Vias Verdes

[+jazzmonster]

We've been talking for a while about walking part of the Camino in Spain but haven't got round to it. There are quite long distances between sections and we've been practicing walking the distances but we're not quite there yet - and that doesn't take the heat into account. I guess the main reason we keep putting it off is the lack of geocaches on the route we were considering. Plus it's quite a lot of work planning the trip whereas we've done city breaks instead (Budapest being our favourite) which are much easier to plan and mean you can spend more time caching. (I've also just discovered via the Geocaching map, part of the Camino route from Almeria).

 

Happily, I recently came across the Spanish Greenways website (while I was browsing for geocaches in mainland Spain). These are old disused railway lines where the tracks have been removed and the area has been tidied up and signposted for use by walkers and cyclists (and in many areas, wheelchair users too). The Greenways go from about 1.5 miles to over 150 miles, much of it tarmaced. Some have areas with guesthouses, cafes, even bike rental. There are coastal, urban and rural greenways with bridges, tunnels and amazing scenery from vulture spotting and lagoons to pretty picnic areas. The one that we're looking at (which is the one that I found from the Geocaching maps page) is the Maigmo Greenway from Alicante (loads of caches along a 22km stretch).

 

I'd love to know if you've done the Maigmo Greenway or any of the other routes and have any hints and tips?

 

http://www.viasverdes.com/en/principal.asp