Fuente de cantos where to sleep

[Joland]

Hi all,
we are planning via de la plata fom Sevilla at Semana Santa time ( to be precise a week before) so just wondering how it will be with accomodation in towns with no albergue which is for pilgrims only. For instance Fuente de cantos: gronze does not mention the albergue there. any ideas?

 

[Robo]

Not many optons there.
I travelled the same time as you are planning last year. (2023)
I stayed here.
https://www.elzaguandelaplata.es/
Cost effective if you share.
Great place.

 

[Joland]

Not many optons there.
I travelled the same time as you are planning last year. (2023)
I stayed here.
https://www.elzaguandelaplata.es/
Cost effective if you share.
Great place.

Thanks Robo I emailed them but unfortunately that time ( Semana Santa) they require 4 night stay minimum.

 

[Paul-CH]

I did sleep at Hotel Rural La Fábrica
 for €30.- Room only and it was Okay.
check at GRONZE Website

 

[peregrina2000]

If you are coming from Monesterio that day, you will have a 20 km walk to Fuente de Cantos. I remember seeing the albergue in Calzadilla de los Barros, which is only another 6 km. It’s a pilgrim-only albergue, so you don’t have to worry about Holy Week tourists.

Fuente de Cantos used to have a wonderful albergue turístico in the monastery on the edge of town, but a whole bunch of these closed (Extremadura seemed to have a log of them) and it’s really too bad.

 

[Robo]

Thanks Robo I emailed them but unfortunately that time ( Semana Santa) they require 4 night stay minimum.

That is not uncommon sometimes around Semana Santa.
But someone I met managed to book 'on the day'.
Private accomodation owners want to maximise their income over the holiday, but at the last minute they might take a single night booking.

Always good to have a Plan B though on the VdlP.

So maybe aim for Calzadilla de los Barros as @peregrina2000 suggests.
And if you still want to try Fuente de Cantos try calling them the day before or on the day.

 

[Lindsay53]

I stayed at Casa Vicenta last April, very nice: https://www.gronze.com/extremadura/badajoz/fuente-cantos/pension-casa-vicenta

 

[camino07]

There were three of us two years ago and we shared a luxurious apartment in El Zaguan,30 euros each.

 

[Joland]

Thank you all. Probably we will head to Calzadilla but we are a group of grandmother (77), mother and a 4 year old child so additional 6 km might be a challenge. Another thing which makes me worried is that the albergue in Calzadilla has only 10 beds. Someone knows if they can put us on the floor if „completo”?

 

[Peregrinopaul]

Hi all,
we are planning via de la plata fom Sevilla at Semana Santa time ( to be precise a week before) so just wondering how it will be with accomodation in towns with no albergue which is for pilgrims only. For instance Fuente de cantos: gronze does not mention the albergue there. any ideas?

I also stayed at Hotel La Fabrica. Perfectly OK. They’re used to pilgrims.

 

[Lindsay53]

Hi Jolanta, Unfortunately putting a mattress on the floor is no longer a thing. Fire regulations and a general tightening of rules have put a stop to it from what I have seen. Maybe booking somewhere a bit off the Camino and taking a taxi to and from could be the way to go.

 

[Peregrinopaul]

Last time I went through it was the only option i could find.

 

[Joland]

Thank you. The reservation is made Casa Vincenta by whatsapp.

 

[geraldkelly]

There isn't any albergue in Fuente de Cantos but 6km further in Calzadilla is a new municipal. I've heard good reports of it, haven't stayed there myself. https://viadelaplataguide.net/guide/calzadilla-de-los-barros

 

[Sydney Peregrinos]

Hi all,
we are planning via de la plata fom Sevilla at Semana Santa time ( to be precise a week before) so just wondering how it will be with accomodation in towns with no albergue which is for pilgrims only. For instance Fuente de cantos: gronze does not mention the albergue there. any ideas?

Hi all,
we are planning via de la plata fom Sevilla at Semana Santa time ( to be precise a week before) so just wondering how it will be with accomodation in towns with no albergue which is for pilgrims only. For instance Fuente de cantos: gronze does not mention the albergue there. any ideas?

Hi,we were there last year at about the same time as you - Saturday night the week before Semana Santa. We stayed in the Hotel Rural La Fabrica which is in a beautifully restored old factory. You can book via their website or contact them directly for a pilgrim discount. We had originally planned to book in advance but didn’t as we were unsure of our dates. We called the day before and were able to get a double room. I think it was about 45 euros but may have been slightly more.
A young friend walked on to the albergue in Calzadillo de Los Barros and said it was good.

 

[camino07]

I also stayed at Hotel La Fabrica. Perfectly OK. They’re used to pilgrims.

Might try that this April, thanks.