- Time of past OR future Camino
- Many, various, and continuing.
Here is a place to discuss accommodation options on the Coastal Portuguese route between OPorto and Redondela.
I will open up with the Albergue de Peregrinos in Caminha, Portugal.
It is situated underneath a school alongside the big public park by the river, which sounds very pretty but translates to, well... damp and rather dark.
There´s a kitchen with cutlery, plates, and a microwave oven.
There is one smaller dorm room with four bunks, and a much larger dormitory with about 40 bunks, (and four blankets among them) seperate showers for men and women (three stalls each), plenty of hot water.
The facility was clean, but musty and damp. Access was restricted, we phoned a number posted on the door and waited for an attendant to come and unlock it for us. We stayed on a donativo basis, the attendant spoke only Portuguese and a form of French, and snored like a champion from the small dorm room. (Had I been traveling alone, I would not have stayed.)
Caminha is a charming town with plenty of places to eat and drink and lots of historical sites. Internet is available at the public library, which also houses an interesting little museum. It is on the train line between Spain and Oporto, and also home to the ferry boat that carries pilgrims onward across the ria to A Guarda and Spain.
I will open up with the Albergue de Peregrinos in Caminha, Portugal.
It is situated underneath a school alongside the big public park by the river, which sounds very pretty but translates to, well... damp and rather dark.
There´s a kitchen with cutlery, plates, and a microwave oven.
There is one smaller dorm room with four bunks, and a much larger dormitory with about 40 bunks, (and four blankets among them) seperate showers for men and women (three stalls each), plenty of hot water.
The facility was clean, but musty and damp. Access was restricted, we phoned a number posted on the door and waited for an attendant to come and unlock it for us. We stayed on a donativo basis, the attendant spoke only Portuguese and a form of French, and snored like a champion from the small dorm room. (Had I been traveling alone, I would not have stayed.)
Caminha is a charming town with plenty of places to eat and drink and lots of historical sites. Internet is available at the public library, which also houses an interesting little museum. It is on the train line between Spain and Oporto, and also home to the ferry boat that carries pilgrims onward across the ria to A Guarda and Spain.
