New albergue in Xinzo de Limia

[alansykes]

There is a new(ish) albergue in the pleasant town of Xinzo de Limia, on the Verín (southern) variant of the Sanabrés. It's 36km from Verín and 21km on to Allariz. Municipal, but run by the xunta.

http://www.laregion.es/articulo/a-l...albergue-peregrinos/20161217100034671600.html

Anybody stayed there? Hoping it will be open if/when I pass that way in November.

 

[peregrina2000]

There is a new(ish) albergue in the pleasant town of Xinzo de Limia, on the Verín (southern) variant of the Sanabrés. It's 36km from Verín and 21km on to Allariz. Municipal, but run by the xunta.

http://www.laregion.es/articulo/a-l...albergue-peregrinos/20161217100034671600.html

Anybody stayed there? Hoping it will be open if/when I pass that way in November.

Ok, that last sentence is too tantalizing to leave my question unasked -- where to this year? Your late fall walks are such a wonderful antidote to the gray blah days in my part of the world!

 

[alansykes]

where to this year?

Still working it out, but currently involves watching "500 basic Portuguese phrases" on youtube.

 

[gracethepilgrim]

Super news. When I walked the CPI I had to stay in a pension in Xinzo.
This is a wondereful walk. I hope the ‘local pilgrim assn’ have been putting some effort into re-marking the route. The arrows were few and far between in 2015

 

[madrid12]

I have not stayed but really liked Xinzo when I walked through a few years ago, the locals were so friendly and I ended up getting taken to the town hall for a stamp. I don't think they see many pilgrims.
My other stops were the albergues in Verin, Viladerrei and Sandias. I stopped at a hostal in Allariz but later came across an albergue there.
This was an early March camino so did not see any more pilgrims until 2 in Ourense.
Enjoy planning.

 

[peregrina2000]

Still working it out, but currently involves watching "500 basic Portuguese phrases" on youtube.

I'm having trouble visualizing, but is there a way to combine the CPI with the Camino de Torres?

 

[KinkyOne]

I'm having trouble visualizing, but is there a way to combine the CPI with the Camino de Torres?

Yes, Laurie, they meet (cross) in Lamego. See here:
http://www.rayyrosa.com/loscaminos

 

[alansykes]

I'm having trouble visualizing, but is there a way to combine the CPI with the Camino de Torres?

Yup, CPI turns right off the Torres at Peso da Régua, on the Duoro (if I make it, that will be my fifth Duoro-Duero camino crossing, joining Zamora, Toro, Tordesillas and Soria). Desperately trying to pick up basic Portuguese, which @gracethepilgrim says is very necessary round there.

 

[peregrina2000]

Yup, CPI turns right off the Torres at Peso da Régua, on the Duoro (if I make it, that will be my fifth Duoro-Duero camino crossing, joining Zamora, Toro, Tordesillas and Soria). Desperately trying to pick up basic Portuguese, which @gracethepilgrim says is very necessary round there.

I wouldn't be feeling too desperate, Alan. Though it is true that in many of these villages there is very little English spoken (though probably a lot more than you think), you will probably be able to make yourself understood using some of your excellent castellano. Well, ok, you may have a bit of difficulty understanding their reply in continental Portuguese, which is full of clipped sylables, sh sounds, and other features that make it hard, but they will understand you at least.