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Thank you whariwharangi!
on how to get to O'Cebreiro, from what I see online, it seems doable, I was hoping to get info. on weather my data regarding train & alsa bus from Leon to O'Cebreiro are correct? since there doesn't seem to be many people doing this route (Madrid-Leon-Piedrafita)
On the albergue in O'Cebreiro, are you saying we should be ok finding a bed at 8pm at night the 3rd week of May? I don't want to get there in the dark and find that we should have known better... i hope someone can let me know if they've done this ... or if the beds always fill out quick. I know nothing is 100% guaranteed, but hoping to get more info. to make a better decision.
Again thanks a million,
hope I get more recommendations, especially on Communal diners and albergues not to miss!
Happy Friday everyone!
I didn't care for the albergue there either. If I do another Camino I'll skip O'Cebreiro and stay either just before it or just after it, and stop there for a cold beer or a cup of coffee.I never liked the albergue in O'Cebreiro, a personal thing, about 5k beyond in the village of Hospital de la Condesa is a smallish much nicer albergue, a church nearby reminding one of Greece and if you are tired the cafe/bar/restaurant offers a good menu. Brierley recommends a slightly longer alternative "scenic route" from O'Cebreiro to arrive there -not so scenic and not much of a route follow the usual way. O'Cebreiro is the place to try pulpo (octopus) if you are game enough, the big inn there is very popular for hunters, horemen, tourists, and pilgrims. Just before Palas de Rei you will find Os Chacotes, the so-called pilgrims pavilion, it is pilgrims hell, walk on. The towns of Galicia may disappoint but any albergue in the villages will make a lovely stopover. And finally, Monte Gozo is the traditional final stop, however its built like a traditional army barracks, not to my taste. I prefer the albergue in Arco do Pino, Porta de Santiago, a sweet place if further out. One last warning, you will find that the farmers in Galicia also use the Camino to move their sheep and worse their cows from barn to pasture and back again. The mud you see on the Camino is often not mud! Forewarned is forearmed. Buen Camino!
Whariwharangi, my sister is kinda liking the idea of being able to spend a few hrs in Leon before the bus to Piedrafita... I might have to stick to that plan. Is Alsabus time schedule reliable? because it seems there's only 1 afternoon bus from Leon to Piedrafita. (from there we can take a taxi to Albergue)
Bajaracer, I didn't know all Xunta albergues lacked kitchens ... so all the communal dinners would be at private albergues??? Also La Faba seems too far from O'Cebreiro, right? it doesn't show up in google maps, so I have a hard time finding some of these places and figuring out the KM's... we don't want to add another day, so it would have to be close to O'Cebreiro.
O'Cebreiro is beautiful and gorgeous, and I guess I was maybe a bit too critical of the town by saying I wouldn't stay there again (especially since I stayed there on both my CaminosMark, so many people say the same thing about O'Cebreiro, I wonder why? it looks so beautiful and gorgeous! why do people avoid it so?
5)**Lastly, We are very much looking forward to Communal Dinners with other pilgrims, so any places you can recommend that offers communal dinners would be great.
hope when we arrive at night ... around 7:30pm there's still some light out that we can see...
or at least in the morning when we leave to walk our 1st day
One thing I hope to try in O'Cebreiro is the cheese! yummy!
O Cebreiro is just into Galicia and if my memory is correct the 17th May is a big fiesta day in Galicia.
Be careful. "Piedrafita" is a a town in the centre of Spain (province of Avila). The place in Galicia is "Pedrafita do Cebreiro" without the "i".
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