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Yes, the albergue in Villavieja is unmanned. I contacted the number given in Gronze.com a few days before I was due there and in the reply I was given the code for the door. It was just as well because I had no mobile coverage while there and would have been unable to contact the number given on...

Hi, I completed the Invierno last weekend. I started in Ponferrada. At the Pilgrim Office I presented my Credencial with just one sello per day always from the albergue where I stayed. It was not feasible to get 2 sellos per day given the dearth of café/bars etc between the various stages. No...

That closure complicates matters for my plan. I am looking at a 37 kms. that day which is not really feasible for me!

Hi, Thanks for your reply. I used the number+34645767128 in Gronze.com for the Albergue in Villeguillo. I got an answer back from the bar owner saying he is giving up the bar on March 31st and will no longer be responsible for the Albergue! I see from Gronze that a pilgrim stayed in the...

Hi, I am starting the Camino de Madrid on April 26th next. I have planned my stages so that I will need to overnight in Villeguillo and a couple of nights later in Peñaflor de Hornija. Albergues in both these places are shown as open on the Amigos de los Caminos de Santiago de Madrid website...

I walked from Somport to Puenta la Reina last October. This Camino is not as well marked as the Francés, the arrows are more spaced out and in some cases could do with freshening up because of them having faded. Occasionally the arrows can be difficult to find as well. There were few pilgrims on...

I have just walked over I crossed the Somport Pass about a week ago. I started the Camino d’Arles in Toulouse about two weeks ago. I stayed at the pilgrim alberbue in Oloron-Sainte-Marie. Clean and comfortable. Eat at the Bar du Pont near the Cathedral. Then I walked to Sarrance and stayed at...

We just did the Portugese coastal route from Porto as far as Redondela from where we took the train into Santiago as we ran out of time.There was no problem with cheap accommodation. We booked ahead a couple of nights, we were 5 family members. We saw very few pilgrims on the route until we...

I walked the Mozarábe in Oct./Nov. 2018. I stayed in municipal Albergues whenever possible. The Amigos in Almeria were really helpful and welcoming. I would think that this route would be snowy in winter, I saw references in visitor books in some Albergues to that effect. With regard to a June...

Hi, I did the Le Puy route in June/July this year. Wi-Fi was available but not as widely as on the Camino Francés in Spain. I had to frequently rely on my phone for internet to such an extent that I used up my entire data allowance well before I had finished the route. Rarely available in...

Hi, I walked Alméria to Mérida in Oct. 2018. It is a very solitary Camino-I Met very few pilgrims along the route. I stayed mostly in Albergues when available and some were excellent. No resident hospitaleros usually, a number to ring to get the key or else from the local police. I only reserved...

You can’t check in there until afternoon but they will let you leave your luggage there til check-in time. In an excellent locatation and very good overall.

Hi, I walked Alméria to Merida in Oct. -Nov. 2018. Temperature was often in mid 20s centigrade even then. There is little or no shade and some every long stages. I met very few peregrinos as it is a very solitary Camino. The heat will be your main problem during your walk-hope you enjoy high...

Hi, I walked from Almería to Merida in Oct. 2018. I just took a light sleeping bag which I didn’t use on a number of occasions as sheets/blankets were available. I stayed wherever possible in municipal Albergues but this is not always possible. I see no need for a sleeping pad as you will always...

Hi Steve, I walked Almería to Merida last October. Weather was excellent for the most part. The pilgrim Albergues will usually be without hospitaleros and often the number you ring is the Ayuntamiento so don’t leave your phone call til the afternoon as the phone may go unanswered! I was often...

Hi, Just an update on my Mozárabe progress. Just left Cordoba this morning and now in Cerro Muriano about 20 kms. out of Cordoba. The camino marking Almería to Granada is excellent-I just followed the arrows. Getting out of Granada city was the only part so far that I found difficult...

I have just done 5 days so far on this Camino. It is so relaxed, no bed race and nobody else on the Camino with me. I have the albergues to myself apart from the Hospitalero in some cases ( in other cases there is no hospitalero). Amazing so few peregrinos elect to do this camino and opt instead...

Hi, I am starting the Camino Mozárabe from Almería on Monday next, Oct. 8th. Anybody else starting around this date or in the early stages of this Camino. Are there many peregrinos on this Camino at the moment and is there any pressure on accommodation? What are temperatures like at the moment...

I walked the Salvador and then the Primitivo last week in June and first two weeks in July this year. The only place that was tight for accommodation was Grado, the first stage out of Oviedo on the Primitivo. I stayed at the municipal Albergue there, there was a queue when I arrived there around...