Gaudi Palace in Astorga
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- Sunrise leaving Santibanez
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- Pilgrim Oasis
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- Cross with view of Astorga
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- Astorga, with mountains in the background
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- A drink of water with the statue pilgrim
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- This is the pedestrian railroad crossing
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- Steve with a statue pilgrim
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- Closer view of Astorga
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- Cathedral
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- Buen Camino in mosaic
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- Side view of the cathedral
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- Entering Santa Catalina with the mountains we get to walk up in the background
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- Our private patio
Our walk out of Santibanez started out with rolling hills and quite a few new Camino roads.
After a few kilometers, we came upon a ‘pilgrim oasis’; someone had an eclectic setup with shelters and benches to sit on, a stand with fresh fruit, juice and coffee available on a donation basis. It was a welcome treat!
At the top of the hill on the way to
Astorga, we had another pilgrim take our picture by a hilltop cross with the city of Astorga in the back ground. There were other photo ops on the way with various statues.
Astorga is an interesting town. It has the remains of the old Roman city walls, and other Roman ruins, a cathedral, and a palace designed by Gaudi. After walking around Astorga, we continued on our way to Santa Catalina de Samoza. It was a hot, long straight path.
We had good views of the mountains in the distance, that will be in our future walks, beginning tomorrow!
We were pleasantly surprised with our room here. We have a huge private patio all to ourselves!
Our walk today covered 14.25 miles, and 76 flights of stairs!
We are planning our days now to hopefully be less aggressive in our walking, and having more time to enjoy the villages we pass thru. From now on it is supposed to be the best of the Camino!