Hello,
Three ladies are planning our first Camino in mid-November 2013 walking from Sarria to Santiago. We are looking for accommodation that accept reservations. We understand that no reservation needed at this time of year and many albergues do not do reservations. But since two of the ladies need Schengen visas, we NEED reservation. Before I post this question, I researched other posts regarding visas. There are no cut and dry answers to visa problem on the forum and most posts are relatively old.
I found a post from 2010 with a list of albergues that accept reservations. However, most of them only have phone numbers and no emails to ask about reservation. Our Spanish is non-existent or “Google translate” Spanish only So, the concern is if we call, we won’t be able to communicate. We could make reservations in hotels (although not all the towns on the way have hotels), and then cancel reservations and stay in albergues during the walk. However, we would like to make “real” reservations, at the places where we are actually going to stay.
We are planning to follow John Brierley’s book for daily walking schedule. If someone please suggest albergues with reservation options in English in Portomarin, Palas de Rei, Ribadiso, and O Pedrouzo, we would greatly appreciate. We would also like to stay in the “not to be missed” albergues if possible. Do we ask too much? And please, if there are no "not to be missed" albergues with reservation options for these four towns, can you suggest them anyway?
Thank you in advance.
Elena
Three ladies are planning our first Camino in mid-November 2013 walking from Sarria to Santiago. We are looking for accommodation that accept reservations. We understand that no reservation needed at this time of year and many albergues do not do reservations. But since two of the ladies need Schengen visas, we NEED reservation. Before I post this question, I researched other posts regarding visas. There are no cut and dry answers to visa problem on the forum and most posts are relatively old.
I found a post from 2010 with a list of albergues that accept reservations. However, most of them only have phone numbers and no emails to ask about reservation. Our Spanish is non-existent or “Google translate” Spanish only So, the concern is if we call, we won’t be able to communicate. We could make reservations in hotels (although not all the towns on the way have hotels), and then cancel reservations and stay in albergues during the walk. However, we would like to make “real” reservations, at the places where we are actually going to stay.
We are planning to follow John Brierley’s book for daily walking schedule. If someone please suggest albergues with reservation options in English in Portomarin, Palas de Rei, Ribadiso, and O Pedrouzo, we would greatly appreciate. We would also like to stay in the “not to be missed” albergues if possible. Do we ask too much? And please, if there are no "not to be missed" albergues with reservation options for these four towns, can you suggest them anyway?
Thank you in advance.
Elena