Senderos y Pueblos

Reseñas

each day’s walk was interesting and different.

This is to let you know that we all had a great time on the walk.

The accommodation was good and all the people we met were friendly and cooperative, even though our Spanish was negligible.

We liked the fact that each day’s walk was interesting and different. The final day was the highlight and provided a fitting end to a great holiday.

The detailed instructions for each walk were comprehensive and easy to follow.

Finally, thanks for organising such a wonderful experience for all of us.

Gerald Sherry, Australia.

the best week's walking we have ever had in Spain

My wife and I had a wonderful holiday, and for that we are very grateful to Away From The Crowds. We are looking forward to our already booked holiday to Segovia in September of this year even more as a consequence. #pTHE WALKING

This aspect of the holiday was our greatest delight. Each walk was very enjoyable with the last day, from Pena de Francia to San Martin especially good, one walk that will live in our memories for a long while. We loved the villages we came across and where we stayed, and we both agreed it was probably the best week's walking we have ever had in Spain.

WALK INSTRUCTIONS

These were almost perfect. It was a little disconcerting that the first instruction tells you to follow the green and white lines when it should say ""yellow and white"". Mostly OK after that.I would add that in a few instances mentioning a distance or time to the next stage would help a little. Reading ""after some while"" or ""eventually"" in the instructions does not always inspire confidence. Lastly, a small note on how cold the start at Pena de Francia can be might help customers prepare a little better than we did. The lady at San Martin did warn us, but we did wish for a pair of gloves each at the start.

HOTELS

These too were more than adequate. All very comfortable, clean and (mostly) welcoming. A little more ""quirky"" than we are used to, but their character added to the overall enjoyment of the holiday as well. El Balcon in Mogarraz was our favourite hotel. The people in Antiguas Eras in La Alberca the most friendly and accommodating, and I would also like to thank the lady in San Martin for her hospitality, her cooking and her weather warning.

Keith Weymouth, UK.

wonderful programme

I can say that our holiday was wonderful. All the hotels were lovely, in different ways. In fact, it was a real pleasure to arrive at our next hotel and discover the delights each had to offer. We were fascinated by the character of the buildings in the villages that we passed through (and stayed at). The building styles were quite unlike anything we had seen before and it was great to see that each village had managed to prosper in recent decades while keeping their individual characters. The old photographs on display in La Aberca and Mogarraz were striking. We were also very lucky to be in St Martin during one of their festivals.

We enjoyed the walking which gave us a great introduction to the delights of the Sierra. The directions were clear and easy to follow and we had no difficulties except, perhaps, that we were accompanied by hundreds of flies as we walked through the forests. Unfortunately our walk from La Pena was in the mist so we didn't get the views but we have vowed to return there one day.

We find that walking with "Away from the Crowds" allows us to explore regions of Spain that we would otherwise not even think about and on both occasions we feel that we have experienced the "real Spain" and can't wait to return. I would also add that the Inclusion of a fascinating city like Salamanca or Segovia really adds something to the experience.

Many thanks for putting together such a wonderful programme and ensuring that it went without a hitch. We will continue to monitor your website for further adventures.

John & Liz Knowles, UK

wonderful mountainous route

Last 5 straight days we have been on daily long hikes in the lovely Sierra Francia in western Spain not all that far from Portugal, following a self-guided wonderful mountainous route, staying each night in medieval type villages, almost always deserted, feeling like time has stood still here for centuries.

Larry Rice, USA

The villages we stayed at were so different to anything we have seen before and Salamanca was beautiful.

We loved our holiday with Away from the Crowds. The hotels were all so different but just what we needed at the end of long, hot days. Everyone we met was so helpful but Carlos, our driver, went above and beyond every time we called him for help or he transferred us from place to place. He was a mine of information, dealt very well with our attempts at conversation in spanish and was a very important part of our journey.

It was hot, but we survived. We were grateful for the packed breakfast provided by the hotel due to our very early departure to Salamanca, again, Carlos was amazing, got us there with time to spare to pick up our coach to Madrid.

The owner in La Alberca was so friendly and offered us a place to stop on the last day’s walk from Peña de Francia if we needed a drink or just somewhere to rest. We only did the last part of that walk because of the heat but Carlos took us up to Peña de Francia for the view before dropping us back at La Alberca for the last part of the walk.

The villages we stayed at were so different to anything we have seen before and Salamanca was beautiful.

The hotelier at Mogarraz wasn’t the friendliest, just quiet and reserved, but the hotel was so unusual and the breakfast was very good. All of the breakfasts were good!

As you can probably tell we had such a good time! Our memories of that week, like those of our last holiday with you are very special.

Thank you for the response to our first initial panic that our flight was so delayed that we may not reach Salamanca on our first night away, we were grateful for your help, everything worked out ok and with the chaos at airports here now, we were very lucky with only one hour delay.

We found that the moderate walk was hard at times but that was due to the heat and, dare I say it, our age, although we don’t often admit to that! We are already planning next year to do the easier Segovia seven day trip next year, we did the short break before the world closed down and we would like to do the longer trip in that area next time.

So we will be in touch, thanks again for your help in Spain and the UK when we needed it, for your timely responses by e-mail and text, for your amazing detailed instructions for each walk and for giving us another wonderful adventure!

Regards

Sue, Lesley and Sue, UK

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