thetravellingpen
Active Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- June 2014
Is the wine fountain off the marked route, and if so, is it easy to miss? Promised someone I'd take a photo of it...
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That's what I thought! So how do I NOT miss it?!I missed it in May 2014 as I think the route splits and I followed the alternative arrows.
So keep left...I didn't notice the split in the route before the fountain, when we reached Irache we followed the arrows to the left and there it was. About 100mts after the fountain there was an alternative higher route but we stuck to the lower route.
This is what the guide said and we followed that and the arrows.So keep left...
Thanks!This is what the guide said and we followed that and the arrows.
Walk through suburban Estella, past the turning to the Oncineda albergue then climb uphill to Ayegui. Turn left just before the playground and head towards the Monasterio de Irache. In a few hundred metres reach the Fuente del Vino. Follow the gravel road lined with vines to Irache.
So the fountain is after Ayegui and before Irache.
Hola travellingpenThat's what I thought! So how do I NOT miss it?!
It was a bit on the rough side all right.I wish I had missed it! It was by far the worst wine I drank the entire Camino. Other than an interesting picture, take the alternate route!
I missed it in May 2014 as I think the route splits and I followed the alternative arrows.
no. You will miss a wonderful little village with wonderful bells.So keep left...
Any updates from the wine fountain on?Well thanks all... but I did find it easily enough in the end but sure others are benefitting from the post now...
Hi FalconAny updates from the wine fountain on?
Agreed. I filled a small bottle 1/5 full instead of drinking straight from the fountain, but only because there was a line behind me and i didn't want to rush through my drink. I don't think I took hardly any more than one good swig straight from the fountain would have equaled. So I agree with your general point......filling up a bottle for the road is not cool.Just to note that there is not an unlimited amount of wine each day. I would encourage people to be considerate to other pilgrims, taking a drink but not filling their bottles so as to leave some for others later.
Just being a New Orleanian whereever you areWine is wine, and free wine is good wine.
True dat.Just being a New Orleanian whereever you are
I've traveled a bit through Thailand, Cambodia and the Philippines and ate a lot of street and village food. Wonder if I've ever consumed "old fido" unknowingly.Hi Falcon
I stopped with the blog, as I was finding it difficult to do while on the camino - not for lack of internet, but more because I was finding the words difficult at the time. I ended up having an amazing experience and met wonderful people. I finished in Santiago on 9 August, on a day when 2,709 pilgrims received their compostelas, luckily we arrived at 8:30am, so the queue wasn't too bad. I still intend writing a piece on the camino and will post it when I do. But, here is a link to all the photos from my trip if anyone is interested. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.334404353394526&type=1
I raised money for dogs rescued from the dog meat trade (stolen from Thailand, and taken across the border to Vietnam to be slaughtered) and when I got back I actually adopted one of these dogs -- the sweetest little thing, hard to believe she was hours away from being soup!
Anyway, thanks so much for asking. I'm still walking 10km at least 4 times a week, keeping fit, and will do the camino again in a few years time with my husband this time. I was lucky in that he looked after my daughter this time so I could go away for a month, so we need to wait for her to finish school (she's 11 now) so we can both get away for that amount of time.
Buen Camino everyone!
Just to note that there is not an unlimited amount of wine each day. I would encourage people to be considerate to other pilgrims, taking a drink but not filling their bottles so as to leave some for others later.