Your legs won’t notice much today, but your head will. It’s day one: everything is new, the rucksack sits oddly on your hips, and somewhere in the back of your mind you wonder whether you’ve packed the right things.
It’s flat, which helps. First you leave the city, passing through suburbs and along Santiponce, where the Roman city of Itálica lies. After that the landscape opens up, quiet and spacious. Over almost 6 hours very little changes, and that’s exactly right for getting used to things. It’s mostly about keeping a steady pace and looking after your feet.
In Guillena a public pilgrim albergue awaits. By then you’ll have around 23 kilometres in your legs and the first day behind you. Take it easy at the start; the road to Astorga is long enough.