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Traveler Camino Mozárabe
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- Oct 4, 2022, 12:00 PM
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitude: 1,222 m
- Spain Andalusia Güejar Sierra Agustinos 37.240838, -3.37139237°14’27” N 3°22’17” W
Day 16
La Peza to Tocón de Quéntar 13km
October 4, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Wow, that steep climb out of La Peza sure tested our legs to make sure we were ready for the day ahead!

The nice thing about climbing is that the higher one goes, the better the views. That was the case today.

Once out of La Peza, the walk was on nice forest trails, gravel paths, and sometimes on paths covered with soft pine needles.

After arriving at the Puerto de los Blancares, we had the choice of travelling on to Quéntar, or to walk a short stage to Tocón de Quéntar. Being slow walkers and distance challenged, we took the latter option.

The albergue in Tocón is comfortable, and we're with two Spanish and a French pilgrims. No internet means we had time to chat with the others, and I had more opportunities to practice my Spanish 😊Read more
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Traveler Camino Mozárabe 2023
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- May 8, 2023
- Altitude: 1,231 m
- Spain Andalusia Güejar Sierra Agustinos 37.240999, -3.3713937°14’28” N 3°22’17” W
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Day 15
Day 12: La Peza to Tocón de Quentar
May 8, 2023 in Spain
Stage 12, from La Peza to Tocón de Quentar, 13.2km.
The steep and 'brutal' climb out of La Peza was quickly forgotten. This was a magnificent stage, with sensational views. Beautiful paths, where we even spotted some deer. Practically no road walking, except for the 50 metres at Puerto de Los Blancares.
Unfortunately, the bar in Tocón is closed on Mondays, but the albergue is well equipped.
We were even able to follow the small herd of sheep and goats that brightened up the landscape with their bells.
There is a song in French, which describes a village:
"Village, au fond de la vallée,
Comme oublié, presque ignoré"
Translating this for Tocón de Quentar, "Village at the bottom of the valley,
As if lost, almost ignored." In any case, ignored by the mobile phone networks ☺️Read more
Traveler I can think of a few other places where I could sing that song. Thanks for making me laugh!
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Laurie Reynolds Thanks for taking us along. I am wondering if you are doing the same stages as you did last year when you walked. And are you seeing a big difference between spring and fall?
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Traveler I was intending to update my entries on the Forum. I might do it when we get closer to where we stopped. We're roughly doing the same stages as last year. We stayed in Albolodúy instead of Santa Cruz de Marchena. We wanted to stay in Ocaña for a change, but the day would have been too long for Rachel, so we stopped in Nacimiento like last year. We also stayed at the new albergue in Abrucena instead of Abla. There certainly is a big difference between spring and fall. Flowers, greener scenery. In fall, however, we were walking towards cooler days, in spring, we're walking towards warmer, and hotter days.
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Laurie Reynolds You’re a better forum member than I am. I am not planning to post anything on the forum while I’m walking! I’m hoping you avoid the heat and continue to be bombarded by lots of beautiful flowers
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- Feb 15, 2024, 10:46 AM
- ☁️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 1,261 m
- Spain Andalusia Güejar Sierra Agustinos 37.239117, -3.38829537°14’21” N 3°23’18” W
Day 13
Tocón de Quentar to Quentar
February 15 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
D: It’s difficult to do justice to the beauty of this landscape and the variation we encounter in photos. Very glad that we stopped in Tocon yesterday instead of pushing through to this village. We met another Peregrino (our first) who had walked from La Peza and seemed in good spirits,but said that it would have been better to stop in Tocon. We were able to enjoy the day much more, and anyway needed to go slowly as we recover from dehydration sickness.

G: We beginnen met een stijle beklimming vandaag. Debi komt goed mee na haar rustdag. Energie lijkt goed en vandaag is niet zo lang, maar 16 km. De zon lijkt door te breken maar na het ronden van een heuvel begint het te miezeren. Jammer want de uitzichten zijn fantastisch. Halverwege komen we witte kalkacchtige bergen tegen alsof we op een andere planeet zitten. Quentar ligt tegen de berg aan en de straatjes in het dorp gaan op en neer. We vinden onze slaapplek gelukkig snel voordat we door de regen al te nat dreigen te worden.Read more
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