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Monasterio Santa Maria de Iranzu

scruffy1

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Holy Year from Pamplona 2010, SJPP 2011, Lisbon 2012, Le Puy 2013, Vezelay (partial watch this space!) 2014; 2015 Toulouse-Puenta la Reina (Arles)
I am always looking for a way to break the guide books, detours, walkabouts, deviations well changes in program, reading on the Cistercians, history and architecture, and what do I find? Situated only 7.5 km off the Camino from Estella? Nothing less then the Monasterio Santa Maria de Iranzu. Has anyone visited this marvelous place? Google Earth shows only a trudge next to the road N 120 due north of Estella. The hours are available on the website below. Is there accomodation there for pilgrims? 7.5 km is an easy jaunt, 15 back and forth plus some hours to admire the monastery but would be much more pleasant to stay there and come back next morning


http://www.monasterio-iranzu.com/
 
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Scruffy,

I have never visited the Iranzu monastry but it is on my bucket list for my 10th CF! Open all year their web site offers a Hospederia with either individual cells/rooms or dorm facitilties. They also offer full board. Sounds good doesn't it ?

Margaret
 
Wow, looks beautiful! Have to look into it whenever we get back there (soon I hope )
 
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I cannot decided whether it is a good thing to make these little treasures public knowledge, will it now stay as precious as it is?
 
formysons said:
I cannot decided whether it is a good thing to make these little treasures public knowledge, will it now stay as precious as it is?
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I don't think it will hurt at all. Most pilgrims do not have the time to take a lot of side trips while doing the Camino. Some would not even if they had the time. There were some towns I would have liked to see when we walked our Camino, but we were not sure if we would have the time until we were done
 
That place was abandoned for hundreds of years and it was only relatively recently (1942) that was restored and reopened. If it offers lodging or services to the public then it is a wonderful idea to spread the word. After all, that is the mechanism by which so many wonderful towns and villages sprung up around the Camino de Santiago economy. I think it would be a blessing to spread the word!
 
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