Marc Hamel
Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- September (2016)
Fall (2019)?
I will be walking the Camino Frances in September and have a great interest in monasteries and medieval monastic architecture, as I was a Cistercian monk (Trappist) for about 12 years. I have just discovered photos of a 12th century monastic cloister in a monastery called Monasterio de Santa María la Real de Iranzu. It is gorgeous and the You Tube video I watched said that it was in the 'vicinity' of the Camino de Santiago - "En los aledanos del Camino de Santiago". My question is - Has anyone ever visited this monastery and how far from the regular path is it? I am continuing to try to find more info, but thought I'd ask the forum since there is so much experience of the camino here.