Barcelona
15–17 Sep 2025, Sepanyol ⋅ ☀️ 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
17–18 Sep 2025, Sepanyol ⋅ ☀️ 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 pocoBaca lagi
Pamplona, Balcón de los Biutres
18–20 Sep 2025, Sepanyol ⋅ ☀️ 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 CaminoBaca lagi
Camino Viejo Etapa 1
19 September 2025, Sepanyol ⋅ 🌙 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 loveBaca lagi
Pablo Setmeravelles
Common kingfisher is on the log/Martín pescador está en el tronco.
Beriain
20 September 2025, Sepanyol ⋅ 🌩️ 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 delBaca lagi
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
21 September 2025, Sepanyol ⋅ ☁️ 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.
CasiBaca lagi
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
22–23 Sep 2025, Sepanyol ⋅ ⛅ 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 IBaca lagi
Alsasua-Agurain
23–24 Sep 2025, Sepanyol ⋅ ☁️ 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.
Salvatierra-Alegria por Henaio, Vitoria
24–25 Sep 2025, Sepanyol ⋅ ☁️ 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. DealingBaca lagi
La Puebla-Miranda Scenic Route
25–26 Sep 2025, Sepanyol ⋅ ☁️ 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 throughBaca lagi
GR 99 Miranda de Ebro-Briñas
26–27 Sep 2025, Sepanyol ⋅ ☀️ 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 theBaca lagi
Briñas-Haro (then Burgos)
27–28 Sep 2025, Sepanyol ⋅ ☁️ 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 aBaca lagi
Burgos-Valladolid-València
28–30 Sep 2025, Sepanyol ⋅ ☁️ 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,Baca lagi
Plou poc, però quan plou, plou prou
29 September 2025, Sepanyol ⋅ 🌩️ 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
30 Sep–1 Okt 2025, Sepanyol ⋅ ☁️ 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, peròBaca lagi
La Lana Variant 1 La Villa Joiosa-Relleu
1–2 Okt 2025, Sepanyol ⋅ ☀️ 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 deBaca lagi
Lana 2: Relleu-La Torre de Mançanes
2–3 Okt 2025, Sepanyol ⋅ ⛅ 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, andBaca lagi
Pablo SetmeravellesThe wifi was so bad it uploaded with no pics. Pics now uploaded
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
3–4 Okt 2025, Sepanyol ⋅ ☀️ 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 theBaca lagi
Ruta de la Lana Etapa 4: Onil-Villena
4–5 Okt 2025, Sepanyol ⋅ ☁️ 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. ShortBaca lagi
Ruta de Lana: Villena-Caudete
5–6 Okt 2025, Sepanyol ⋅ 🌙 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 LaBaca lagi
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
6–7 Okt 2025, Sepanyol ⋅ ☁️ 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 sometimesBaca lagi
Cuenca
7–8 Okt 2025, Sepanyol ⋅ ☀️ 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, soloBaca lagi
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
8–9 Okt 2025, Sepanyol ⋅ ☀️ 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 CuencaBaca lagi
Oviedo Día 1
9–11 Okt 2025, Sepanyol ⋅ ☁️ 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 onBaca lagi
Oviedo Día 2
10–12 Okt 2025, Sepanyol ⋅ ⛅ 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 etapasBaca lagi
