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When I spent a night in Navarette I chanced on a most amazing choir concert. It is one of the most special memories of my time in Spain, and the acoustics in that church were made for it.
Margaret
My favourite bar on the whole camino is in Navarrete: El Patio del Camino on Calle Mayor
Now thats' another idea for a new thread! La Taberna in Castrojerez perhaps, a real bar, great food, atmosphere, and celebrities(!) Hape Kerkeling, ShirleyMacLaine, and off course the barkeep-hope that he is . well.. ah...early into the day! Quite a lot going for the place!My favourite bar on the whole camino is in Navarrete: El Patio del Camino on Calle Mayor
If you like art, you can also have a look at the town's cemetery, where they installed the facade of the medieval pilgrim's hospital after it was demolished. It's a beautiful example of romanic arquitecture.
If you like art, you can also have a look at the town's cemetery, where they installed the facade of the medieval pilgrim's hospital after it was demolished. It's a beautiful example of romanic arquitecture.
Navarette is located between Logroño and Nájera, a place far too often all but ignored as pilgrims fly by hoping to make that 30k day. Navarette is an extremely interesting town, the albergue situated in an arched promenade, good food good wine, and like all Spanish the people there love a good statue and there are many all about. The church is the amazing bit, not much to look at from the outside, the inside dark and uninviting lit only by some few electronic "candles" ... until someone finds the coin box which illuminates the interior! Bronze! Silver!! Gold!!! Apparently a conquistador brought back all the Aztec treasure he could filch and decorated the church. It is an unexpected treasure. So, slow down for some few moments, the church is on the Camino up some few steps past the statues spend a dime and be flabbergasted!
little did they think about the simple act of adding a couple of apples,,but its moments like that and you telling it keeps us addicted..it would be great if they could be told of the impact that kindness..Love that bar in Castrojerez and the bar owner! On my last winter camino (February) it was brutally cold the day I stopped into that bar. He and his wife gave me hot soup to warm me up on my arrival. He insisted on wrapping up the remainder of my bocadillo that I didn't finish and later on I found he had added two apples to the bag.
I also love Navarette...haven't stayed there but thought it was a pretty town. I had a great lunch in a bar off of the plaza (can't remember the name). Didn't think I would think about walking the CF again, but I keep reading about all the places I missed and everyone's favorite albergue, bars and sights! Makes me want to do it again but stop in completely different villages.
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