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I have since heard that the workers on the AVE project have taken over the Albergue, if this is true it leaves a big gap in accomodation possibilities between Cacares and Carnaveral!
I didn't know about the road option and followed the yellow arrows to the hills instead of looking at my map !
I'll be wiser the next time. Well i presumed it was a newish Albergue as it was fresh and clean and the Hosts couldn't have been nicer. Best wishes and happy walking for'17.
Rosser
It was about the end of April '16. I counted on getting water at the Abergue , which was shut as was a Restaurant/Cafe? adjacent to it and i walked the last 16k to Carnaveral with nothing to drink. I literally staggered into the private Albergue in Carnaveral which was new and very nice.
Hi Sybil, i am reading your account of the Via De La Plata with not so fond memories of one section that you describe. I stayed in Cacares and intended to walk to an Albergue by a lake (can't remember the name) and having got there after negotiating the disruption caused by the new train line...
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