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One thing to emphasise is that unlike the Frances, on the Ingles, there isn't the plethora of bars, restaurants and drinking fountains every two kilometres or so.
Just to illustrate on the Betanzos to Hospital de Bruma stage. I left Betanzos (in April) at 08.30 for the long trek up to Hospital...
Meson Museo is basically the only place to eat on the long stage between Betanzos and Hospital de Bruma. Bar Avelina further on was not too salubrious in my opinion
Best meal I had was at Casa Rural Dona Maria in Buscas about an hour down the road from hospital de Bruma. home cooked food by the hostess, which tasted like home cooked food. Only problem is that you need to stay there for the night in order to sample it.
Bla Bla Café in Ferrol was also good...
Like Sabine, I would look at the Ingles.
Lovely coastal walk on the first few days, it is very quiet and whilst the 'normal' stages are long, you can break these down into stages of less than 25km.
The best thing about the Ingles, is that whilst the whole distance is about 117km, you do the...
can vouch what others say that a credencial issued by CSJ are good. There were absolutely no questions at the Pilgrim's office in Santiago issuing me a compostela when I handed my duly stamped CSJ credencial last month.
the only thing about the CSJ credencial is that the one I had only...
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