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Description The first stage of route GR 131 starts on Lobos island, an islet located between the islands of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote. Boats are available to the islet from port of Corralejo to the artificial port El Muelle on the south coast of the islet. As we arrived on the […]

Lobos Island GR 131

23 Nov, 2015 in Lobos Island tagged birds / GR 131 / hiking / Natural park / track by Jose

Description The route of La Galga cube can be divided into two parts: the first is a linear route which starts at El Camino Real de la Costa (GR 130) and ascends up to the start of the second half, which is a circular route that you cannot miss out. […]

La Palma PR LP 5.1 La Galga cube

2 Nov, 2015 in Palma Island tagged laurisilva / San Bartolomé by Jose

Description The route of the watermills shows the importance that once these mills had for the city of La Palma. The mills that can be seen along the way show how the locals took advantage of the river flow down the ravine to grind grain and produce Gofio (a sweet […]

La Palma PR LP 2.2 The route of the watermills

15 Oct, 2015 in Palma Island tagged hiking / Mills / Ravines / Sanctuary of Nuestra Señora de las Nieves / santa cruz de la Palma / track / trail / urban by Jose

Description This is one of the routes in La Palma that we can’t definitely miss out on, nonetheless we have to keep in mind that some areas are quite dangerous hence caution is a must. We start the route La Madera Ravine from the car park at the sanctuary Nuestra […]

La Palma PR LP 2.3 La Madera Ravine

10 Sep, 2015 in Palma Island tagged hiking / Madera ravine / track / tunnels / Water canal by Jose

So far this route, Montfalcó walkways and Montrebei gorge, has been the most stunning hike I have ever done. I totally recommend doing it as you will be mesmerised by its beauty. We start the route at the footpath right in front Alberge de Montfalcó. As we descend we are […]

Montfalcó walkways and Montrebei gorge

8 Jul, 2015 in Huesca / Lleida tagged Congost de Montrebei / hiking / Moltfalco walkways / Montfalco / track by Jose

This weekend we have traveled to Montfalcó to go on a couple of hiking routes from the town’s public hostel. We had planned to take the route from Molfalcó to Fet y Finestres but due to the heat wave, temperatures rising up to 40 degrees, we decided to change our […]

Interpreted route to Montfalco

7 Jul, 2015 in Huesca tagged hiking / Montfalco / Montsec / track by Jose

Description In this year’s St. James’ way adventure we chose the English way from Ferrol to Santiago de Compostela. We didn’t have enough time to start this stage from A Coruna. In order to not skip the important details about the English way that you may require, next you will find the […]

The English way. Stage 1A from A Coruña to ...

3 Jul, 2015 in A Coruna / The English way tagged A Coruna / Bruma / hiking / Saint James' way / The English way / track by Jose

Description This is the last stage, the fifth one in the English way. A short leg of only 17 kilometres without steep climbs or challenges. It’s a nice stroll in comparison to previous stages. We depart Sigüeiro crossing the bridge over the Tambre river (XIII century bridge of Romanesque style in four […]

The English Way. Stage 5 from Sigüeiro to Santiago de ...

3 Jul, 2015 in A Coruna / The English way tagged hiking / Saint James' way / Santiago de Compostela / Sigueiro / The English way / track by Jose

Bosque — Description The fourth stage of the English way runs without many complications, except for the odd slope, mostly it is a stage with very few ups and downs. Early morning we head off from Bruma towards Ordes following the practically empty neighbourhood road which takes us to the villages of […]

The English Way. Stage 4 from Bruma to Sigüeiro

3 Jul, 2015 in A Coruna / The English way tagged Bruma / hiking / Saint James' way / Sigueiro / The English way / track by Jose

Description It is important to remember that in this stage of the English way, we won’t find any supplies along the way, hence it will be necessary to stock up accordingly for the journey. Betanzos, capital of the region of As Mariñas and former capital city of the Kingdom of Galicia. Amongst […]

The English Way. Stage 3 from Betanzos to Bruma

3 Jul, 2015 in A Coruna / The English way tagged Betanzos / Bruma / hiking / Saint James' way / The English way / track by Jose

Description The second stage of the English way is one of the toughest yet the most beautiful, known for its steep climbs and descents. We start this stage of English way stage right at torreón de los Andrade, built by Fernán Pérez de Andrade in the fourteenth century. We trickle […]

The English Way. Stage 2 from Pontedeume to Betanzos

29 Jun, 2015 in A Coruna / The English way tagged Betanzos / hiking / Pontedeume / Saint James' way / The English way / track by Jose

Description We start the first stage of the English way from Ferrol in the port of As Curuxeiras, where we find a milestone which shows the beginning of the way. As we cross through the city, we will find some points of interest such as: the military church of San […]

The English Way. Stage 1 from Ferrol to Pontedeume

26 Jun, 2015 in A Coruna / The English way tagged Ferrol / hiking / Pontedeume / Saint James' way / The English way / track by Jose