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  1. Mike Wells

    Leon Hotel Closures?

    It is easy to get overconcerned by news like this. The truth is that while 20% of businesses may go bust the buildings and infrastructure will remain and after the current crisis is over most if not all will be bought from the liquidators by a new generation of hoteliers and restaurateurs. It...
  2. Mike Wells

    February 2021

    I am a traveller, I make my living from the travel trade by writing guidebooks and escorting worldwide tours. So anything that restricts worldwide travel is anathema to me. Or at least it was until I contracted covid in December (my own fault, I attended a football match during the two weeks...
  3. Mike Wells

    Parador(s) detour from Sarria?

    Don't despair, if you are looking at prices for Oct21 there are a lot of things that can happen between now and then. Paradores use dynamic pricing where room rates rise and fall depending upon demand. With 2021 being a holy year and a huge number of visitors originally forecast for Santiago...
  4. Mike Wells

    Parador(s) detour from Sarria?

    Over the years I have stayed in many Paradores, including those along the various Caminos. Most of the establishments listed in this thread are on the CF. From the architectural gems in León (hopefully still so when it fully reopens) and Santiago to the smaller modern hotel in Villafranca del...
  5. Mike Wells

    Alternative route to Santo Domingo de la Calzada?

    What a lot of fuss to avoid passing an attractive golf course with an excellent bar and restaurant. The length through the partly developed residential area at Cirueña is just over 1km, less than 15mins easy walking. It is reached by an attractive hedge lined track gaining height steadily with...
  6. Mike Wells

    Italics or not? A question of style.

    As a author who has written a cycling guide to the Camino (Cycling the Camino de Santiago, Cicerone Press, 2019), I follow my publisher's style guidelines when it comes to italicisation and use of upper case letters. These require that only the first appearance of a foreign word be in italics...
  7. Mike Wells

    Brierley Guide ????

    I agree about the new age and spiritual comments. Not only are they off-putting but they break the flow of the narrative and make it hard to follow. However I disagree on the maps. The Brierley maps are awful!!!! Scales differ from map to map, and even more disconcertingly they differ across...

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