OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Announcement from the Associations in the Basque Country

[VNwalking]

This announcements below potentially affects parts of several Caminos - the Vasco, the Norte, The Olvidado, the Viejo, and the Camino de las Asturias.

Here is a machine translation of two of the announcements from the sidebar on this page:

6/18/2020​

COMMUNICATION TO PARTNERS

At the meeting held on June 9, 2020, the Board of the Association of Friends of the Roads of Santiago de Álava agreed, among other points, on the following: 1.- The headquarters of the Association will remain closed until further notice, so no credentials will be issued. 2.- All the activities scheduled for the year 2020, which were foreseen in the annual sheet, are suspended. 3.- The hostels on their way through the Basque Country will remain closed until further notice. Hopefully this anomalous situation will last as little as possible and in the next year we can resume all activities. Greetings to all. The Board of Directors Vitoria-Gasteiz June 2020.​

6/30/2020​

SITUATION OF ASSOCIATIONS AND HOSTS

STATUS OF ASSOCIATIONS The Irún association will open in early July. The Guipúzcoa association will remain closed until further notice. The Vizcaya association will open on June 29. The Miranda de Ebro association will open on June 29. The Álava association will remain closed until further notice. SITUATION OF THE HOSTS All the hostels in Guipúzcoa, both on the Costa road and on the Vasco del Interior road or the Tunnel road, are closed. All hostels in Vizcaya along the Camino de la Costa are closed. All hostels along the Basque Inland path or the Tunnel path as they pass through Álava are closed. The Miranda de Ebro pilgrim hostel is closed. The Haro pilgrim hostel is closed. The hostel of the Santa María de Vitoria Cathedral Foundation will open in early July.​

 

[jpflavin1]

That is not very promising news. At least in regards to 2020.

 

[nycwalking]

Well, I hail from the newly formed Isla de Covid de America, so I could not go anyway.

Sorry to see the way on hiatus in so many areas.

 

[naplesdon]

Yes, this was a month ago, have things changed since the end of June?

 

[VNwalking]

this was a month ago, have things changed since the end of June?

These were the most recent announcements on that web page, so I don't know.

 

[Erromesa]

All the hostels in Guipúzcoa, both on the Costa road and on the Vasco del Interior road or the Tunnel road, are closed.

All hostels along the Basque Inland path or the Tunnel path as they pass through Álava are closed.
The hostel of the Santa María de Vitoria Cathedral Foundation will open in early July.

As of a couple of days ago, I can confirm that the above information is correct. I don't know about Haro and Miranda de Ebro but I assume that there has been no changes.