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Day four of my journey and suffering blisters, friction burns and shoe bite on feet. Boots are ankle high hillwalkers.
Tended to situation using blister gel plasters and tape then double socks but abrasions and blisters have multiplied...
From all of the posts on this recently, for me, it's best to assume an Albergue is only truly full if;
a) you turn up and they tell you it's full
b) you contact them directly via phone/whatsapp and they tell you it's full
It seems booking.con...
We are in Santa Marina del rey staying at a hostel costing 59 euros after redirecting from our destination which was San Martin del Camino.
We found the albergues were all booked or closed after looking on booking.com and have found the same for...
I used cash + cc. If you have time a Halifax Clarity card is worth getting as there are no additional transaction or atm fees to pay. Last year many places such as restaurants, etc accepted Cc + i used it to pay for albergues via Booking. A good...
Hello Fellow Pilgrims,
We are walking for the first time in two weeks and getting all our logistic ducks in a row (all that we can think of, anyway) - we’ve done a little research and asked around on bed availability for albergues and received...
Water is not a problem. Check any of the many many guidebooks, websites, etc to see which albergues take reservations and which do not (Gronze.com is an excellent site for this - use your browser to translate it from Spanish). Generally...
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