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Thank you @Vacajoe it will be quite a climb for sureAbsolutely okay! The second time I walked this route it was “backwards” so I appreciate your journey. Jaca to Pueblo is about 4-5 hours of gradual uphill walking, so this is a great place to rest.
If you have time, I highly recommend you continue to Lourdes once you reach Oloron St Marie.
I walked my first two Caminos using Elias Valiña's famous 1985 big red guide. The Somport route was the first option he described in his book. SJPDP was the second choice. I've never really understood how SJPDP came to have such a dominant profile.Tonight we had several pilgrims stop by and eight decide to stay the night! Six of them were hospitaleros in Oloron, so that was a nice treat. Hopefully this route is catching on.
Not too much, though!Tonight we had several pilgrims stop by and eight decide to stay the night! Six of them were hospitaleros in Oloron, so that was a nice treat. Hopefully this route is catching on.
Do you happen to know if it's possible to get a stamp in Somport? I would like to start there (and kick off the day's walk with a stamp), but it doesn't look like there's really too much there, and it's maybe not too Camino-oriented. Probably won't affect my plans either way, but it would be nice.Not too much, though!
Do you happen to know if it's possible to get a stamp in Somport? I would like to start there (and kick off the day's walk with a stamp), but it doesn't look like there's really too much there, and it's maybe not too Camino-oriented. Probably won't affect my plans either way, but it would be nice.
Is there is now a guitar!? Great, that is usually a popular item at most of our other albergues. May it bring music and joy to the albergue!
I find that with only three strings on it, my playing is only half as bad!Better still be 6 strings left on it
And it weighs less tooI find that with only three strings on it, my playing is only half as bad!
One will be enough!There is a single hostel/cafe there that is not pilgrim-centric and has been closed intermittently over the past few years. I received a sello there a few years back but it was just their business stamp for bills/letters/receipts. Candanchu is just down the slope a bit and has several businesses that may or may not be open depending upon the day of the week and what season you are walking. Each May have a business stamp, but none have pilgrim sellos as far as I have seen.
Fortunately, the Elias Valiña donativo albergue in Canfranc Pueblo has THREE sellos!. One is our official one, but two others were handed down to us from Canfranc before ours was created. Ask the hospitaleros for all three if you’d like.
Such a shame. We stayed at Albergue Aysa at Somport in 2018. There were a few pilgrims, some bike riders and a few tourists. They gave my husband and I a room to ourselves, although it could have slept 5 people. No one was sleeping on the top bunks in any of the rooms, so they had obviously limited the number of people staying there. It was great to sit out on the deck in the late afternoon looking over the Pyrenees.Do you happen to know if it's possible to get a stamp in Somport? I would like to start there (and kick off the day's walk with a stamp), but it doesn't look like there's really too much there, and it's maybe not too Camino-oriented. Probably won't affect my plans either way, but it would be nice.
There's a multi-day tour you can sign up for, which takes you on horseback to a bunch of rural sites associated with the grail legend!EXACTLY!!! This was THE route at one time: home to Santa Cristina Hospital (one of the three most important pilgrim facilities in the world), pathway of St Francis into Spain and St Francis Xavier out of Spain, rumored hiding area of the Holy Grail during the occupation by the Moors, seat of the Kingdom of Aragon, home to what was once the largest train station in Europe as well as the first ski resort in Iberia, and so much more.
Somehow, SJPdP cornered the pilgrim planning imagination and everywhere else was left behind. To be fair, this route can be difficult and a bit lonely, but it’s also incredibly beautiful and full of wonderful albergue experiences.
Hopefully the work of the Aragon government, FICS, and all the individual communities here pays off with increased pilgrim numbers.
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