Month: September 2026

Take a Camino rest day in Logroño with Carter and Sage after two weeks on the Camino Francés. Recover, care for tired feet, return to Calle del Laurel, and prepare for the road west.

Latada Coimbra is one of Portugal’s wildest university traditions: black capes, tin cans, satire, fado and a history stretching back to the 1870s.

Walk Camino Francés Day 16 from Logroño to Navarrete through La Rioja vineyards, with La Grajera, a pilgrim lunch in Navarrete, San Juan de Acre, and a firsthand stay at Albergue de Peregrinos Ángel.

Day 13 of our Camino Francés took us from Los Arcos through Sansol and Torres del Río to hilltop Viana, with rolling countryside, Camino history, Albergue Izar, a hearty pilgrim dinner and one memorable new friend.

➜ Camino Francés · Day 12 Navarra · Spain Villamayor de Monjardín to Los Arcos The Long Dry Stretch Day 12 traded frequent villages for open Navarra farmland, big skies, birds, limited shade, and one long walk toward the church tower of Los Arcos. Villamayor de Monjardín ➜ Los Arcos The Villamayor de Monjardín to […]

➜ Camino Francés · Day 11 Navarra · Spain Villatuerta to Villamayor de Monjardín Estella, Irache and a Fountain Full of Wine Day 11 took Sage and me from quiet Villatuerta through medieval Estella-Lizarra, past the famous Fuente del Vino at Irache, and uphill into Villamayor de Monjardín beneath a ruined castle and a Navarra […]

➜ Camino Francés · Day 10 Navarra · Spain Puente la Reina to Villatuerta Quiet Kilometers Matter Too Day 10 carried Sage and me out of Puente la Reina, through Mañeru, Cirauqui and Lorca, before we stopped short of Estella in Villatuerta. No iconic summit. No dramatic cathedral. Just one of those Camino days where […]

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