Second this. November and December are wonderful months to walk, just keep an eye on the weather. I got snowed in at Foncebadon my first time. But there are plenty of beds, just double check the albergue is open all year.
Arriving in Santiago at Christmastime is priceless.
It was a Wednesday problem, the local holidays are pretty hard to know in advance without exhaustive research.
Everything was closed the following day in Molinaseca due to a local event, but nobody more than 10k away had any idea.
The entire town showed up at Restaurante convento for dinner (they close at 8) and there wasn’t enough to go around.
Most of these albergues are open all summer or “todo el año” so closing for 5 days seems a bit more than an observance of assumption but who knows. Turns out one albergue, Monte...
The end of a long day here in Foncebadon and experienced the first “bed rush” of the Camino. Both Monte Irago and Posada inexplicably closed with no explanation (locals have no idea either) while Convento and Cruz de Ferro fully booked. Restaurants all closed as well (including Pizzeria which...
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