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Very often, one's fantastic memory is formed not by the place itself but rather by the people you meet there, the meal you shared in a restaurant or an albergue may have been godawful but the camaraderie, the joy, and the pleasure of simply being together with others sharing a similar goal leaves the impression!
Leaving in about a week and love to hear about some of the favorite places to stay! Albergues, pensions, Motels , B and B , Paradores. We plan on mixing it up, and don't mind going off the beaten path. Also other unexpected gems you found, wineries, cafés. Look forward to the recommendations!
Hi, albergue Los Cuatro Cantones in Belorado. Large garden and small swimming pool.Leaving in about a week and love to hear about some of the favorite places to stay! Albergues, pensions, Motels , B and B , Paradores. We plan on mixing it up, and don't mind going off the beaten path. Also other unexpected gems you found, wineries, cafés. Look forward to the recommendations!
this place had a lovely feel about it,i enjoyed my stay there,,very relaxed and nice people.Hi, albergue Los Cuatro Cantones in Belorado. Large garden and small swimming pool.
Wish you well and a Buen Camino, Peter.
Far too many wonderful experiences to decide which one was best. Very often, one's fantastic memory is formed not by the place itself but rather by the people you meet there, the meal you shared ........
...but the one I wish I had stayed at in the Italian run restored chpael, ermita, what have you, San Nicolas?
Thank you for the link. Couldn't help but tilt my head when I read it is for pilgrims only. Perhaps,when some else asks the question about what a true pilgrim is we should ask these hospitaleros.Albergue San Nicolas is located at Puente Fitero, just east of Itero de Castelo.
Here is their page on Gronze.
Albergues, pensions, Motels , B and B , Paradores. We plan on mixing it up, and don't mind going off the beaten path. Also other unexpected gems you found, wineries, cafés. Look forward to the recommendations!
You brave man to have liked Ave Fenix. I was there on a rainy day, so perhaps I did not experience it in ideal conditions. But missing toilet seats, with no intention of replacing them, and large pieces of bathroom windows making showering super cold, not my cup of tea. Liked the desire to be as off grid as possible though. Also did not appreciate Jesus Jato's self promotion and family branding project. Postcards to your own effigy? How un-Camino. But he does know some wonderful jokes.This post may be to late as I think you are already walking but......I love love love these 5 places to stay on the Camino, I stayed at so many during my 30 day trek and these were my favs: Albergue En El Camino in Boadilla del Camino, Church of Saint John the Baptist Grañón, Hotel Silken Gran Teatro Burgos. Albergue Ecológico El Beso in A Balsa, Albergue del Ave Fénix in Villafranca del Bierzo - I have posted pics, prices and how to find each of these places on my blog here: http://gabrielschirm.com/2015/02/20/5-amazing-places-to-stay-on-the-camino-de-santiago/
Rough around the edges? Yup.People have mixed opinions about the place, was the owner who sold it to me, loved his story a sweet sweet man, definitely rough around the edges but I tend to gravitate towards unpolished places.
Do you know of the family is still running the Casa de la Abuela? I heard they had been selling which would be a pity. First albergue I went to that prefered to do laundry for you for free than to have you break the machine and pour water all over the floor, and that had lockers with a lock. Must have been in ... 2012?We loved Casa Abuela in Los arcos. (they do your laundry for 1.50 euro...and we had a GREAT private room there. " A Pilgrim Albergue" in Belorado (private room again and good food.) The Parador in Santo Domingo , nice treat (not the one on the church square but the other one ) We also loved Hotel san anton (private room ) in Villafranca ( 2 days before Burgos. ) and not a albergue but restaurant in Melide..... Casa Alongos ....you walk by it before city center in Melide ...nice change from typical pilgrim menu. yay VEGETABLES lol.
Where is this place?! Somehow I missed it. Melide is my idea of a culinary hell-realm...pulpo and more pulpo (I'm a vegetarian). Wandered around from one end of town to the other and back to the beginning again--ended up down at the pizza place as you enter town. OK but not great. Just wrote this on my map...thanks, Dutchwalk53.restaurant in Melide..... Casa Alongos ....you walk by it before city center in Melide ...nice change from typical pilgrim menu. yay VEGETABLES
Thanks, Margaret, we've been 'on the same page'--literally and figuratively!Check out this web page for Casa Alongos, Melide.
Leaving in about a week and love to hear about some of the favorite places to stay! Albergues, pensions, Motels , B and B , Paradores. We plan on mixing it up, and don't mind going off the beaten path. Also other unexpected gems you found, wineries, cafés. Look forward to the recommendations!
pazo sedor in galicia.
this place had a lovely feel about it,i enjoyed my stay there,,very relaxed and nice people.
don't forget the poolWe stayed there on our guided "posh" camino. That place truly IS nice. We had the room right by the stairwell. My wife loved the window that opened onto the stairwell. Within walking distance of the Camino, also.
I went to that Pizza place too....very average. The nice place is a probably 1/2 km before you get to the Pizza place on the right hand side when you walk into Melide.Where is this place?! Somehow I missed it. Melide is my idea of a culinary hell-realm...pulpo and more pulpo (I'm a vegetarian). Wandered around from one end of town to the other and back to the beginning again--ended up down at the pizza place as you enter town. OK but not great. Just wrote this on my map...thanks, Dutchwalk53.
Burguer Pulpo!!!!!! I gotta stop there next time!!!!!
I actually stayed here due to story of the rebuild and Brierlys recommendation. I can say I was disappointed, maybe those currently manning this Albergue need to lift their game?People have mixed opinions about the place, was the owner who sold it to me, loved his story a sweet sweet man, definitely rough around the edges but I tend to gravitate towards unpolished places.
oh one day , maybe at the end of the camino i will have more than a couple of euros to spend on a treat luxury nightFor me, the joy of the Camino is just letting it all unfold rather than trying to make it into a collection of greatest hits - having said that, I do treat myself to the Parador in Santiago at the end
..the feel of a real bed ,real pillows and shower/bath without a que must be amazing .
I remember this albergue and pilgrims dinner, so good, such great host, a memory forever!My personal favorites in no particular order (!):
Acacia & Orrietta's - so amazingly peaceful and a home cooked communal dinner
La Casa Magica - wonderful, shaded hammocks and again - home cooked communal dinner
I cam't remember the name, but after O'Cebriero, in a very small village called Fonfria there is an albergue that is very nice and friendly - you can choose to have the pilgrims dinner at a l-o-n-g table in a 'round house' across the street that was my favorite meal, just delicious.
Buen Camino!!!!
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