• Tina ArredondoFrance, Spain & England 2023Traveler
    Meseta landscape
    This part of the trail was alongside the highway into Carriòn de los CondesEntering Carriòn: old church with muralI didn't get a photo of the outside, but this is the retabla of Santa Maria del Camino churchCarrión has a Pleasant plaza near the beginning of town, we sat to have coffee with this viewIglesia de Santiago fronts the plaza named after General FrancoThis is General Franco plaza. One of the few places in Spain that still uses the name😬Medieval bridge that crosses the river Carrión2Our Lady of Belen church in Carrión1This is the courtyard of Monastery Real of San Zoilo, where our hotel is locatedThe monastery complex from the outsideHere is Roel in our room, we had nothing to complain about here!Homage to the pilgrim, just outside the monastery Hotel barThis is the other side of the monastery complexApparently some barefoot Carmelites live here, but we didn't see any

    Villalcazar de Sirga to Carriòn de los C

    October 15, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F

    This was a rest day, we only walked about 6 km to our lodging on the far side of Carrión de los Condes. It was also a splurge night: I had reserved a room in a hotel that was inside an old monastery in Carriòn, it was a four-star and super nice, but it cost less than a Comfort Inn in the US.Read more