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One advantage of the CdM is that you are never going to be in a bed race!I'm researching some Caminos starting in March. The Camino Madrid looks great. I've done the Via de la Plata and Frances before.
What would accommodation options look like from early March on the Madrid? How often would I likely be able to find an albergue assuming standard length stages? How often would I need to get private rooms?
Walking this Camino in April 2023 and am checking out the availability of Albergues. Struggling to find up to date information on the one in Santa Maria la Real Nieva or any other alternatives.Walked in september, very beautiful camino ! It’s better to call the albergue one day ahead. We only met 1 pilgrim till we arrived in Sahagun.
I know that this albergue was closed all of 2022. Give Gronze a while and maybe it will show something about the 2023 status. I do not think the lack of a re-opening was covid related, but rather seems to have something to do with the fact that the glow of the camino has disappeared for the owner/hospitalero. When I walked the Madrid (just checked and it was ten years ago, yikes!), the owner, a truck driver, took great pleasure in having converted the little house that his family used to use to house seasonal workers. Based on the gronze commentary, many have found him to be uninterested in the camino and even hostile or rude. This is not an unusual development; sadly the reality of peregrino demands and expectations is sometimes too much.Struggling to find up to date information on the one in Santa Maria la Real Nieva or any other alternatives.
According to a comment on the Ray and Rosa guide, dated April 2022, when they phoned the number for the albergue they were told it had been closed two years and the thinking was that it would not reopen ("Me dicen por teléfono que desde hace dos años ya no funciona y que no lo piensan reabrir"). They list Hostal Avanto and Hostel Meson Real* in the vicinity. Gronze lists the former but not the latter.I know that this albergue was closed all of 2022. Give Gronze a while and maybe it will show something about the 2023 status. I do not think the lack of a re-opening was covid related, but rather seems to have something to do with the fact that the glow of the camino has disappeared for the owner/hospitalero. When I walked the Madrid (just checked and it was ten years ago, yikes!), the owner, a truck driver, took great pleasure in having converted the little house that his family used to use to house seasonal workers. Based on the gronze commentary, many have found him to be uninterested in the camino and even hostile or rude. This is not an unusual development; sadly the reality of peregrino demands and expectations is sometimes too much.
I think the best idea is to plan to stay at the roadside hotel. It’s a ways out of town, but I know people who have stayed there and said it was fine. If in the meantime the albergue reopens, you can easily switch over.
FYI - I emailed Santa Maria's ayuntamiento and they've informed me that their albergue is permanently closed. Bummer.Walking this Camino in April 2023 and am checking out the availability of Albergues. Struggling to find up to date information on the one in Santa Maria la Real Nieva or any other alternatives.
FYI - I emailed Santa Maria's ayuntamiento and they've informed me that their albergue is permanently closed. Bummer.
There's also an airbnb in Santa Maria that seems to draw in some walkers.Oh boy that is a bummer! So the hostal on the road outside Santa Maria will be the only option -- which sounds fine if there is room! Or - option B - stopping at Añe - which still seems to be open. Someone posted on Gronze a couple of weeks ago.
Or option C - taking a really short day after Segovia and staying at Los Huertos.
Hmmmm.
Looks like mine was the last comment!It also seems like Peñaflor de Hornija is now closed temporarily - although someone posted a comment about it on Gronze after a visit in November. I wrote to the email for Peñaflor that appears on Gronze but it bounced back.
Interested to hear of that development. I arrived in Añe with five others (very much against the run of play, as we say) in 2017 to find that the old and very simple, not to say shabby albergue was available, but the bar only open at weekends and no shop of any kind. We were kind of on our uppers for provisions, but shared what we had!! See here.Looks like mine was the last comment!
The albergue was in good condition so I doubt it is closed for renovations. Maybe the young woman with the keys etc is temporarily away...?
The amazing thing about this town is Bar Hornija - super nice and friendly and preserved in the old style. It has a charismatic bar manager/(owner?) who is a dead-ringer for a young Lou Reed. I see the bar has contact numbers on the web and is also on Facebook - might be worth dropping them a line of enquiry to see if they know when the albergue is re-opening or whether they know of somewhere else to stay in the town - it's a small friendly place.
We stayed at Ane last October. The phone number was meant to be in the door but had disappeared. A helpful young guy from the Ayuntamiento made some calls and sorted us out. The friendly couple (originally from Bulgaria) providing the key and managing it run the bar next door. The bar stayed empty so the business model felt a bit precarious. The idea seems to be that they provide food/meals for the pilgrims as there's no shop in the village. We bought some drinks from them but had also hauled provisions from Segovia for cooking in the very useable kitchen - so I made an extra donativo and that seemed to suit all parties.
The pic and location of the albergue on Gronze are out of date. That albergue building is closed and both the albergue (an unmarked door) and the bar are on Calle Thomas LLorente on the left side of the Ayuntamiento
Looks like mine was the last comment!
The albergue was in good condition so I doubt it is closed for renovations. Maybe the young woman with the keys etc is temporarily away...?
The amazing thing about this town is Bar Hornija - super nice and friendly and preserved in the old style. It has a charismatic bar manager/(owner?) who is a dead-ringer for a young Lou Reed. I see the bar has contact numbers on the web and is also on Facebook - might be worth dropping them a line of enquiry to see if they know when the albergue is re-opening or whether they know of somewhere else to stay in the town - it's a small friendly place.
We stayed at Ane last October. The phone number was meant to be in the door but had disappeared. A helpful young guy from the Ayuntamiento made some calls and sorted us out. The friendly couple (originally from Bulgaria) providing the key and managing it run the bar next door. The bar stayed empty so the business model felt a bit precarious. The idea seems to be that they provide food/meals for the pilgrims as there's no shop in the village. We bought some drinks from them but had also hauled provisions from Segovia for cooking in the very useable kitchen - so I made an extra donativo and that seemed to suit all parties.
The pic and location of the albergue on Gronze are out of date. That albergue building is closed and both the albergue (an unmarked door) and the bar are on Calle Thomas LLorente on the left side of the Ayuntamiento
I just heard back from the ayuntamiento in Peñaflor. The albergue there remains closed as well. No indication of a reopening.
We stayed at Añe last night. We contacted Bar Añe to arrange the stay.
The lovely Vicki and her mother Paulina cooked us a fabulous 3 course meal complete with red wine and water. The fairly rudimentary, but very clean place two doors down, which has replaced the previous albergue, has two rooms with double beds, a third double out in the living area with a TV, effective chip heater and dining table. The kitchen and bathroom were serviceable though we didn’t cook there.
Pauline’s Bulgarian tomato sauce was fantastic
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