Is that the one just left of the main road? I stayed there once and enjoyed the stay in the town because it was less crowded than Leon and there were several nice restaurant options. I think I remember the albergue had a nicely equipped kitchen...
If you sponsor the use of the botafumeiro - as well as the certainty of seeing it in action, you do get a number of reserved seats close to the censer itself. The main event should clearly be the Mass; but a proportion of the congregation wait...
Does it really matter? Neither St Jean nor Santiago are moving so the distance between them never changes (geologists with an obsession for tectonic drift need not respond). The distance walked by pilgrims will vary considerably depending on...
This seems very easy to walk to me. I am 70 years old, not overly fit and I have reduced lung capacity (making hills harder for me) and I walked from Villafranca del Bierzo to O Cebreiro in a day, last year in July, carrying my own pack without...
Reminds me of an advertising tagline for an insurance company that disses its competition with the phrase that the other company's coverage is "pretty good."
Have you considered Victor's horses for that climb? You get that in Los Herreiras (still need to transport the big pack).
That will take you all the way up to O Cebreiro...
At the time of my walk I was 62 and walked from Vega de Valcarce to...
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