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    Looking for room recommendations - Camino Frances

    Thanks for the resource!
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    I have a problem

    When we've been ill or injured, we have reserved a room a day ahead and set a bag for 7 euro. Though not all alberques will accept reservations or bags, plenty of private albergues, pensions, casa rurals and hotels will. Search HOTELS under camino resources for a spreadsheet. Have no concern...
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    Looking for room recommendations - Camino Frances

    Thank you NualaOC and everyone else!
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    Recommended Hotels - Camino Frances

    Thanks for your comment! Enjoy your anniversary!
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    Need some help thanks

    I like the suggestion to start in SJPdP and walk as far as you feel. You will be in the company of others at the start of their journey, a good number of whom plan to walk a week or two, like you. We haven't encountered "labelers" on the actual Camino. Only occasional references on the forum...
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    Looking for room recommendations - Camino Frances

    Thanks for your recommendation Mark - well put...albergues are cool, but its nice to take a break...
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    Any reason to take a guide book?

    I like to pack light, but still carry the Brierley book and use it constantly. It's something to read at night, its battery is always charged, doesn't break when I drop it, doesn't stop working when it gets wet, never crashes and I can still view it in bright sunshine with polarized sunglasses...
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    Looking for room recommendations - Camino Frances

    We're heading back to the Camino Frances this spring (2016) and planning on spending some nights in private rooms at hostels, casa rurals, pensions and hotels. If you have any positive recommendations for private rooms, please let me known, along with your comments. We are especially interested...
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    Train from Madrid to Pamplona

    Rometorio.com will give you all of the choices and links. I book directly with Renfe for train or Alsa and PLM for bus (directly from airport as stated previously - fairly new, cheap and pretty comfortable w/bathroom - recommended). The trouble I have run into is the credit card, sometimes...
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    Need to book accomm in St Jean PDP?/ breaking up 1st stages for novice?

    If you have enough time in your camino journey, I would still consider a start from Roncesvalles; the terrain challenge is not very different than starting Pamplona, and not nearly as challenging as starting in SJPP. And its a really nice part of the camino between Roncesvalles and Pamplona. If...
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    Shoes, again!

    Asics cumulus goretex are on sale at jackrabbit for under $90 (were $140). They work well if the weather is not too hot and you pair them with gators
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    Transportation from Pamplona to SJPP

    if your credit card is not accepted by alsa (or any other spanish concern), you may have to use paypal
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    Shoes, again!

    asics cumulus goretex worked for me
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    Need to book accomm in St Jean PDP?/ breaking up 1st stages for novice?

    Hiked the Valcarlos route last October. I'm 60, a 5k runner, but pretty creaky. Starting in SJPP is pretty cool. My wife and I stopped in Valcarlos the first night, a bit jet lagged. The second day from Valcarlos was a good challenge due to the big change in elevation (check out the elevation...
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    Sansol or Torres del Rio? Viana or Logrono? Advice requested please...

    My wife and I (both 59) had lunch in Sansol, sitting at the top of the town by the church, overlooking Torres del Rio. After looking around a bit, we walked on to Torres. Sansol seemed pretty quiet. Torres del Rio is still a small town, interesting hilly streets, several sleeping options and a...
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    Sansol or Torres del Rio? Viana or Logrono? Advice requested please...

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    Rest days on Camino Frances and booking ahead

    Thanks! Regarding how far to book ahead: due to weather, pace, illness, and injury, we would not have been able to maintain a schedule with pre-booked lodging all the way through the Camino. For us, we could only predict our destinations a couple of days out. At the beginning, we made a...
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    Rest days on Camino Frances and booking ahead

    We really liked the flexibility of choosing a destination a day at a time and either showed up or called ahead the night before. The majority of the time (June and October 2015) we stayed in double rooms. If you search: hotels on this site - - you should be able to find a spread sheet I posted...
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    Recommended Hotels - Camino Frances March 8, 2016

    We hiked the Camino Frances in May and October 2015 and are heading back in April 2016. We have stayed in a combination of bunk rooms and double rooms. I put together a spread sheet of recommended lodging with rooms, based on our experiences and recommendations of other pilgrims. I am sharing it...
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    Recommended Hotels - Camino Frances

    scn submitted a new resource: Recommended Hotels - Camino Frances - Hotels, Casa Rurals, Alberques w/ Private Room when you don't want to sleep in a bunk Read more about this resource...

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