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It is closed.I read in Brierly’s book of an Albergue in Manjarin run by a unique character named Tomas. Rumor has it that the Albergue is closed, has anyone stayed here recently. It’s a long way to the next town (Acebo) if we wait to find out.
He does still live there, but he's not there every night.A well informed friend tells me that Tomas no longer lives in Manjarin and that it is no longer possible to stay there overnight.
He is still there, I'm not sure how more clearly this can be stated.How sad to hear. I stayed there back in 2009 and it was probably the most memorable part of the Camino for me.
It was very welcome one afternoon in November 2012, when my companion and I were caught unprepared in icy rain. By the time we got our rain gear on, we were chilled and wet. (It was just our second day on a Camino, and our first rainfall, so we learned fast.) Anyway, we stumbled cold and miserable into ManjarIn, where Tomas was presiding in his warm and smoky refuge. We spent an hour drying and warming ourselves and drinking hot tea. We had the option of staying the night, but it was not very appealing, so we moved on to the rocky walk and descent to Acebo, in lightly falling snow. However, we were extremely thankful for the much needed refuge.His refugio was only ever an emergency place