After a long journey from Sydney to Madrid, the first day was spent recovering, exploring the city and preparing for the Camino adventure starting the next morning…
Camino de Madrid
Day 1 – Madrid to Colmenar Viejo
Day 1 of our Camino, So, like quite a few people do, I think we decided to get the train to Tres Cantos. And then a very slow, easy walk from Tres Cantos to Colmenar Viejo. There were lots of stream crossings along the way which were interesting. Thankfully the water wasn’t too high…
Day 2 – Colmenar Viejo to Manzanares el Real
Day 2 of our Camino from Colmenar Viejo to Manzanares el Real. The tracks were really good all day. The scenery was stunning, looking at the mountains and we managed to get a couple of drone shots…
Day 3 – Manzanares El Real to Cercedilla
So, after a very pleasant stay with Ray and Rosa at their little garden albergue, we set off today for Cercedilla.,The walk to Mataelpino was the first stage of 7 1/2 k’s, which was glorious. And then from Mataelpino, we headed towards Navacerrada. We had a little bit of a navigation challenge there…
Day 4 – Cercedilla to La Granja de San Ildefonso
So, this day is from Cercedilla to La Granja de San Ildefonso and this is the day we go over the mountain. So, we were somewhat nervous about today because for us, this would be the biggest challenge that we’ve faced yet on any Camino route…
Day 5 – Rest Day at Segovia
So today was a rest day. We had stayed in La Granja de San Ildefonso, and we just took a bus into Segovia. It was a rather cool and damp day, so we’re taking a rest day, looking around Segovia…
Day 6 – Segovia to Los Huertos
So today we started out from Segovia, just a short day of 13 kilometers to Los Huertos. There was a lovely old church on the way up out of the hill, on the way out of Segovia, going up the hill. We stopped briefly in Zamarramala and we hoped to stop there briefly for a snack, but nothing was open…
Day 7 – Los Huertos to Santa Maria La Real de Nieva
We have a glorious day today. Very sunny, but nice and cool as well. So the walk from Los Huertos so far has been pretty good. We’re almost at Añe and the stay in the albergue last night worked out well. Even though it only had four beds and they were occupied when we got there…
Day 8 – Santa Maria La Real de Nieva to Coca
So today was our walk from Santa Maria La Real de Nieva and we were in two minds about how far we were going to walk. The concern is that Nava has a four-bed albergue. When you’ve got a couple of places with four-bed albergues, that can be a little bit of a challenge. This is also, sadly, going to be our last day of walking on this Camino…
Day 9 – Rest Day at Valladolid & Salamanca
So, today is somewhat of a rest day. We finished a rather long walk yesterday to Coca and made our way to Valladolid. We popped out for a nice breakfast of course, and then the cathedral, some churches. And then at about two o’clock, we got our train to Salamanca. I think we both fell in love with Salamanca…
Day 10 – Rest Day at Salamanca
So today was a rest day in Salamanca. I had been to the city before but Pat hasn’t and we’ve both fallen in love with Salamanca. It’s such a beautiful place. In fact, we think we might want to come back here and stay for two or three weeks. We had a fairly relaxed day…
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