New Santiago Route

[Rosina Lila]

Hello you all,
The Valencian Council of Culture in collaboration with the Camino Friends Association of Valencia has published a new Camino guide called "From Valencia to Santiago, Another Route".
The publication contains Camino information on each of the five provinces traversed by the route from Levante to Santiago. Pilgrims will find in the guide specific information regarding the topography, the climate, the facilities and the relative difficulty, or ease, of walking the Valencian coast, Castilla-LaMancha, Madrid, Castilla-Leon and Galicia segments.
The guide includes a map that details the route with specificity and informs on the towns crossed and the distances, in kilometers, between them, as well as their altitude with reference to sea level.
The route traverses 115 kilometers in Valencia, 400 in Castilla-Mancha and 15 in Madrid, it then joins the Via de la Plata for the remaining 227 kilometers to Santiago.
Following this route it appears that pilgrims with limited time may commence their pilgrimage in Madrid, right off the plane, and walk, or bicycle, 242 kilometers to Santiago thereby qualifying amply for the Compostela.
Warm regards,
Rosina