Barcelona
Sep 15–17 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Arrival to Barcelona and meandering the city and taking random bird pics. La llegada a Barcelona, explorando la ciudad y haciendo fotos de aves.
Zaragoza
Sep 17–18 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Travel day, stop in Zaragoza as usual. Not much time here, but the little time I had was well spent. Día de viaje con una parada en Zaragoza, como siempre. No tengo mucho tiempo aquí, pero el pocoRead more
Pamplona, Balcón de los Biutres
Sep 18–20 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
My day today.
Bus ride to Pamplona, dropped backpack off, bus to Irurtzun, did the Balcón de los Viutres six km loop, which was rough in 34C degree heat.
Tomorrow officially starts the CaminoRead more
Camino Viejo Etapa 1
September 19 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
Camino Viejo Etapa 1: Pamplona-Irurtzun. 24 km.
A great first day, even if a bit hot (34C). After leaving the Pamplona suburbs, mostly a Via Verde or farm tracks.
I instantly remember why I loveRead more
Pablo Setmeravelles
Common kingfisher is on the log/Martín pescador está en el tronco.
Beriain
September 20 in Spain ⋅ 🌩️ 20 °C
Detour off Camino. Depending on rain tomorrow will do the normal second etapa or my first zero day ever after one of the most difficult hikes ever. I’ll let the photos do the talking. Desavío delRead more
Laurie ReynoldsOh, I am SO happy to see this! Congrats to you. It is surely one of the most beautiful and challenging days I’ve ever experienced. I will search for your wikiloc tracks to see how you came from Uharte-Arakil, because as you know I did an out and back from Arbizu, and I think your idea is much better. (so long as there is no kilómetro vertical).
Pablo SetmeravellesSo apparently this sends, not starts a new line. So I think the entire thing is vertical…I can’t imagine how much more vertical km is that how I went up. When I saw the bifurcation, I was like what? I thought I missed it and had just done it! Out and back from Arbizu also must have been just as rough. But we made it!
Arbizu-Lacuntza Circular
September 21 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Almost a zero day to recover after yesterday’s adventure and avoid potential torrential rain. I did make it out to walk to Lakuntza and then back via the official Camino. Arbizu impressed me.
CasiRead more
Pablo SetmeravellesI know! Definitely the toughest one I’ve climbed, and I have climbed Puigcampada in Alicante (maybe a detour on the Alba (I think) variant from Benidorm? Not that you would want to tackle that one :)
Camino Viejo Etapa 2: Irurtzun-Uharte
Sep 22–23 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
15 km today (as I did the long way from Uharte to Arbizu with the nice weather. Pleasant scenery, but lots of asphalt. Wanting more mountains…and feel bad about missing 14 km (Arbizu-Alsasua) but IRead more
Alsasua-Agurain
Sep 23–24 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
I was not expecting such a beautiful day, especially when it started out with rain. No esperaba un día no tan preciso, especialmente cuando empezó con sirimiri.
24 km
Laurie Reynolds
I very much wanted to see this dolmen. Since I repeated the tunnel loop, I didn’t go past it and I was bummed. And then once I was in Salvatierra, there were no cabs to take me out. Next time!
Pablo SetmeravellesThere were a few churches (no idea If Romanesque) too (in the towns). The dolmen was really cool! It isn’t too far to walk back to depending which route you take to Salvatierra. I’m tempted to do a 8 km to see another and just train into Vitoria since I did that etapa in 2023 (complete with Estíbaliz), but I probably will just stick to the half stage since I have a lot to do tomorrow afternoon. RocJumper’s track has a lot of deviation from the standard Camino, which was a plus.
I love this picture. The way the light hits grass, and the mist over the mountains -- definitely quite an inviting scene. [Bruce Douville]
Salvatierra-Alegria por Henaio, Vitoria
Sep 24–25 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
As I did the full stage in 2023 on the Vía de Bayona, I found an alternative that took me to a B.C. Settlement ruins (Ty Henaio), then explored Alegría before a train to Vitoria-Gasteiz. DealingRead more
La Puebla-Miranda Scenic Route
Sep 25–26 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
As I had to skip this stage in 2023, I finally can say I have completed the Vía de Bayona. Although Gronze says the 3km longer one is official, I saw two peregrinos going the shorter one throughRead more
GR 99 Miranda de Ebro-Briñas
Sep 26–27 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Ay, was today Tuesday the 13th? Bad luck all the way around. Anything that could go wrong did. The connecting route between the two variants of the Vasco/Bayona starts out lovely, turns into theRead more
Briñas-Haro (then Burgos)
Sep 27–28 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Short day, as Haro felt right to end this Camino as I didn’t feel like approaching the Camino Frances for reasons. Detoured to climb up to castle ruins almost on the Camino. Bus to Burgos to catch aRead more
Burgos-Valladolid-València
Sep 28–30 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Wifi is not cooperating for pics. Maybe tomorrow I can get update this.
Anyway, walked to the Burgos train station (5 km) in the rain, train to Valladolid where I just meandered for a few hours,Read more
Plou poc, però quan plou, plou prou
September 29 in Spain ⋅ 🌩️ 20 °C
Red alert for rain in València. Alerta roja para lluvia en València.
I did what I could in my old and future home. Hice lo que podía en mi casa antigua y futura.
La Vila Joiosa
Sep 30–Oct 1 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Bus to Alicante, tram to La Vila Joiosa, ready for Camino Part II tomorrow! And listened to the new Mariah album under a rainbow.
Autobús a Alicante, tranvía a La Vila Joiosa (Villajoyosa, peròRead more
Pablo Setmeravelles
While listening to a remarkable new album by a remarkable singer who has an album called Rainbow
La Lana Variant 1 La Villa Joiosa-Relleu
Oct 1–2 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Etapa 1: 19 km La Vila Joiosa-Relleu.
This ranks among my best Camino days ever. Views of Puigcampana dominated. So beautiful. And even Relleu is nice. Tomorrow looks to be all uphill.
Era uno deRead more
Lana 2: Relleu-La Torre de Mançanes
Oct 2–3 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Today’s lesson: if the arrows differ from Wikiloc and Mapy, then don’t follow them. I got lost twice (the other time was just not seeing where the Camino went).
Another beautiful day though, andRead more
Laurie ReynoldsI agree, it’s a beautiful stage. Where did you stay? We were in a hotel, a pretty big one, but we were the only people in the whole place. The owner went to great lengths to let us stay there, we were very appreciative..
Pablo SetmeravellesHotel Sester, same as you I think as it’s the same deal. It’s a bit creepy being here alone, but a beautiful place.
Lana Etapa 3: La Torre de Mançanes-Onil
Oct 3–4 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
28 km day. While not quite as spectacular as the past two days, it was still another gorgeous day. I met a new friend (the bird) Not a fan of Ibi though, but I finally found arroz con cosas! And theRead more
Ruta de la Lana Etapa 4: Onil-Villena
Oct 4–5 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
21 km
All in all, a good day despite a meh start in Onil. More beautiful mountains, Biar was cool, as is Villena. That Vía Verda between Biar and Villena is a slog. Castle sunset from Villena. ShortRead more
Ruta de Lana: Villena-Caudete
Oct 5–6 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
He llegado a un pueblo de la Mancha cuyo nombre no me quiero acordar.
Ok, it’s Caudete/vale, es Caudete. 🙃
Short etapa (17 km) through farm land. Caudete definitely feels like Castilla LaRead more
Pablo SetmeravellesOops I forgot that the afternoon pics of Caudete didn’t synch with iCloud yet, but …ah well!
Pablo SetmeravellesWhile I had already been to all 50 Spanish provinces, this year marks the first time sleeping in and walking part of a Camino in La Rioja and Albacete. Also, last week were my first Camino steps in Alicante, although I have hiked a lot of it before.
Ruta de la Lana Etapa 6 Caudete Almansa
Oct 6–7 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
26.13 km in 5’5 hours/26,13 km en 5’5 horas
While not as bad as I feared, today was a long stretch with no services (26 km) through farmland next to the autovía, in overcast skies and sometimesRead more
Cuenca
Oct 7–8 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
I had previously only been to Cuenca once before for a Sunday afternoon in 2011, which wasn’t long enough. One day in 2025 wasn’t enough either.
Antes solo había estado en Cuenca una vez, soloRead more
Laurie ReynoldsIf you’re not afraid of heights, consider the tirolina. It goes across the gorge. I had made up my mind that I was going to do it when I was not going to be afraid, and then when we got there, I was really bummed to find out that it was closed. It must be truly exhilarating.
Pablo SetmeravellesI don’t think I could do it, even if I had time. The pasarela to the Parador freaked me out a bit…and that’s just a bridge! I did think of you when I saw the sign for it!
Road Trip! Cuenca-Asturias
Oct 8–9 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Asturias seems to be a better end for me than Santiago, even if I don’t arrive on foot. Maybe it’s the Spanish literature nerd (La Regenta)…anyway, walked the 5 km to the AVE station in CuencaRead more
Oviedo Día 1
Oct 9–11 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Well I did arrive via the Camino but it wasn’t planned—the car rental was on the outskirts next to an arrow so I just walked 4 km. Lazy day, tomorrow doing a local hike instead of catching up onRead more
Oviedo Día 2
Oct 10–12 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Morning spent exploring Naranco, successfully climbing up to El Cristo after getting Santa Maria and San Miguel to myself. Afternoon meandering Oviedo.
While my original plan was to do Camino etapasRead more
