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[QUOTE="Tia Valeria, post: 141536, member: 6537"] [b]Soto de Cangas to Covadonga: May 14th[/b] 6.5kms It turned cooler again but was fine when we set off on the final stage of this camino. The route is signed mostly along the road but with some ways through the villages, such as La Riera. We stopped briefly at the bar El Repelao, but were not impresssed with the nearby hotels. This was the first night we had not booked ahead as we were not sure where exactly some hotels were. The basilica was way up above us and we both said we would wait to go up to the cave and basilica next day. So, looking for accomodation we set off along the signed route by the river, rather than walking up the road. It led up some steep steps, then more steps and on, and on, up more steps....until ! Yes we came out at the cave. Feeling exhausted, by the steps and increasing humidity, we stopped briefly at the cave, then walked round the corner to check out the Parador Gran Pelayo. It was closed for the day, including the cafe and restaurant so we set off back down the road. One bar was open, with the possibility of lunch later, no rooms as they too were not open. Walking on back down, as it started to rain, we passed the Casa Asprón and the owner was at the window. She showed us to a lovely room and we asked for 2 nights. Then it was down to El Repelao for good 'platos combinados' before siesta etc... After our siesta we went back up to the cave where we joined in with part of the early evening service. Then we went to the basilica, the next service here is mid-day tomorrow. Looking for drinks we found that [i][b]nothing [/b][/i] was open at the top of the hill, the only drinks available were from machines. We bought coca colas and went back to our room to eat our emergency rations (saved from our very generous lunch :) ) rather than walking down to the Repelao again. [/QUOTE]
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