Grandas de Salime, Spain Travel Journals & Blogs

Traveler Primitivo
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- Oct 14, 2023, 2:45pm
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 578 m
- Spain Asturias Grandas de Salime 43.218243, -6.87590943°13’6” N 6°52’33” W
Day 6
Day 22 Pola to Grandes de Salime 445km
October 14, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
So i had to wait until the bar opened at 7 so I could have breakfast. Said goodbye to Avril who was going by bus to Santiago and then fly to Southern Spain for some sun.

The forecast is for rain the next week or so.
Anyway, I headed out in the dark and rain.....
I noticed 2 torchlights behind me. It was a couple the woman was from Hungary and the guy from Wales.

I ended up walking with them the whole way up the mountain and down to the end.

The fellow was like a mountaingoat. He said he goes on hikes at least once per week.

So very steady climb....up and up and up. Honestly it was like hiking at the Roger's Pass except no coniferous trees.

There were beautiful wild Heather and other flowers. Unfortunately you could not see very far because of the low clouds but it was beautiful.

Apparently, this section is the most difficult on the whole Primitivo.😱

All of my pictures are on my other phone that refuses to charge🙄 I am not happy about that at all !!!!😞

I am hoping that it is just due to moisture because of all the rain but I did have it in a plastic bag so I don't know.....
It was a spectacular mountain hiking day through beautiful forests.....
And..... I didn't fall !!! ( which was a miracle)

I will upload the pics if and when I can🤞☘️
Very happy with my training zones. My pace reflects the difficulty.

Good news here are the pics😍🥰👍Read more
Traveler Wow! Mountain walking amazing variety. Can't wait to see the pictures. What other phone. I thought the Google was fried.
10/14/23Reply
Traveler Ah - my old camera that went to all sorts of unfriendly environments no longer works in the humidity - its functions just go berserk. But it still works fine here, so maybe you will be lucky... Gotta love mountains! But, not rain.
10/14/23Reply
Traveler When do you stop walking????
10/14/23Reply
Traveler 😂🤣😂 I don't know 🤔 My flight is booked in November
10/18/23Reply
Traveler Nice photos. You really were up there. Looks like Nanaimo weather
10/16/23Reply
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Traveler Camino 2023
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- Jun 19, 2023, 7:06am
- ☁️ 12 °C
- Altitude: 1,886 ft
- Spain Asturias Grandas de Salime 43.21797, -6.87560443°13’5” N 6°52’32” W
Day 40
Berducedo to Grandas de Salime
June 19, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
We started today's walk with ponchos on in a light rain and several km of ascent on rocky trails. Then descended into the lovely valley of the Río Navía. It was very atmospheric as we started our long descent above the clouds, then entered their mist.

The Camino took us across the dam, which was really interesting to see.

Naturally, we ended the day with a bit of uphill walking to reach Grandas de Salime.Read more
Traveler So beautiful
6/20/23Reply
Traveler What a great route! The two different views of the dam are quite interesting.
6/24/23Reply
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Traveler Timeout
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- Oct 1, 2019
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 560 m
- Spain Asturias Grandas de Salime 43.21612, -6.8749143°12’58” N 6°52’30” W
Day 113
Berducedo - Grandas de Salime
October 1, 2019 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Gestartet im Regen, aber das Wetter wurde schnell besser und die Etappe war wieder wirklich schön und abwechslungsreich. 20 Kilomer, die erstaunlich leicht fielen. Auf- und vor allem abwärts, vorbei an einem riesigen Stausee. Da unser übliches Lunch-Picknick wegen fehlender Einkaufsmöglichkeiten ziemlich karg ausfiel (üblicherweise gibt es mindestens Brot, Sardinen, Obst, Kekse und Schokolade ;)), und unsere Herberge über eine große Küche verfügte, gab es das früheste Abendessen des Caminos: 6 Uhr! Normalerweise machen die Restaurants in Spanien erst um 8 Uhr auf. Bis dahin ist man als Pilger so verhungert, dass man das Pilgermenü kaum noch schafft, weil der Magen nicht mehr ans Essen gewöhnt ist. Also ich vermute mal, dass ich in den letzten Wochen abgenommen habe, obwohl ich mich hauptsächlich von Zucker und Fett ernähre. ;)Read more
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Traveler 100 Skies without You
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- Jun 7, 2022, 10:14am
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 641 m
- Spain Asturias Grandas de Salime 43.211667, -6.87333343°12’42” N 6°52’24” W
Day 57
Pretty Dam Amazing
June 7, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Had a test and snack at this dam lookout, along with the noisy spanish guys and Antonio from Spain a computer programmer who is on his 23rd day of walking (bald guy on the left)

amazing how many fish there are in the dam waterRead more
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Traveler Camino del Norte y Primitivo
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- Oct 21, 2022, 2:00pm
- ⛅ 63 °F
- Altitude: 578 m
- Spain Asturias Grandas de Salime 43.216667, -6.87166743°13’0” N 6°52’18” W
Day 32
Random Population Insight
October 21, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
I seem to have frequent discussions about the population size differences between the United States and Europe, and various European countries. And I try to explain that some of these countries are smaller than many of our states. Found a cool map that approximates population equivalence between European countries and US states....Read more
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Traveler Camino del Norte y Primitivo
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- Oct 21, 2022, 5:49pm
- ⛅ 61 °F
- Altitude: 558 m
- Spain Asturias Grandas de Salime 43.216667, -6.87333343°13’0” N 6°52’24” W
Day 32
Ethnographic Museum of Grandas de Salime
October 21, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 61 °F
Normally I wouldn't post this many pictures for one thing, but this museum was incredible. I wanted to go at 4:00 and it closed at 6:30 and we got there at 5:45. when I realized how big it was and how much there was, I was so disappointed that I only had 40 minutes to visit. Such an incredible collection in a tiny town with nothing else.Read more
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Traveler El Camino Primitivo
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- Aug 4, 2022
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Altitude: 560 m
- Spain Asturias Grandas de Salime Museo Etnográfico de Grandas de Salime 43.217701, -6.87422343°13’4” N 6°52’27” W
Day 6
Berducedo - Grandas de Salime - 25km
August 4, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Sous un ciel nuageux, y une température parfaite pour marcher, aujourd'hui j'ai rejoins Grandas de Sale, en passant par le Barrage.
Ici toutes les auberges étaient complètes, même dans le prochain village où je pensais me rendre.... Heureusement le prêtre m'a accueilli dans le presbytère.
J'e profite donc pour aller dîner au restoRead more
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Traveler Haciendo Camino..
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- May 31, 2022, 1:47pm
- ☁️ 20 °C
- Altitude: 572 m
- Spain Asturias Grandas de Salime 43.218333, -6.87543°13’6” N 6°52’30” W
Day 25
Albergue... Castro
May 31, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Agradeciendo a Dios este momento!! Cada momento es un aprendizaje!!!
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Traveler y siempre hay comida deliciosa por lo que veo! 😋
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Traveler Another long walk in Spain
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- Oct 4, 2016, 5:04pm
- 🌧 16 °C
- Altitude: 570 m
- Spain Asturias Grandas de Salime 43.217937, -6.87629143°13’5” N 6°52’35” W
Day 15
Grandas de Salime
October 4, 2016 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
We walked about 20kms today, but it felt like a lot more! There was a steep climb early in the day, followed by a really long descent on a rocky path. Our pace was pretty slow - but this was also because of the number of photos we took.

Although there was more road walking than yesterday, we spent much of the day on natural trails and under pine trees. The views of the river and reservoir were fantastic.Read more
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The World In A Jar Camino Primitivo 2018
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- Apr 6, 2018, 5:11pm
- 🌧 9 °C
- Altitude: 580 m
- Spain Asturias Grandas de Salime 43.21948, -6.8735743°13’10” N 6°52’25” W
Day 7
Grandas de Salime (ca. 134,5km)
April 6, 2018 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
Die heutige Route nach Grandas der Salime würde nur 20km lang sein und grösstenteils bergab führen. Wir trafen einen weiteren Pilger aus Deutschland, mit dem wir den Weg bis Grandas de Salime teilten, was eine nette Abwechslung zu den Spaniern war, die man sonst auf dem Weg traf.

Mittlerweile zeigte sich, dass die Füsse sich an das ständige auf und ab gewöhnen und wir erreichten unser Ziel bereits kurz nach 14:00 Uhr. Noch immer satt von unserem Pilgermenü gestern, buchten wir uns in die öffentliche Herberge ein und verzichteten auf ein opulentes Abendmahl, was zumindest bei mir aus lauter Automatenessen bestand.

Der Wetterbericht sagt für unsere Region bereits seit zwei Tagen schlechtes Wetter an, doch auch heute blieben wir verschont. So wurde es auch heute eine der schönsten Touren bis jetzt und wir hoffen weiter, dass uns der Regen nicht unbedingt morgen einholt, insbesondere weil morgen wieder knapp 30km bezwungen werden müssen.

Eines der absoluten Highlights war die Überquerung des Staudämme von Salime. Nicht nur dass man den Damm stets vor Augen hatte, als es bergab ging - nein, unsere Route führte uns direkt darüber und brachte uns die Gelegenheit auf ein paar schöne Schnappschüsse. Wenn man dann nach einer halben Ewigkeit wieder zurück sieht und der Staudamm wieder sehr klein geworden ist, ist auch das nochmal beeindruckend.Read more
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