Leon to Sarria food n lodging

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Bella2017

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• Sep 16, 2018

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2 Weeks to go to our camino any good places for breakfast.dinner or coffee.
is Vilafranca del Bierzo a good place to stop in?

 

Anamiri

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• Sep 16, 2018

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Loved it, will stay again

 

mspath

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• Sep 16, 2018

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If you stay in Villafranca del Bierzo and you wish a bit of private comfort and/or a very good reasonably priced meal with delicious local wine do stop at the Hostal de la Puerta del Perdon. Located on the CF opposite the castle it is a VERY comfortable stop especially on a cold winter night!

 

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Bella2017

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• Sep 16, 2018

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Thanks hopefully we can have lunch there

 

rappahannock_rev

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• Sep 17, 2018

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There are several very nice places to eat right there on the Plaza Mayor.... Wonderful places to sit for an hour and watch the world go by.... And several very nice places to stay, too.... Next time I pass through I want to check out the new San Nicolas el Real!

I've always enjoyed Villafranca, which peregrinos seem constantly to shortchange in their hurry to climb up into the mountains..... Sure, there's the Puerta del Perdon. But Villafranca also houses the forgotten tomb of a 'Doctor of the Church'! Don't run across one of those every day, eh?!... And for you history buffs: I've been working my way through Sir Charles Oman's multi-volume history of the Napoleonic Peninsular War, and poor Villafranca del Bierzo must surely have been the most raped-and-pillaged town in all of Spain.

Definately worth a bit of a walk about.... But go easy on the rape-and-pillage, OK?

 

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Laurie Sanantone

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• Sep 17, 2018

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Restaurants Compostela, Plaza Mayor 13, serves a delicious French toast for breakfast. It’s not on the menu, you have to ask for it.

 

Anamiri

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• Sep 17, 2018

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rappahannock_rev said:

There are several very nice places to eat right there on the Plaza Mayor.... Wonderful places to sit for an hour and watch the world go by.... And several very nice places to stay, too.... Next time I pass through I want to check out the new San Nicolas el Real!

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I stayed there last year, we got a room, not the dormitory. It was really great

 

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FLEUR

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• Sep 17, 2018

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Albergue Leo Villafranca. Another post on here about it but I can't do a link.

 

VNwalking

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• Sep 17, 2018

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rappahannock_rev said:

I've always enjoyed Villafranca, which peregrinos seem constantly to shortchange in their hurry to climb up into the mountains..... Sure, there's the Puerta del Perdon. But Villafranca also houses the forgotten tomb of a 'Doctor of the Church'! Don't run across one of those every day, eh?!... And for you history buffs: I've been working my way through Sir Charles Oman's multi-volume history of the Napoleonic Peninsular War, and poor Villafranca del Bierzo must surely have been the most raped-and-pillaged town in all of Spain.

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Agree entirely.
And there is the church of San Francisco, one of my favorites of the entire Camino Frances. This photo was taken there during Semana Santa, of the Blessed Virgin before she was to go out for the procession.
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Anniesantiago

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• Sep 18, 2018

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So many great places to eat along the route.

For lodging, in Viafranca, I love Albergue La Piedra.
http://alberguedelapiedra.com/

They've also recently opened another hostel where I stayed this past season.
But I prefer La Piedra, where, by the way, you can also get private rooms cheap.

 

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Bella2017

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• Sep 29, 2018

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Anyone know if the swimming pool in hotel alfonso in sarri a is still open. It says seasonal. Just packing and wonder ing if I should pack a swimming costume