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Hi All,
I have reached out to all accommodation options listed Fromista for 24th december and they are all cerrado. This includes Betania which is typically open (due to lack of water & electricity).
So if anyone hears of an accommodation option in or around fromista over xmas period, this...
Hi all,
I plan to continue to santiago from Burgos from the 17th dec 23.
Anyone else starting around there & around that time?
is Gronze the best / official site for which albergues will be open? Welcome all pointers.
Last time we found both xmas and boxing days to be very quiet.
Regards...
Hi All,
I walked from SJPP to Burgos for 2 weeks over xmas 2017. Most days there were fewer than 20 pilgrims in the albergues. Apart from a bigger city/town like Pamplona, I don't recall having choices for Albergues. It was difficult to obtain reliable understanding of which Albergue's were...
Respectfully I am finding @SYates posts on winter camino a lot more useful than the guidebook and app combined. At the risk of sounding terribly ungrateful, the alberguesinvierno website list has been marginally helpful at best as I key this from the camino.
@SYates do you have a separate...
Hi All,
Thank you all for your comments and suggestions, all of them useful. Having reflected after seeing youtube vids of pilgrims, blog entries and other posts, I have decided to start in SJPdP on 24 December and walk as far as I can for a couple of weeks. The aim is to complete the...
Hi All,
I am planning on starting Camino – going solo - at Astorga on 24 December 2016, hoping to reach Santiago in 2 weeks. Based on comments made elsewhere on this wonderful forum, I was thinking to follow this plan broadly and adjust once list of albergues open for winter is released:
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