In spring 2024, I will set off on my almost two-month pilgrimage in Spain. The Camino de Levante starts at the cathedral in València on the Mediterranean and leads about 800 km across Spain to Zamora. The route is generally considered very demanding and should only be undertaken by experienced adventurers, as the website Alltrails.com states. Although the path is ideal for trekking, hiking and cycling and is relatively well marked with shells, arrows and signs, you rarely meet other hikers here.

On the way you pass through five different autonomous regions: València, Castilla-La Mancha, Madrid, Castilla y León and Galicia. There are few cities worth seeing, therefor you pass through Toledo, the city of three cultures, Ávila with the best-preserved city wall in Europe and the "city of knives" of Albacete, which is known for its outstanding blades. In Zamora the Camino de Levante meets the Via de la Plata and there you can decide whether you want to make the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela for the remaining 450 km on the Camino Francés or the Camino Sanabrés.

Some daily stages are up to 30 km in one go without any bar, cafeteria, fountain or supermarket. There are no benches along the way to take a break, and there is no shade from strong sunlight or a place to take shelter from sudden rain. You walk for miles through orange plantations, olive groves, fields, forests and cow pastures.

Order book (German)

Photo travel book Camino de Levante und Camino Sanabrés by Claudia Prommegger
Softcover, 240 pages, more than 700 Fotos, maps of the individual daily stages with explanations, anecdotes and information from the everyday life of a pilgrim.