Do I need to take sleeping bag for albergues?

[AineM2013]

Hi
I’m walking Sarria to SDC first week of October. Planning on staying in albergues and or hostels along the route. Do I need to take a sleeping bag for this? Or is there blankets etc available?


Also, as I’m in the planning stage just wondering how easy is it to arrange a bag transfer from place to place if this was necessary?

Thanks for taking the time to respond
Buen Camino
Anna

 

[Bradypus]

Some albergues have blankets. Others do not. Fewer now provide them than in the past. If you walk without a sleeping bag then you will be limiting your options of places to stay. Your decision.

 

[Lindsay53]

Hi Anna. Yes, you need to take a sleeping bag, for the reasons Bradypus has explained above. It need not be an expensive -10 survival in the wilderness type, something light and cheap will do the job. Buen Camino!

 

[dick bird]

I endorse what they say about sleeping bags, a light one should be enough, and baggage transport is very easy to arrange as you go, but probably won´t be necessary.

 

[mspath]

There is something very comforting in slipping into your own bag and liner every night. That way you know that you are within your own "dirt" and not directly exposed to what others may have left. Years past walking in late autumn/winter I always carried a lightweight sleeping bag and liner.

 

[trecile]

You should take some kind of bedding - sleeping bag or liner. Some private albergues provide cloth sheets, while the municipals and other private albergues only provide a disposable bottom sheet and pillow case. When blankets are available I'm always uncertain when they were last washed!

 

[JACOBS Noël]

To answer your second question about luggage transport : that's very easy using Correos.
Reserva Paq Mochila lets you make online reservations for your daily backpack delivering.

 

[alexwalker]

I do always carry my sleeping bag. ca,400 gr.

 

[t2andreo]

Alex:

Where did you find a sleeping bag so light? I presume it is down.

Got a make and model?

Best regards,

Tom

 

[Rebekah Scott]

Yes. You always need one. Be prepared.

 

[Germaine]

I do always carry my sleeping bag. ca,400 gr.

What brand? Thank you

 

[Xara712]

Altus Andes 400 weighs 400 gm

 

[trecile]

Altus Andes 400 weighs 400 gm

This one?

Altus Andes 400 H30 Sleeping Bag Yellow | Trekkinn

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[Germaine]

Thank you

 

[alexwalker]

Yes. You always need one. Be prepared.

Indeed. Be prepared.

 

[Anniesantiago]

Yes.
I have frozen in June in Santo Domingo ... some of those buildings are old stone and COLD.
Brrrrrr

 

[Xara712]

This one?

Altus Andes 400 H30 Sleeping Bag Yellow | Trekkinn

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Yes, that is the lightest one I could find. Buen Camino