- Time of past OR future Camino
- Frances 15,16,18
VdlP 23, Invierno 23, Fisterra 23
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Not really. I was quite confident you were just deluded temporarily and would come to your senses eventually. (I was a little surprised by how fast!) I can't help much with your specific questions, but do consider staying at La Trucha del Arco Iris if you stay over in El Acebo.Oh I can hear the sniggering already
@Robo we found that lots of Casa Rurals just off the Camino route happily pick up and return pilgrims the next day. It gives a bit of leeway if you are prepared to stay in accommodation a bit further away. Another thought us to plan your stages so you are only walking 15 km a day.
If you want to do it really posh, you might try www.marlycamino.com
Yes, looks very nice.
Though I'd rather not be a total 'Tourigrino' !
Having returned from my first Camino, clearly saying that it was so good, repeating it would just be a disappointment............. We're thinking of May 2016
Oh I can hear the sniggering already
My wife Pat now has it in her head that she would us like to walk from Sarria next year. She is no long distance walker, so I quite understand her decision to walk the minimum distance required to receive a Compostela. And it will make my life easier too
I walked this year from St Jean and hit the final 100 kms around 1st June. It was so busy that I pre arranged my accommodation about a week beforehand. Glad I did......
We'll plan to use private accommodation, as I did. No albergues. Please do not ask why. Discussions will not be entered intoJust personal choice....
So..... I have a couple of challenges. We'll probably start out first week of May.
One. I'd like some flexibility in where we stay, so that we can gauge our distances to Pat's comfort level. Which of course won't be known until we start walking and putting a few kms behind us.
But....my experience of that last 100 kms would seem to show that not booking ahead could leave us without a room.
Any thoughts/experiences regarding the final 100 kms undertaken at the start of May, would be helpful. Are casas/hotels in small places likely to book out the first 2 weeks of May? I'm thinking of places like Morgade, Ventas, A Rua, where there might only be 1 or 2 places to stay.
Second. Yes, I realise this is somewhat the wrong way around......... but Pat would like to walk a section past the Cruz de Ferro before we get to Sarria. Kind of........may this stone, a symbol of my efforts on the Pilgrimage I am 'about to undertake'.........
So I'm thinking Foncebadon to Acebo would be a nice introductory walk, with some nice views. And from Acebo we could somehow hop forward to start our 'real' walk from Sarria. The walk down to Molinaseca would be too hard on her legs and likely lead to divorce
So the question is...........how to hop forward from Acebo to Sarria? I'm thinking taxi to Ponferrada and then train/bus? Any thoughts?
Hi JulieandpeterHi,
We finished up our walk from St. Jean in May this year. We were doing the Sarria to Santiago portion of our walk from May 6 to May 12. We did not have any problems getting hotels except for in Arzua on May 9. We traversed the city twice - lots of no vacancies and lots of pilgrims. We booked the last room in a hotel recommended by the fully booked Hotel Teodora which looked like a nice place. We liked the place we stayed, but I don't remember the name (same owner as Teodora).
I did not like the hotel we stayed at in Portomarin (bed bugs), so I will not mention the name here. We stayed in Ventas (Casa Molar -an albergue, but we had a private room/shared bath with one other room, good food, and cozy) which was very picturesque and beautiful in May. In Palas de Rei we stayed at Hotel Arenas (http://arenaspalas.com/ excellent restaurant/nice views). In Melide we stayed at Pousada Chiquitin (http://www.chiquitinmelide.es/index_en.htm conveniently located across from an albergue with great laundry facilities). Then we stayed in Arzua in the place owned by Hotel Teadora. Next we stayed at Hotel O' Pino (http://www.hotelopino.com/index.php/en/ very nice) in O Pino and had an excellent dinner at the only other restaurant in town because the hotel was closed on Sunday (which also happened to be Mother's Day). The on to Santiago.
If we booked in advance at all, it was a couple of hours before we arrived, and as I said, we only had problems finding a place in Azura. I'm glad I came across your post (I got on the forum with a question of my own about Camino Portugues in during Christmas - any opinions???) because it made me go back and figure out where we stayed and write it down some place. It has only been a couple of months, but the details are fading in my memory. So, thank you!
We liked the place we stayed, but I don't remember the name (same owner as Teodora).
HiPension Begonia, same owners as Teodora and lovely place! We stayed there after a lot of fully booked places last May as well. We were VERY tired after walking further than expected, but the pension had a chiropractor that made us feel brand new! I'd totally recommend that place!
I don't think that's being tourigrino, it's just adapting to your reality, to the environment around you and listening to your body.
The cathedral tour guide in Santiago said something I'll never forget: "All the ragged and tired pilgrims are pretty and noble, they keep the tradition. But it's the 5 star ones that actually bring money for the city to grow, not only survive."
I'll NEVER again criticize tourigrinos after hearing that.
I would not count my chickens until .... any sort of accomodation where a peregrino sets foot after putting their back pack down on the ground is as likely as any other to get bed bugs.I did not stay in Pensión Arena in Portomarin, but it is very rare that a pension would have bedbugs. They happen usually in the albergues.
Having returned from my first Camino, clearly saying that it was so good, repeating it would just be a disappointment............. We're thinking of May 2016
Oh I can hear the sniggering already
My wife Pat now has it in her head that she would us like to walk from Sarria next year. She is no long distance walker, so I quite understand her decision to walk the minimum distance required to receive a Compostela. And it will make my life easier too
I walked this year from St Jean and hit the final 100 kms around 1st June. It was so busy that I pre arranged my accommodation about a week beforehand. Glad I did......
We'll plan to use private accommodation, as I did. No albergues. Please do not ask why. Discussions will not be entered intoJust personal choice....
So..... I have a couple of challenges. We'll probably start out first week of May.
One. I'd like some flexibility in where we stay, so that we can gauge our distances to Pat's comfort level. Which of course won't be known until we start walking and putting a few kms behind us.
But....my experience of that last 100 kms would seem to show that not booking ahead could leave us without a room.
Any thoughts/experiences regarding the final 100 kms undertaken at the start of May, would be helpful. Are casas/hotels in small places likely to book out the first 2 weeks of May? I'm thinking of places like Morgade, Ventas, A Rua, where there might only be 1 or 2 places to stay.
Second. Yes, I realise this is somewhat the wrong way around......... but Pat would like to walk a section past the Cruz de Ferro before we get to Sarria. Kind of........may this stone, a symbol of my efforts on the Pilgrimage I am 'about to undertake'.........
So I'm thinking Foncebadon to Acebo would be a nice introductory walk, with some nice views. And from Acebo we could somehow hop forward to start our 'real' walk from Sarria. The walk down to Molinaseca would be too hard on her legs and likely lead to divorce
So the question is...........how to hop forward from Acebo to Sarria? I'm thinking taxi to Ponferrada and then train/bus? Any thoughts?
Rob, I can't help with question two but for question one, my friend and I walked from Leon to Santiago late May 2015 and had no difficulty with accommodations (private as well as albergues). For private we would book one day ahead having estimated, based on how we felt, where we thought we would land. In leaving one place the owner/manager would often call and make our reservation. I can recommend a few places. Albergue San Marcos in Palais de Rei. While an albergue, it has private rooms with WC, more hotel than albergue experience. Very new, clean and comfortable. A lovely case rural in Castaneda call La Calleja and a nice hotel in A Rua called O Pina. The latter two we booked the day before.
And I am doing the last 200K this September with friends. Hopefully in a few years I will do the entire route.
Thanks for the tips Diane. Maybe we met on the road? I arrived in Santiago on 6th June this year. Having left Leon on 22 May.
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