Big monastery albergue from the movie The Way?

[MelaCro]

Dear all,

I loved the monastery albergue from the movie - is it a real albergue and where it is?

Tnx!

 

[jsalt]

Dear all,

I loved the monastery albergue from the movie - is it a real albergue and where it is?

Tnx!

Hi, the monastery is in Irache. The beds in the cloister were set up for the movie. You cannot stay there, unfortunately! Jill

 

[Albertagirl]

Dear all,

I loved the monastery albergue from the movie - is it a real albergue and where it is?

Tnx!

@MelaCro
There are various monastic albergues along the Camino Frances. One that I stayed at, in an ancient and traditional monastery, is at Samos, on the alternate route from Triacastela to Sarria. It is a pleasant walk and an interesting, if rather basic, albergue. You can pray with the monks and tour their monastery. You might appreciate spending a night there.

 

[MickMac]

The old monastery albergue in Roncevalles is very simular to the one on "the way" it is still used for overspill ? from the main one. I fell out of the top bunk swinging to get up to my bunk paralell bars style between bunks, in the middle of the night, fell onto a German pilgrim whom was not please to see me and screamed loudly !!

 

[SYates]

Which one do you refer to? The one of the first day, the snorers hall, is the old refuge of Roncesvalles.
The one that comes later in the movie is a set-up that never, as far as I know, has been used in reality as a pilgrims refuge.
There are still some functioning monastery albergues, like Samos, on the Camino ...
Buen Camino, SY

 

[mspath]

For more information on active Monasteries which host pilgrims on the Camino Frances see this earlier Forum thread.

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/monasteries-for-pilgrims.35879/

 

[Cynthia Knapp]

The old monastery albergue in Roncevalles is very simular to the one on "the way" it is still used for overspill ? from the main one. I fell out of the top bunk swinging to get up to my bunk paralell bars style between bunks, in the middle of the night, fell onto a German pilgrim whom was not please to see me and screamed loudly !!

Oh dear...what a nightmare for the both of you!

 

[Myr]

What about the Dutch man's roasted leg of lamb from "The Way" I kept looking for that one!