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    Thoughts on these hotels?

    There was one place we stayed where the bed was so uncomfortable that we were in absolute misery all night. When I get home this evening I'll dig out my notes on where we wound up staying each night, I tried to journal about that part of the experience (in addition to my journaling about the...
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    Favorite variant of Camino Portugues?

    Referring to different combos of the Camino Portuguese - coastal vs central, litoral or not, spiritual or not. Thanks!
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    Favorite variant of Camino Portugues?

    Hello everyone, I just finished my first Camino last week (the Primitivo), and a pilgrim I met along the way recommended the Portuguese (from Porto) for my next one, since I can't get a lot of time off work at once. He specifically recommended the Coastal, since it can be done in a relatively...
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    Ferretería Casas Chico hours?

    I found this article from August of this year. Google translate isn't working on it, but it looks like maybe it was converted from a ferretería to a bogedon in 2019? Ferretería Casa chicos
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    Ferretería Casas Chico hours?

    Does anyone happen to know what hours Ferretería Casas Chico is open? I wandered by this evening (after 1730) but didn't spot any hours on their door. Hoping to stop in while I'm still in SdC and see/possibly buy some of their brass work that I had read about previously.
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    Private rooms in Madrid?

    Direct contact wherever I can! I did just realize that 22-24 October falls over a weekend, which is probably part of why many places are booked lol. I'll keep trying though, bound to find *something* reasonable! Thanks everyone for all of your suggestions too 😊
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    Private rooms in Madrid?

    Booked up, same thing I'm seeing from a lot of the hostals. I wonder if there's something big going on that week, I was seeing a lot of places booked up even when I initially looked several months ago 🤔
  8. crbonade

    Private rooms in Madrid?

    Popping up as over $1k on booking.com 😩 A lot of places I'm looking at initially are sold out, might be a bad time to be trying to make a reservation 😕
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    Private rooms in Madrid?

    I guess I should add, we'll arrive by train from SdC on the afternoon of the 22nd, and depart by plane on the 24th. We'll be doing the multi-day metro cards, so although a place near-ish to the city center would be preferred it's not strictly necessary
  10. crbonade

    Private rooms in Madrid?

    Does anyone have any recommendations for places to stay in Madrid where one might get a private room that won't break the bank? My mother and I are finishing our Primitivo in a couple of days, and I'm realizing that the enforced closeness with another person in a double room for two weeks is...
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    Lost & Found Found: women's sweater on the hospitales

    I found a dark gray (or faded black?) sweater on the Hospitales route yesterday. I thought it may have belonged to a woman we met from Vermont who had passed us yesterday morning, but when I finally spotted her again on our way out of Berducedo today she said it actually belongs to another woman...
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    COVID Current mask requirements?

    I'm required by work to wear one on all public transport anyway, so no worries on that count.
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    COVID Current mask requirements?

    Hello, I fly into Madrid on Thursday, then taking the train to Oviedo on Friday and starting the Primitivo. Can anyone tell me what the current mask policies are in those areas? I just saw that the QR code/spth entry requirements changed in the past couple of weeks, wondering if other...
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    Thoughts on these hotels?

    Does anyone know of an email contact for Hotel Rural Chao San Martín in Castro? I've been trying to find one with no luck. Casa Ferreiro Castro is booked for the night I'll be there, and I'm worried that Chao San Martin will be also if I don't contact them early... but with only a phone number...

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