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Just what I was looking for ....look forward to testing out many of your recommended favorites. Would also trade a little comfort for a "special" place.
There are many pretty awful Albergues so staying in a recommended place really improves your Camino experience. I would add the Albergue Amanecer in Villarmentero de Campos which is a lovely rural Albergue in a small village with geese, donkeys etc in the grounds and a beautiful atmosphere. Communal evening meal with vegetarian option.
I used this resource this year for the majority of my accommodation all the way from SJPdP to Santiago and there were no times that i thought " why am i am in this dive?" A fellow pilgrim that I bumped into in Santiago told me that he and his brother had stayed in several dives.
Several fellow pilgrims started asking me where I was heading too the following night and followed my lead. I was often thanked for recommending a particular place.
It is impossible to stop at all the recommended places and sometimes it means a longer walk or cutting the day short to stay at a highly thought of Albergue.
However, I must get in touch with the Black Dog because there are three more Albergues that should be in there! Two are new and another a hidden gem!
I just walked th Burgos-Leòn part, chosing the albergues on this list: they were all amazing! Thanks!!!
Please you should also consider the new Albergue Gaia in Mansilla del las Mulas: private, small, clean albergue with amazing infrastructures, opened in summer 2015 (July, I guess)
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