What is this place?

[mmm042]

Hi.

My husband and I walked from Sevilla to Merida in November. Maybe a mile or two before we arrived in Fuente de Cantos we came across what looked like a very nice, newer albergue. A sign on the gate said Villa Camino de Santiago. It could also have simply been someone's home. I meant to ask in town what it was, but I forgot. Anyone know?

Melanie

 

[Anniesantiago]

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[Rebekah Scott]

Looks like a weekend/holiday home for a neuveau-riche former pilgrim. Very much a private home, designed for public admiration. The big gates and fences say Private, and the lack of any signs of habitation says it was probably built during the big real-estate "bubble" and possibly never paid-for or inhabited.

 

[Canuck]

Looks like a weekend/holiday home for a neuveau-riche former pilgrim. Very much a private home, designed for public admiration. The big gates and fences say Private, and the lack of any signs of habitation says it was probably built during the big real-estate "bubble" and possibly never paid-for or inhabited.

So true. I couldn't have said it better.

Jean-Marc
P-S. I remember see that place and thinking how it appeared so flashy and useless.

 

[Anniesantiago]

It would make a VERY nice albergue! lol

 

[muppet]

Hi there!

Yes I remember the house as well. Was just after I came across a drowsy snake on the path

 

[ria]

i have the sign
I remember there was a small story about the house in my book (paco nadal), but in spanish so i didn't get it very well. there were also kilometer signs to santiago and seville. and a big fence...
ria