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I stayed at municipal albergue which is Station House at Deba railroad station last April 2022. I like there.
They will open at 12:00PM, if you arrive around noon, you need to to go Tourist Information office for registration, and they will give you a code number for the door. The...
I walked Carmino Norte from 4/23/22 to 5/27/22. I used backpack delivery services by "Trans-Mikel" from Irun to Bilbao; he charged me 50 Euros for 7 stages. From Bilbao I used different "Trans-Mikel" who charged me 20 Euros for each stages because I was the only one customer. He tole if he...
I arrived in Santiago yesterday. From Irun to Santiago, I haven’t had any problems to arrange accommodation. I usually reserved a bed via booking.com, but sometimes, booking.com didn’t work properly. I sent e-mail to albergues, they always responded right a way. Sometimes, booking.com showed...
I had a hard time to find USA from the list when I registered at Pilgrim Office. Someone told me to use “Estados Unidos,” which is USA in Spanish; it worked, bit ot took a time to find.😵💫
I stayed at Alb. LdC.
Similar situation at alb Casa Rectoral. It’s about 1kms ahead of LdC. They do not provide free charge of laundry, but they have a great view on the top. I visited up there, and I felt like to have a good retreat with in a nature. Anyone plans to stay at the area, I’d...
I had hard times until Gernika. It’s rain and muddy downhills, so I slipped three times.
From Bilbao, weather has been good; sometimes had cloudy, but mostly sunny. I am headed to Villaviciosa today. It’s little cloudy, and weather report showed will be 70% rain around 11:00. Will see how...
Most of municipal alb and hostels are nice and clean as well as Santander. They also provided blanket, so I haven’t use my sleeping bag so far. I am at Comillas and leaving for Colombres today. Alb La Huella del Camino was full yesterday. It’s very nice and clean. Some people cook their...
All the lodgings, municipals and privates, are clean up today to Santillana del Mar.
No need to wear mask at albergues and restaurants, but when you attend Mass, and if you take bus, train, ferry, you need to wear mask.
I hope it will be helping you to understand current situations.
🙏🏼🤗🌺
I am currently walk on the Norte. I am now in Santander.
I think many municipal alb. are starting open. I have reserved lodging earlier from Feb. I have checked with Gronze who does most accurate updates. As soon as I found municipal alb open, I cancelled my private alb and switched to...
I have similar situation with my back. I planned to walk Norte 2020. Due to COVID it’s postponed until now. Therefore, I feel like to do this time; otherwise, I may not be able to do.
When I checked the list of albergues, there are some municipal albergues open after Bilbao. So, I pray with...
Yes. No matter of what, I always had travel insurance include health when I walked Camino. I bought insurance this time, too.
When I reserve the flight, there’s a questionnaire prior to make reservation, and I answered all the questions; then, they responded Madrid welcome you with the...
I plan to walk Camino Norte after Easter (4/21) from California. I searched municipal albergues, but most municipal albergues are closed. Many hostels and pensions are fully booked although the price is high. It looks like about 40-50 euros/night.
However, I reserved free cancellation...
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