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When? Roncesvalles is usually pretty busy, but kind of cool with group dinners and Mass. Burgette is also nice. Are you thinking of reserving? There are a certain number of beds that are not reservable. After the May rush, things will slow a little in June and July.Roncesvalles or push to Burguete? I prefer to avoid the recommended stages to avoid the race for albergues. Do you suggest Burguete? Is Roncesvalles too busy?
Last year my brother and I did St Jean-Pied-de-Port - Orisson - Burguete, then always between the so called Brierley stages to Compostella de Santiago. No accommodation problems at all.Roncesvalles or push to Burguete? I prefer to avoid the recommended stages to avoid the race for albergues. Do you suggest Burguete? Is Roncesvalles too busy?
May 20thWhen? Roncesvalles is usually pretty busy, but kind of cool with group dinners and Mass. Burgette is also nice. Are you thinking of reserving? There are a certain number of beds that are not reservable. After the May rush, things will slow a little in June and July.
just my 2 cents: if you never been to Roncesvalles: do it! Experience it!
I walked the CF in 2019 and I do think that i had missed something, if I didn't stayed there.
Exceptional Mass, exceptional meal at the Hotel (you will be asked bei the Hospitaleros).
I agree. I've stayed in Roncesvalles albergue two out of my three times on that stretch, and rather missed it the other two times.just my 2 cents: if you never been to Roncesvalles: do it! Experience it!
You certainly don't have to. You are beginning on a Monday which is probably better than beginning on a weekend. You just have to be willing to take what comes. Some people get really wigged out about not knowing where they will sleep, but if it does not bother you, then go for it. It is just a busy a time of year. No doubt wherever you land will be fine and will be a good story to tell.Thank you all for the input! I don't wish to reserve in advance but I guess that is the reality of the Camino at this time of year.
I'll chime in with the motion to stay in Roncesvalles for a first camino just because of experiencing this place. (and contrary to Roland i don't have very fond memories of the food)
Did I got so lucky? Maybe yes, the waiter that served us, told us that they got a new chef a few weeks before. The meals were excellent, not outstanding, but excellent. In fact I did eat in my life far more expensive and far less good than in Roncesvalles.As far as dinner goes, the food was nothing special, but the company of other pilgrims was.
Roncevalles too good to miss.Roncesvalles or push to Burguete? I prefer to avoid the recommended stages to avoid the race for albergues. Do you suggest Burguete? Is Roncesvalles too busy?
Yes, very nice and a restaurant just down the road where I had dinner and breakfast the next morningIf you do go to Burguete I recommend staying at Lorentx Aterpea which is where I stayed in October. Very nice and not much further…
It wasn’t for us.Roncesvalles or push to Burguete? I prefer to avoid the recommended stages to avoid the race for albergues. Do you suggest Burguete? Is Roncesvalles too busy?
No not at all. We left on May 1st, apparent Ly a busy Holiday for Spain and other European countries. We didn’t realize it till after we had booked our flights.It wasn’t for us.
We have stayed in Burgette every year but one. The food is always incredible, the beds are comfortable and rooms clean and the owners are very nice. It like stepping back I to the 50's.My wife and I stayed in Burgette at a nice Pension (Pedroarena Rural House). We broke up the Napolean route into two stages using the Mountain Shuttle, so the extra 3 Kms were no problem.
And we found a collection of fellow pilgrims for dinner at Bar Fronton.
A nice little town!
My wife and I stayed in Burgette at a nice Pension (Pedroarena Rural House). We broke up the Napolean route into two stages using the Mountain Shuttle, so the extra 3 Kms were no problem.
And we found a collection of fellow pilgrims for dinner at Bar Fronton.
A nice little town!