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Is this new concrete & steel one, closer to the road, or the one another 350/500 metres further on (the old hotel?). I have fond memories of the spartan one, it was where my first attempt at a camino finished in 2013.Best news in a while for VDLP fans: after being closed for 2 years or so, the albergue at the Alcantara embalse is open for business! 26 beds, no kitchen but a bar with menu and breakfast in,cded for 15€.
https://www.gronze.com/noticias/via-plata-reabre-albergue-embalse-alcantara-14355
Looks all concrete and steel to me, very sharp design, all on one floor as well. Which is why it was so ironic that its plumbing would be such shoddy work.Is this new concrete & steel one, closer to the road, or the one another 350/500 metres further on (the old hotel?). I have fond memories of the spartan one, it was where my first attempt at a camino finished in 2013.
Is this new concrete & steel one, closer to the road, or the one another 350/500 metres further on (the old hotel?). I have fond memories of the spartan one, it was where my first attempt at a camino finished in 2013.
Wow! The Camino provides!!! I've just started planning the Via de la Plata for next year and was wondering how I was going to walk 38 kilometers on my arthritic knees. Thats the best news.
Just goes to show how bad my memory is maybe, but my distinct impression was that the "industrial" type building, the municipal albergue, was off the road and right at the water. While the old hotel (once known as Lindamar and with many other names through the years) was right on the camino. Do you have a different memory Mike?
Just goes to show how bad my memory is maybe, but my distinct impression was that the "industrial" type building, the municipal albergue, was off the road and right at the water. While the old hotel (once known as Lindamar and with many other names through the years) was right on the camino. Do you have a different memory Mike?
Nacho, manager of the albergues in Rio Lobos and Galisteo said it was because of a sewage issue. Maybe it needed different treatment before discharging into the reservoir.As for the comments about sewage disposal, well I thought it was a govt construction so it would have had the necessary permits? I thought the story behind its closure was that they just could not get anyone to manage it!
Excellent news. I'm walking in April next year and was planning a rather long stage to Canaveral. This is excellent news. The Camino providesBest news in a while for VDLP fans: after being closed for 2 years or so, the albergue at the Alcantara embalse is open for business! 26 beds, no kitchen but a bar with menu and breakfast in,cded for 15€.
https://www.gronze.com/noticias/via-plata-reabre-albergue-embalse-alcantara-14355
Hurrah!!Best news in a while for VDLP fans: after being closed for 2 years or so, the albergue at the Alcantara embalse is open for business! 26 beds, no kitchen but a bar with menu and breakfast in,cded for 15€.
https://www.gronze.com/noticias/via-plata-reabre-albergue-embalse-alcantara-14355
Hi, can any one confirm is this albergue is open through December. Cheers, wild
Good, can you organise the taxi? It was a hard walk from Casar de Carceres, and the train no longer stops at the station just down the road!!@Saint Mike II we'll just have to go back and see!
It says on the gronze website that it's open all year but you have to book in Winter. (Ie warn them someone is coming!Hi, can any one confirm is this albergue is open through December. Cheers, wild
Cheers domigee, I’ll carry a phone this time. I was told by a fellow pilgrim in feb 2016 the albergue was open. I arrived at dusk and was resigned, to continuing along the road to the next albergue. As, I was making my way back to the main road a young couple with a baby stopped, asked if I was lost. They ran me to the next albergue. They refused money for fuel. I believe they live in one of the little shacks/ shelter on that road leading down to the albergue. They had very little, yet they were the most genuine human beings, I’ve ever met on any of my travels. The next morning, I got a taxi from opposite the albergue, which took me back down to where I was picked up, the previous evening. I had a bit of a heated discussion with the taxi driver,he was looking for double the quoted fare. Needless to say, I paid the agreed amount. One day I was humbled by kindness and the next, nearly coming to blows with an opportunist. The variables of human nature! Cheers, WildIt says on the gronze website that it's open all year but you have to book in Winter. (Ie warn them someone is coming!)
https://www.gronze.com/extremadura/caceres/embalse-alcantara/albergue-embalse-alcantara
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