Harvest Festival in Navarra sept 15-22 Need help re accomoda

[dmartin53]

Hi. I just read elsewhere in the forum that it is harvest festival time and that things are booked up for miles around Pamplona. I am leaving from SJPP on the 19th, Orrison on the 20th so I think I'm walking right into it. Nice but... Any suggestions where to try to make reservations. I had planned to stop before Pamplona then walk through the next day (Will have already spent a day there) and then stop for the other night on the other side of Pamplona. I'm feeling that I may have to make reservations at some place. Am I worrying unnecessarrily? Maybe it's just last minute jitters.

 

[Deleted member 3000]

The Jesus y Maria albergue in Pamplona will be affected by the number of pilgrims, but not the festival. Ditto Casa Paderborn. So I don't think you need to worry about it unless you are in a mob of pilgrims. In that case, get ahead or behind the mob, and stay in smaller places. There are albergues in Cizur Menor and the next little village, Zariquiegui.

 

[fraluchi]

Hi. I just read elsewhere in the forum that it is harvest festival time and that things are booked up for miles around Pamplona.

This week there is a fiesta in Zizur Mayor, but I can't see any "fiesta" in Pamplona next week. Check
http://fiestas.net/pamplona/ for this month's fiestas.
Watch out for the fiesta period in Logroño! Everything is outrageously priced at that time.

 

[dmartin53]

Thanks for the replies. I think I need to calm down and take it as it comes. Pre departure jitters!

 

[sillydoll]

In smaller places there are less alternatives and those could be booked up. I don't like the race for beds, but try to get to the next place fairly early. 4pm or 5pm is too late - all the beds might have been taken.

 

[peregrina2000]

This may be obvious, but even though the word is that the city or town is sold out because of a fiesta, it is always worth checking. I walked into Lugo on the Primitivo this June, arriving on the first day of their huge Roman festival, Arde Lucas. Some of my companions wanted to stay in a pension rather than the albergue and found space in a place within the walls, both for Friday and Saturday nights. And with the economy getting worse rather than better, you can expect tourism to continue to decrease in a lot of these places. Buen camino, Laurie