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  1. Isabelpilgrim

    Albergue Juvenil Castro open?

    When I walked last August it had opened again. There are two other accommodations there. March is a transition time with a lot of albergues, some don't open up again until around Easter or when it gets busy.
  2. Isabelpilgrim

    Help - Primitivo - July

    I was going to add, you could stay at Hotel las Grandas, walk into Grandas de Salime in the morning, and have a coffee while waiting for the ethnographic museum to open, then walk to Chao San Martin and spend the night there. Makes a short walking day, but when will you go to the museums again?
  3. Isabelpilgrim

    Help - Primitivo - July

    You have to have pretty good Spanish to do the tour. I was the only person visiting the museum the day I went, but the guide only spoke Spanish so didn't get to see the site. The museum was interesting, non-the-less. I did the ethnographic museum in Grandas de Salime and the one in Chao San...
  4. Isabelpilgrim

    Help - Primitivo - July

    And even though Arca/Pedrouza was packed, I somehow walked into Santiago totally alone.
  5. Isabelpilgrim

    Help - Primitivo - July

    I walked the Primitivo last August/September. I did book because I was reading that various albergues had closed. Turned out not to be the case, and it was pretty empty, except for Hotel las Grandas, everything past that point seemed to have a availability. The next three towns I stayed in I was...
  6. Isabelpilgrim

    Camino Primitivo end of December

    I just walked from Embalse de Salime to Santiago, it's long stretches without any services even in the busier season. Lot of it feels remote, and first 2/3 or so are through mountains. Consider less daylight, remoteness, steepness, and snow, and be prepared for that. Definitely check on...

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