{"id":6972,"date":"2026-05-13T13:30:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T03:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robscamino.com\/2026\/?p=6972"},"modified":"2026-05-21T16:46:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T06:46:24","slug":"day-1-madrid-to-colmenar-viejo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robscamino.com\/2026\/day-1-madrid-to-colmenar-viejo\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 1 – Madrid to Colmenar Viejo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 1 of our Camino, So everything went well.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>We managed to get the train from…\u00a0well,\u00a0first of all, we posted a bag to Santiago with\u00a0all of\u00a0our\u00a0stuff that we\u00a0didn’t\u00a0need, and that went fine. The post office, the\u00a0Correos,\u00a0were\u00a0very helpful.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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And with that done, we grabbed some breakfast and managed to\u00a0get\u00a0the train to\u00a0Tres\u00a0Cantos.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>We\u00a0were avoiding\u00a0walking out of Madrid as we both\u00a0have\u00a0fairly bad feet.\u00a0We were a bit worried that a day walking on pavement could end our Camino on day one.<\/span><\/p>\n

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So, like quite a few people do, I think we decided to get the train to Tres Cantos and that worked\u00a0out really well.\u00a0And then\u00a0a very slow,\u00a0easy walk, we thought,\u00a0from Tres Cantos, just over 10 k’s, to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Colmenar Viejo<\/span>. It seemed like\u00a0a very long\u00a010k\u2019s\u00a0to be\u00a0honest and there were lots of stream crossings along the way as well which were interesting.<\/span> I’d\u00a0heard about those.\u00a0Thankfully\u00a0the water\u00a0wasn’t\u00a0too\u00a0high\u00a0and we could use the stone blocks to\u00a0cross\u00a0but it was still a little bit precarious and a couple of times we thought we might fall in.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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But it was overall a really nice walk, lots of animals, there was lots of sheep and cows. The walking surface was really nice. But the last bit into Colmenar Viejo was a real drag, like 3k\u2019s uphill. And then once we got into the town, it was another k uphill to the hotel.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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So\u00a0like always on these days, the last\u00a02\u00a0or\u00a03k\u2019s seem to take forever. But\u00a0we’re\u00a0in the\u00a0<\/span>Hostal El\u00a0Chisc\u00f3n<\/span>, which is one of a couple of places that people\u00a0generally use\u00a0here, which seems\u00a0quite good. And\u00a0we’re\u00a0looking forward to our day tomorrow, walking\u00a0to…\u00a0Manzanares\u00a0el\u00a0Real\u00a0except looking at the weather\u00a0it’s\u00a0going to be pouring with rain all day.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So that will be an interesting day but today was a good one – good start.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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