Day 7- Los Arcos to Viana

Walked today: 5.5mi. Camino’26: 50mi.

This pot was just outside the door of Suexte as we exited this morning. It’s a neat way to have your fresh salad fixins all in one, convenient spot. (note the tomatoes, and multiple leaf lettuce varieties).
Walking out of Los Arcos through the town gates.
“I once was what you are, you will be what I am”… is the prophetic inscription for anyone passing the gate of the Cemetery as we left Los Arcos.
All straight and level walking to start,
Continuing on the “straight and level”.
Still straight after 2 miles, but a dip and a climb up ahead to break the monotony.
Finally, after 2.5 miles, our first bend in the path.
Weaving our way through the grain fields…
…. and an olive orchard for diversity!
Leaving the path for a paved road…
… you guessed it… straight, with an incline.
More diversity on the final section into Sansol

Just before entering Sansol, we stopped at a small, modern albergue/bar that we had frequented prior to the pandemic. From 2022 through apparently two weeks ago, it has been abandoned. Today we stopped for our routine breakfast. Jim was so excited seeing this oasis (the services in Sansol are nil) open again and congratulating the new owners, that he forgot to take a photo! We did purchase a few extra items though, before walking on, to improve the cash flow of this new camino enterprise.

We walked on past Sansol (pop.112), as usual, to the nearby village of Torres del Río (pop.156).

The view of Torres del Río.

We stopped for a second breakfast at Hostal/Albergue in Torres del Río to wait for the 11:30 bus to Viana.

Santo Sepulcro, associated with the Templar Knights, was on our way to the bus stop on the edge of the village.
Had we continued walking, the camino continues (see yellow arrow) up the hill and out of the village. We spent the night in Le Pata del Oca albergue, on the left, on two previous camino’s before the pandemic, prior to walking on to Viana.

We’re skipping the 7 mile section between Torres del Río and Viana. Otherwise we would have to walk more than 12 miles today, which is beyond our self-imposed limit.

We boarded the on-time bus at 11:30 after each paying the 1.50€ fare.

We arrived at Viana 12 minutes later, walked to our Hostal in another 5 minutes and were able to check-in to our room immediately.

Hostal Palacio de Pujadas in Viana, Navarra, Spain
Our room in Viana.

After getting settled we had our main meal in the hostal dining room and by 2:00 we were nested in our room, performing our routine chores.

Later in the afternoon, after a short nap, Jim received notification that our grandson, Braden was playing a professional tennis match in Texas. So, we watched him win his singles match, on live, streaming video on Jim’s iphone via the ATP-WTA app. from our hotel room in Spain! Congrats, Braden! Good luck in tomorrow’s match.

After a brief celebration, we resumed our pilgrim roles, with remaining daily chores before retiring for another fun day on Camino2026.

One thought on “Day 7- Los Arcos to Viana”

  1. Hi

    The improvement in the Camino trail surfaces must be encouraging to know someone or government(s) is doing something to help make the pilgrim walk better and easier.

    It seems the streets of the villages are deserted, as well as the trail. Maybe it’s too early for folks to be out and about. Those population numbers seem low for the size of the towns and all the buildings that can be seen.

    As always, enjoying your informative blog.

    Larry

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