In this video, I tell my personal experience of doing intermittent fasting on the Camino de Santiago, how I did it, what the results were (which included weight loss) and what side effects there were.
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The Aragonese Way is a less popular and less traveled variant of the Camino de Santiago that starts at the port of Somport on the border with France and joins the French Way at Puente La Reina and has 3 variants.
In this video, we tell you what interesting things to see, the different variants, what are the difficulties of the road and tips on how to do it, from exploring different plans to seeing how to get to the starting point and how to travel back.
The video was filmed in August 2022.
My travel companion was @AthanasiaNikolakopoulou and appears at several points in the video.
This path, el “Camino del Salvador”, is a less known and less traveled way to Santiago, that unites the French Way in León and the Primitive Way and the Coastal Way, which pass through Oviedo, where the cathedral of San Salvador is found.
El Salvador, the “Way of the Salvador”, or the “way of San Salvador” is a way to Santiago less known and less traveled, that unites the French Way in León and the Primitive Way and the Coastal Way, which pass through Oviedo, where the cathedral of San Salvador is found.
Numerous devout pilgrims would deviate to visit the cathedral of San Salvador and its relics. As an old saying states: “Whoever goes to Santiago and does not go to the Salvador, honors the servant and leaves the Lord.”
This is considered one of the most spectacular paths in terms of landscape and the Buiza-Pajares stage is considered by many to be the best stage of ALL the ways to Santiago, with the Pajares-Pola de Lena stage not far behind.
The path is not very long, with a distance of 121km, which can be done in 5 days, or more comfortably, in 6 or 7 days.
But it is a complex path with high difficulty. The terrain involves numerous ascents and descents almost every day and in addition it is necessary to carry food for several days, as the towns do not have all the services.
The Camino Aragonese is a less popular and less traveled variant of the Camino de Santiago; it begins at the port of Somport in France and joins the French Way in Puente La Reina.
It is approximately 170km long, so it can be done in 6 or 7 days.
It has 2 main variants:
1. To the monastery of San Juan de Peña
2. To the mouth of Lumbier (which we recommend)
The video was filmed in August 2022. My travel companion was @AthanasiaNikolakopoulou and she appears in several moments of the video.
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The Acheron river
The River Acheron (or the “River of Sorrows”) is one of the five mythical rivers of the underworld in Ancient Greece.
Across this river, the ferryman Charon carried the souls of the recently deceased to the realm of Hades in exchange for an obol.
Those who did not pay Charon were left to wander the riverbanks for 100 years, transformed into ghosts.
For this reason, coins were placed on the eyes of the dead at burials.
This river was described in mythology as an unhealthy swamp within a desolate landscape.
However, this mythical river does exist in reality, and that description is far from accurate.
In this video, we explore what the river looks like in the real world.
Locations:
Canyon and Springs (Gliki): https://www.google.com/maps/place/cheron+Springs/@39.3227478,20.6213507,15.21z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x4b24a010905d9dac!8m2!3d39.3276893!4d20.6228352
Beach (Ammoudia): https://www.google.com/maps/place/Acheron+River+Estuary/@39.249551,20.892919,10.46z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xf70edbc106810b24!8m2!3d39.2361423!4d20.4761043
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Castle Pantocrator of Preveza
We will explore the Pantocrator Castle (Κάστρο Παντοκράτορα in Greek), one of the castles that protected the Ambracian Gulf mouth, a place of very high strategic importance and the site of the most important naval battle in history.
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Ancient Thouria
In this video, we visit the Asclepion and the Roman baths, which are exceptionally well preserved…
Locations:
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Ancient Megalopolis
Ancient Megalopolis was founded through a synod of twenty to forty neighboring communities between 371 and 368 BC, by the League of Arcadia in an attempt to form a political counterweight to Sparta.
Its construction took 10 years and it became the most important city in Arcadia.
In this video, we explore the ruins and history of Ancient Megalopolis.
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Castle of Amfissa, Greece
We will explore the castle of the city of Amfissa, also known as the castle of Salona or Oria, a castle with turbulent history, ranging from remote antiquity to World War II.
It was attacked, besieged, destroyed and repaired many times by Macedonians, Gauls, Visigoths, Huns, Bulgarians, Slavs, Franks, Catalans, Turks and others.
Today, it is a public park, which has a beautiful view of the current city of Amfissa, with multiple pine paths and even a small theater.
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Aigosthena
Aigosthena is one of the best-preserved fortresses of antiquity and also one of the least known.
Located less than 60km from Athens, in the village of Porto Germeno, it has the best-preserved tower and the most complete “long wall.”
In this video we will tell you a little about its history and show you its ruins.