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Go to http://caminodesantiago.consumer.es/los-caminos-de-santiago/frances/ and make sure you have lots of contact numbers for albergues. Better still download their app which contains all this info. That way you'll also have options of places to stay, which might be important if you are going...
It's not the bed you have to worry about, its the bugger snoring underneath you. Besides, once the hospitalero has left for the night you can always drag your mattress somewhere else if its a real problem. I'm 6'2" and only have a problem in older pensions where the owners still have beds...
You don't say which camino you plan to walk, but if you mean "the camino" as in the most popular Camino Frances, I would recommend meeting up with someone once you are on the camino. In August and September there are hundreds of pilgrims starting every day from St Jean, you are sure to meet...
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