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Traveler Camino Mozárabe 2023
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- Jun 2, 2023
- ☁️ 24 °C
- Altitude: 218 m
- Spain Andalusia Castro del Río 37.694413, -4.48621237°41’40” N 4°29’10” W
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Day 29: Baena to Castro del Río
June 2, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Day 29, from Baena to Castro del Río, 21.3km.
If there's one bar you should visit on leaving Baena, it's the Al Lío bar. The friendly owner offers pilgrims a sello.
A large mojón showed us the way out of Baena. it's bitumen road, but fortunately the traffic isn't too bad.
After 2km, we took a gravel road. Unfortunately, this only lasted 4km.
The rest of the stage is on sealed roads, with hardly any verges. Fortunately, the only people on this road are farmers on their way to their olive groves.
At the eighth kilometre, we crossed the bridge over the Río Guadajoz. This bridge replaced another, which was not destroyed, and offered us a place to take a break.
The only distraction on the rest of the route is the river, which meanders across the plain, and a few rural activities, such as a goat farm.
Before reaching Castro del Río, there are olive tree nurseries. With all these young olive trees, the olive oil industry is not likely to disappear any time soon.Read more
Traveler Love the signs on the Mozarabe ❤️
6/3/23Reply
Traveler This one was particularly big! 😄
6/3/23Reply
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Camino Mozarabe
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- Feb 22, 2024, 5:21pm
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 240 m
- Spain Andalusia Castro del Río 37.690853, -4.48180637°41’27” N 4°28’55” W
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Day 20
Baena to Castro del Rio
February 22 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
D: Today was an easy 20 km stretch, although a bit heavy on paved surfaces. We made the acquaintance of a large dog whose job is to protect the sheep, although he was willing to tolerate our picnic under the olive trees as long as we were willing to share our tortilla patata with him.

We had a lovely menu del dia with perigrino Hieu, who unfortunately must stop walking today. See you on the Forum, Hieu!

G: olijven olijven, rupsen en olijven. Hieu en wij delen een prachtig verhaal over een hond, de commotie, de ontknoping,en plot twist en een goede afloop. Maar het is te lang voor nu, dat verhaal houden jullie van mij tegoed.Read more
Traveler That must be a heavenly wine
2/22/24Reply
Traveler Still beautiful views - your weather is amazingly warm for February. This year seems to be very gentle at the moment.
2/22/24Reply
Traveler My eyes lit up when I read that you had met Hieu! I talked on the phone with him before he left, and have been hoping he was making good progress. How lucky that his path crossed with yours.
2/23/24Reply
Debi Brock Such a lively delightful man!
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Camino Mozarabe
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- Feb 23, 2024, 9:30am
- ☀️ 8 °C
- Altitude: 221 m
- Spain Andalusia Castro del Río 37.693432, -4.51654537°41’36” N 4°30’60” W
Day 21
Castro del Rio to Santa Cruz
February 23 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
D: We got a slightly earlier start today because we were aiming to be in Santa Cruz in time for the menu del dia. We managed to get one yesterday (although the restaurant staff were not happy about our requesting food at 3:30) and that really worked well for us. A good meal and we were set for the night, with no searching for a place at 7 (or even 8) with an open kitchen. Ideal, if you can make it to your destination in time.

We did manage to eat the menu del dia again today, in the same hostal where we are sleeping, and it was nice to be able to fill up and then go upstairs to our room to shower and rest.

My feet are fairly sore again today because we walked on mostly hard surfaces) some paved, some stoney) and some very uneven dirt roads with lots of wear from tractors. It rained last night so the first few km involved a lot of mud that formed into big clumps on our boots. G found a way for us to detour back onto the side of the highway for a few km. Not pleasant but better than the mud.

As we approached Espejo, as with all Pueblos blancos, I wondered if we would be climbing through the village to the highest point. Today, yes we did, and it was fine.

The last two km was along a highway that had just been resurfaced but not yet painted with lines, so that was a bit in-nerving as it was a busy stretch. 23 km in total today. Not a long walk, but more than enough for our feet!

We enjoyed the weather and the views again today. So many flowers in bloom, including swaths of purple!

G: vandaag meer variatie. Met groene grasvelden, nieuwe boomgaarden waarvan ik niet weet wat het fruit zal worden, paarse kleuren van bloemen... Verfrissend. De weg is evenwel vreselijk. In het begin slipperige gladde modder daarna veel harde klei met uit stekende stenen of door tractors kapot gereden wegen waardoor we de hele tijd naar het pad moesten kijken om op te letten waar we stapten. Eind goed al goed want we waren op tijd in het dorp. De keuken was nog open zodat we een lekkere lange avond hebben zonder laat op zoek te moeten gaan voor eten... :-)Read more
Traveler I'll keep an eye on the weather forecast. Snow predicted overnight in Hueneja!
2/23/24Reply
Traveler Love the photos. Already been noticing the wildflowers. Gorgeous
2/23/24Reply
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- Feb 13, 2024, 12:44pm
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 230 m
- Spain Andalusia Castro del Río 37.691158, -4.48269537°41’28” N 4°28’58” W
Day 142
Castro del Rio
February 13 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Auf dem Rückweg Richtung La Marina machen wir noch in Castro del Rio halt.
Die Gemeinde stellt kostenlos einen Parkplatz ohne Sanitäre Anlagen zur Verfügung und wir besichtigen das Städtchen, gehen einkaufen und etwas trinken. Ziel erreicht, wir haben dort etwas Geld gelassen, die Rechnung für die Gemeinde ist aufgegangenRead more
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