera 21.1
26) Santa Croya de Tera – Mombuey 38.2
27) Mombuey – Puebla de Sanabria 31.9
28) Puebla de Sanabria – Lubián 31.1
29) Lubián – La Gudiña 24.5
30) La Gudiña – Laza 34.1
31) Laza – Xunqueira de Ambía 32.8
32) Xunqueira de Ambía – Orense 21.6
33) Orense – Oseira 30.9
34) Oseira – A Laxe 28.5
35) A Laxe – Ponte Ulla 29
36) Ponte Ulla – Santiago de Compostela 20.3

Summary

Longest stage: Zamora – Granja de Moreruela: 41.1 km.
Shortest stage: Almadén de la Plata – El Real de la Jara: 14.2 km.
Total distance: 978 km.
Stages: 36.
Average: 27.2 km per walking day.