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First Camino help please: should we depend on Albergues or book nightly arrangements with a company?
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[QUOTE="Via2010, post: 643391, member: 81963"] Hi Michael, I can not agree with you on that point. On the Camino Francés and especially from Sarria onwards you will always have hospitaleros attending the albergue without previous calling. I can only remember calling the hospitalero on the Via de la Plata twice and in Southern Portugal (before Coimbra) once. But this is definitely not necessary on the Camino Francés. On the Camino Francés you will also always find somebody speaking English, either the hospitalero himself or some fellow pilgrims. If you are not able to do phone calls in Spanish and want to make a reservation for the next day, you may ask them to call for you or you use an app like "booking.com". Sometimes you may arrive at an albergue and the hospitalero is not in. But then, usually, they leave a note there in Spanish and in English, informing you that they will be back at a certain time and that in the meantime you may take a bed and have a shower. So don't worry, just walk. BC Alexandra [/QUOTE]
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