by Rob | Mar 24, 2023 | Accommodation, Camino Via de la Plata, Places
So, on recommendation from Ivar’s forum, I booked at Hotel Simon, which is very central in Seville, and, in fact, very close to the cathedral. It is a very old building with a lot of Moorish influence. But of course, being an old building, there are lots of rattles...
by Rob | Mar 24, 2023 | Camino Via de la Plata, Journey, Places
So, here are a few photographs of the cathedral and the Alcázar, which is the royal palace. So, this morning after my online doctor’s appointment and taking some antibiotics, I went out on a tour that I had pre-booked to look at the cathedral and the Alcazar. It is...
by Rob | Mar 25, 2023 | Camino Via de la Plata, Journey, Videos
VDLP Camino Day 1. My first Camino day on the Via de la Plata (VdlP)! Very excited. I have been waiting years to walk this Camino. A short walk today, only 10kms, from Seville to Santiponce just as a warm up and to give me time to look at the Roman ruins at Italica....
by Rob | Mar 26, 2023 | Camino Via de la Plata, Journey, Videos
Camino Day 2 on the Via de la Plata (VdlP). A lovely walk in open countryside from Santiponce to Guillena that reminded me of the Meseta on the Camino Frances crossing the infamous Arroyo and rather a big lunch at the end of the day. I think most people walk from...
by Rob | Mar 27, 2023 | Food, Journey, Planning, Thoughts and Reflections
One of the things that I realised in researching walking the Via de La Plata is that you have to be much more careful about water management, and to a degree, food management. The reason for that, of course, is that the infrastructure is much more limited and...
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