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  1. wisepilgrim

    The Camino Guides - From Wise Pilgrim

    Hello everyone! Sorry to shout, but these are exciting times. I have started this thread to serve as a point of conversation for the Camino Guides Beta that was launched last month. Since I have been kicking the tires so to speak and searching for dead links and oddities and other bed bugs in...
  2. wisepilgrim

    Carnaval is coming, Carnaval has arrived

    The season of Carnaval is fast approaching, and in Galicia (where it is known as 'entroido') it has already begun. At least in the town of Xinzo de Limia on the Camino Sanabrés. It is the earliest, and longest in europe and will last another 5 Sundays. This Sunday past they celebrated like...
  3. wisepilgrim

    Peter Pank closes shop

    Just a link to a local news article, detailing the closure of a well known bar/shop along the last 100km of the Camino Francés. It was most memorable for the wall of painted shells it offered to pilgrims... and a funky stamp. It looks like the owner is retiring, and the second in command...
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    URGENT HELP NEEDED

    MORE INFO ON SAVETHECAMINO.COM, but the basics are below. WHAT IS HAPPENING Everything you see in the photo above is slated for destruction. That tree on the left tagged ‘1C‘ and all the rest will be removed shortly, returning the camino to the unsafe national highway. So too will a nearby...
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    2024 - albergue trends... or non-trends

    As I wade through the hundreds of emails and whatsapp from hospitaleros, I am noticing a few commonalities but it is really difficult to pinpoint any concrete trends for 2024. The only real certainty is that things have finally stabilized in comparison to previous years (since covid). For...
  6. wisepilgrim

    Lisbon River Route - A Map

    With the new route out of Lisbon now open, and the old route quickly retired, I was eager to make a quick visual for pilgrims heading that way. On the ground it is nothing to worry about as it is well marked, but for the map oriented pilgrims out there this is for you. A big thanks to Paul...
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    On relocating a big stone church.

    Many of the veteran pilgrims are aware of the story surrounding the church of San Juan (or San Nicolás, depending on who you ask): It was moved in the early 60's to save it from the rising waters of the soon-to-be embalse that we see today. Looking closely you can see that the stones are...
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    In search of a contributor for a Podiensis guide.

    In the early weeks of 2020 I laid out plans to publish a comprehensive guide to the Via Podiensis - GR65 route in the form of an app. Covid put an end to that dream, and I have not had an opportunity to return to it since. I did publish a bare-bones app for the route and that app gets a lot of...
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    Albergue Closures

    In recent days there have been a few notices about albergues arriving with urgency to my inbox. As mentioned here the albergue in San Vicente is changing management due to changes in the law. They will reopen soon. In Eskerika (Morga) the albergue is for sale and currently closed until further...
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    Two albergues re-open on the Norte

    Good news for Norte pilgrims! Two private albergues which had closed in the past years have reopened (or plan to) for 2023. They are: Aves de Paso in Pendueles, where Anna (from Holland) takes over from Javier. Closed on Fridays! and Reposo del Andayon in Cuerres, whose owners have reversed...
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    Pola de Lena albergue reopening

    Good news! Hot on the heels of the Buiza albergue, the Pola de Lena albergue is reopening this week.
  12. wisepilgrim

    Buiza albergue opening July 18th, 2022

    Good news! But it doesn’t look like Ángel is handling the registration as you need to check in at the Ayuntamiento Pola de Gordón.
  13. wisepilgrim

    New Boat service from A Caminha to Guarda

    Good news for pilgrims coming up the coast. The iffy service of the Santa Rita has been replaced by a new agreement between Galicia and Portugal, called Xacobeo Transfer. There are now two new boats to ferry pilgrims and locals from one country to another, and starting in July one of them...
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    Camino limericks - and other distractions

    I found this gem written on the underside of a bunk bed, and it always reminds me of a favorite Camino pastime/distraction. There one was a pilgrim in Spain Whom doctors classed as insane. When asked why this was, they said it’s because, all that snoring had addled his brain. Does anybody...
  15. wisepilgrim

    Portico reunited - no more partition

    Good news on the renovation front. The last of the temporary structure that was separating the interior of the cathedral from the restored Portico has been taken down...
  16. wisepilgrim

    Xunta albergues no longer accept reservations

    It would appear that the website didn’t work well enough, and we have now returned to the first come first served method of the not so distant past. For those unaware, this means arriving in time to secure a bed. The queue usually forms before the albergue opens, with most pilgrims simply using...
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    Crowd written guides to the secondary and tertiary caminos

    Hello all. I’ve been tinkering around with an idea that I think would benefit the pilgrim community and I wanted to run it by the veterans here and the lurking future pilgrims too. The idea is simple, and is meant to help pilgrims who would like to walk some of the lesser traveled routes to...
  18. wisepilgrim

    A New Map - More routes to Santiago and across Spain than ever before.

    Happy New & Holy Year(s)! Here in Santiago we are celebrating the opening of the Holy Door to the Cathedral, and pleasantly surprised by the announcement that the celebrations will be extended through 2022! For those of us that have been missing the community of pilgrims, this is welcome news...
  19. wisepilgrim

    Camino de la Corona - Where am I?

    Here's another 'where is it?' set of photos for the camino veterans. The first shows the camino, with some well aged signage and a distinct pine covered stretch which is arrow straight... something which makes it unique-ish on the Camino Francés. It coincides with another route, the Camino de...
  20. wisepilgrim

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD COVID and the status of Albergues reopening

    This is just to let you know that the accommodation directory that I main on wisepilgrim.com is being updated to reflect the current and planned re-opening status of albergues and hotels along the various caminos. As you may imagine, the task is neither quick nor easy in these uncertain times...

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