Walking the Camino de Levante

The Camino de Levante crosses Spain from Valencia in the southeast to Santiago de Compostela in the extreme northwest and leads mostly through unknown and lonely landscapes. At the beginning it runs through great orange and peach orchards south of Valencia and crosses La Mancha (known from the book Don Quixote de la Mancha). It passes through the world-famous cities of Toledo (UNESCO World Heritage Site), high above the Tajo River, Ávila, the highest city in Spain, Toro (with the imposing church Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor) and Zamora (the Romanesque city), located on the Duero River. Finally, the route reaches the province of Galicia and the destination of Santiago de Compostela via the Camino Sanabrés.

Margrit Wipf, born and raised in Zurich, and now living in Klosters (CH). She had started writing travel diaries at an early age, until now exclusively for her private use. She is the author of this book. and Ursula Austermann, resident in Aachen (D). She is an enthusiastic pilgrim and has already walked all the Caminos de Santiago in the meantime. Since spring 2008, both women, independently of each other, have been walking the various St. James Ways (Caminos de Santiago) in Spain. In 2010, they meet on the Camino del Norte (Coastal Way) and walk together to Santiago de Compostela. This encounter resulted in a friendship that continues to this day.