Bilbao-Oviedo

[jharris15]

Hi everyone I need your help!!

I'm going to walk from Bilbao to Oviedo with a friend of mine. We're flying to Bilbao and then flying back from Madrid. So I was wondering...

1) How far is Bilbao to Oviedo?
2) How long does it take to walk? I want to make sure we've got enough time. We're pretty good walkers but don't want to miss our flight home.
3) Any advice on cheap transport from Oviedo to Madrid?

Thanks Jennifer xx

[arturo]

Hi Jennifer,

According to the guidebook the distancesa are as follows:

1. Bilbao - Portugalete 17,7km (4hr 30 min, medium difficulty)
2. Portugalete - Castro-Urdiales 27,2 km (7hr, easy walk) Total from start: 44,9 km
3. Castro-Urdiales - Laredo 24,8 km (6hr 30 min, easy walk) Total from start: 69,7 km
4. Laredo - Santander 40,2 km (11hr, hard stage) Total from start: 109,9 km
5. Santander - Polanco 35,8 km (9hr 30 min, hard stage) Total from start: 145,7 km
6. Polanco - Cobreces 22,6 km (5hr 30 min, easy walk) Total from start: 168,3 km
7. Cobreces - Colombres 39,5km (10hr 30 min, hard stage) Total from start: 207,8 km
8. Colombres - Llanes 23,3 km (6hr, easy walk) Total from start: 231,1 km
9. Llanes - Ribadesella 29,1 km (7hr 30 min, medium difficulty) Total from start: 260,2 km
10.Ribadesella - Sebrayo 31,4 km (8hr, medium difficulty) Total from start: 291,6 km
11.Sebrayo - La Vega de Sariego 23,7 km (7hr, easy walk) Total from start: 315,3 km
12.La Vega de Sariego - Oviedo 26,9 km (7hr, easy walk) Total from start:342,2 km

In total it makes ~340 km in 12 days of walking, but two weeks sounds more realistic.
When do you plan to walk the Camino? Iwill travel teher end of June till end of July.

Buen camino!

Arturo

[arturo]

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[arturo]

For clarification: I used the guidebook El Camino de Santiago del Norte, by El Pais Aguilar. Last update - January 2010, and they claim to have recent updates at El Pas-Aguilar The total distances I calculated manually, so if you find a mistake there, blame me. The difficulty of the stages was shown with 1, 2 or 3 shells, so I translated them into "easy walk", "medium difficulty" and "hard stage".
Buen camino!
Arturo