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@pilgr I’ll be definitely following your bog.
I’m currently tossing up which camino to walk late May/June. At the moment it’s between the Cami Madrid/Invierno or Madrid/VdlP (Zamora+) or the Levante to Zamora. Your up-to-date info will be invaluable.
If I do the Levante, I hope I’ll be able to purchase the Levante English guide outside of the amigos ‘Friday’ hours
Buen Camino
Just to be totally clear, the way super cool Levante credentiales are NOT acceptable to the Camino Association as per the Amigos of the Levante. So they sold me TWO credentiales, the official version and the Levante version.
Ah yes, that battle between the cathedral and other groups that are selling credenciales. I would have thought that the cathedral would accept a credencial from an official camino association, but maybe not. But pilgr, you don't have to worry about getting two credenciales stamped for the entire 1200 kms. What I would do is just supplement the cool Levante one with the official one for the last 100 km from Sarria. You are eligible for a compostela so long as you have a valid credencial with two stamps a day from Sarria.
So how did you meet them since it was neither Wed. nor Friday when you got yours? Buen camino, Laurie
Good suggestion!Well, I think we have to find a good in-town pensión to replace the lovely Pensión Paris. Once we do that, maybe we can work with the owner to see if he/she will do what Vanessa used to do, which is to buy the guide and credential for a confirmed guest, who would then pay upon arrival. I will for starters contact the Association and see what they might suggest. But, you have a difficult choice whichever way you go. All of them are spectacular.
They were acceptable in 2015. I think this battle between Cathedral and others began last year if I remember correctly when the thread on this topic was posted. In Zamora I got free Credencial in TO across the Plaza from Parador. Later I was told that they sell them now because unidentified people were selling the same (free) Credenciales for 5€ and more... I guess in a way it's good to regulate this thing about Credenciales but on the other hand I can't see real reason (apart from purely financial for the SdC Cathedral) why those from different Amigos groups aren't recognized as official.Just to be totally clear, the way super cool Levante credentiales are NOT acceptable to the Camino Association as per the Amigos of the Levante. So they sold me TWO credentiales, the official version and the Levante version.
Walking from Valencia to Silla, I was sure glad to have with me the .kml files handy on my smartphone! The waymarking is there, but some areas it is very spotty or you can't see the fleches because of sun bleaching the paint.
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/gps-tracks-for-the-levante.32426/
I stayed at the Hostal Moreno. Very nice and modern, except for the smell of cigarette smoke. As to the shin splints, what I am doing is just low mileage days. For example, I only walked 11k today to Beniyou SP?...Tomorrow 16k. I plan to keep it below 20k until I hit earth trekking. Plus, i probably wont have any other choice when I get further from Valencia. The weather is PERFECT! (knock on wood).Hi, pilgr, glad to hear you made it to Sillas. Where are you staying and eating in Sillas? I walked out and took the train back so I would have another day in Valencia, and the next morning I got an early train and started in Sillas.
I think you will like Algemesi tomorrow -- see if you can find paella in the Casino restaurant. I don't know if they make it on weekdays, but it's very yummy as you might guess, given where you are.
Are you finding ways to stay off the pavement to give those shins a break?
I stayed at the Hostal Moreno. Very nice and modern, except for the smell of cigarette smoke. As to the shin splints, what I am doing is just low mileage days. For example, I only walked 11k today to Beniyou SP?...Tomorrow 16k. I plan to keep it below 20k until I hit earth trekking. Plus, i probably wont have any other choice when I get further from Valencia. The weather is PERFECT! (knock on wood).
Hello Matt, I am the person who received you in the Asociación in Valencia.
In spite of my por english I will try to help.
Where are you staying in Benifaió? (I live there). This morning I was with the president and the secretary of the association in the town-hall negociating the etablishment of an albergue.
Tomorrow in Algemesi you will have an albergue (ask at the museum, or if it is not open at the police station), or a train to go back.
For next days there are train-stations in Alzira, Carcaixent, Pobla Llarga, Enova-Manuel, Xativa (30 km untill there), L'Alcudia de Crespin(next to Canals), Vallada and Moixent (other 29 km) . Various pilgrims from here take profit of it to begin the way on various week-ends.
About credencials, last year the organización in Santiago accepted my specific credencial because I had begun the way before the new rules, but they do not accept for new credencials. For that we "sell" the oficial model, and give free our former one.
For tacks I use the application "ORUX" downloaded from the IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional) which can download all tracks of the various ways to Santiago (centrodedescargas.cnig.es)
Buen camino.
Hello Matt, I am the person who received you in the Asociación in Valencia.
In spite of my por english I will try to help.
Where are you staying in Benifaió? (I live there). This morning I was with the president and the secretary of the association in the town-hall negociating the etablishment of an albergue.
Tomorrow in Algemesi you will have an albergue (ask at the museum, or if it is not open at the police station), or a train to go back.
For next days there are train-stations in Alzira, Carcaixent, Pobla Llarga, Enova-Manuel, Xativa (30 km untill there), L'Alcudia de Crespin(next to Canals), Vallada and Moixent (other 29 km) . Various pilgrims from here take profit of it to begin the way on various week-ends.
About credencials, last year the organización in Santiago accepted my specific credencial because I had begun the way before the new rules, but they do not accept for new credencials. For that we "sell" the oficial model, and give free our former one.
For tacks I use the application "ORUX" downloaded from the IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional) which can download all tracks of the various ways to Santiago (centrodedescargas.cnig.es)
Buen camino.
Good decision @pilgr , short distances at the beginning. I don't have shin splints problems but the tarmac is HARD on my soles, auch...Well, I am going EXTRA tortuga to start: the roadway, the shin splints, and I am out of shape. The first day I made it to Silla which is 16k. ...
I can't imagine trying to walk this in the summer! There are no trees.
Welcome to the forum @JLWVHello Matt, I am the person who received you in the Asociación in Valencia.
In spite of my por english I will try to help.
Where are you staying in Benifaió? (I live there). This morning I was with the president and the secretary of the association in the town-hall negociating the etablishment of an albergue.
Tomorrow in Algemesi you will have an albergue (ask at the museum, or if it is not open at the police station), or a train to go back.
For next days there are train-stations in Alzira, Carcaixent, Pobla Llarga, Enova-Manuel, Xativa (30 km untill there), L'Alcudia de Crespin(next to Canals), Vallada and Moixent (other 29 km) . Various pilgrims from here take profit of it to begin the way on various week-ends.
About credencials, last year the organización in Santiago accepted my specific credencial because I had begun the way before the new rules, but they do not accept for new credencials. For that we "sell" the oficial model, and give free our former one.
For tacks I use the application "ORUX" downloaded from the IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional) which can download all tracks of the various ways to Santiago (centrodedescargas.cnig.es)
Buen camino.
Thank you for reaching out! I am sure you will be very popular with your participation on this blog!
Well, in my understanding it's stealing. If offered by farmer that's completely different story. Although I think farmer wouldn't really mind missing one orange per week according to info about pilgrims heading off from ValenciaWhat is the story on eating the oranges off the trees in the orchards?
Recommendation no, just experience. I stayed at "albergue turístico El Palau" just near the 'Colegiata'. For other addresses look at the web or tourist office.
Don't worry about the very near bells of the colegiata, they stop ringing at 10 P.M. until 07 A.M., do not disturb sleeping.
To morrow is Saturday, last day of shops opening. After Xativa you will have to wade across the Canyoles rio, which in the last days had more water tan usual, so take in mind get some large plastic bags from the supermarket to cover your shoes (See photo).
Xativa is a city with long history (from paleolithic), worthy of a good visit. The way runs by the most typical street, but there are also the large castle, up the mountain, the churches, convents, first paper-mill of Spain, and it is the native city of popes Borgia (Calixte III, Alfonso de Borja, and Alexander VI, Rodrigo de Borja). More info at the Tourist Office or Wikipedia.
Ultreia.
I would suggest Albergue El Cigroner. I was told it's much nicer than El Palau at almost similar price - 19€. The number of the hospitalero is: 634 514 277. Great guy, even offered me first two beers for free. The rooms are modern, there's an elevator, everything impecably clean etc. It's located on Calle San Domenech, the street to the right if you look in direction of El Palau.Any recommendations where to stay in Xàtiva?
Thanks!
Send me a PM or post it here what's your next planned stop and I'll try to suggest something. Where there are albergues or better said acogida municipal/polideportivo usually you have to go to/call Policia Local for the keys. I still have all the telephone numbers for my stays in 2015.I am struggling to find the albergues on this camino. Whereas on the other big caminos there are signs advertising the respective albergues, I am having a difficult time discovering where to go to find these places on this camino. Should I call each town's police department? any simple suggestions?
Send me a PM or post it here what's your next planned stop and I'll try to suggest something. Where there are albergues or better said acogida municipal/polideportivo usually you have to go to/call Policia Local for the keys. I still have all the telephone numbers for my stays in 2015.
To navigate in the cities mostly I either ask or follow arrows (there are some albergues etc.right on the Camino) or check the map on my smart phone. Of course you do need an address or at least phone number and I collect them in planning stage at home. But I do have pretty good sense of orientation so no major problems.Thanks Kinky! I will let you know my next town.
How did you find the albergues? in Xàtiva for example? Is there an App, website? I am seriously stupid on this topic. In the past, I just relied on other peregrinos or advertisements. Maybe that is where the "guide" I refused to carry comes into play.
That would be approx.25kms. You have three options to stock up in Carcaixent, Pobla Llarga and Manuel and then another 2 hours to Xativa which is really nice little city as already mentioned. Try to find the location of albergue in Xativa already today and remember it so you won't have to stare at your smart phone in sunlight. Well, at least you won't have rain tomorrow as I can seeI am in Alzira, at the swanky Casa Brava. I am going to go bankrupt before the end of the week. I will track down your suggestion in Xà...!
Unfortunatelly not, I was too tired and it also rained. But there is always another timeDid you go up, Kinky?
I don't see any place to stay in Pobla Llarga, but Kinky comes up with places to stay in the most unusual places, so maybe he has something!
Yes, that's the one
Yes, that's the one
I slept beside the second post of the metal roof from the standpoint of the pic taken. It was the least dirty spot there
Did you get to Xativa today?
Enjoy Xativa and do go up to the castle. Usually Laurie has good suggestions!Yes, I made it there! Tomorrow is a rest day. If I want to keep it under 20k, where should I aim that might have an albergue?
Unfortunatly I reserved a place in X... before getting your wonderful suggestion to stay here. Now I am being more proactive!
Enjoy Xativa and do go up to the castle. Usually Laurie has good suggestions!
Next albergue is after 7kms in Canals (and about 5 private B&Bs, Pensions etc.: https://www.tripadvisor.es/Hotels-g...nce_of_Valencia_Valencian_Country-Hotels.html) but I didn't stayed there so don't have updated info:
A (??pl, MUNI, 962 244 422 (Policia Local at c/del
Cronista Sivera Font))
(Ayto: Pl.de la Vila 9, 962-240-126)
12kms (accum.19kms) later in Vallada I have info for Casa Rural but now can't find anything on-line.
7kms later (accum.26kms) in Moixent is albergue. You have to pick up keys first at Policia Local which is on the corner of the house on the left by the river just before the bridge:
A (6/8pl, MUNI, »Cruz Roja«, Asamblea Comaracal de
Cruz Roja, Avda.Hijas de la Caridad (Ctra.Nacional),
616-948-485 (Policia Local, Pl.de la Hispanidad 3)
or ask in Ayto.( Pl.Mayor, 962-295-010), K) don€
After rest day in Xativa maybe you can make it to Moixent or divide the stage by having really short day to Canals. But if you go directly to Moixent you will have much shorter next day to La Font de la Figuera, 16kms.
Enjoy Xativa and do go up to the castle. Usually Laurie has good suggestions!
Next albergue is after 7kms in Canals (and about 5 private B&Bs, Pensions etc.: https://www.tripadvisor.es/Hotels-g...nce_of_Valencia_Valencian_Country-Hotels.html) but I didn't stayed there so don't have updated info:
A (??pl, MUNI, 962 244 422 (Policia Local at c/del
Cronista Sivera Font))
(Ayto: Pl.de la Vila 9, 962-240-126)
12kms (accum.19kms) later in Vallada I have info for Casa Rural but now can't find anything on-line.
7kms later (accum.26kms) in Moixent is albergue. You have to pick up keys first at Policia Local which is on the corner of the house on the left by the river just before the bridge:
A (6/8pl, MUNI, »Cruz Roja«, Asamblea Comaracal de
Cruz Roja, Avda.Hijas de la Caridad (Ctra.Nacional),
616-948-485 (Policia Local, Pl.de la Hispanidad 3)
or ask in Ayto.( Pl.Mayor, 962-295-010), K) don€
After rest day in Xativa maybe you can make it to Moixent or divide the stage by having really short day to Canals. But if you go directly to Moixent you will have much shorter next day to La Font de la Figuera, 16kms.
In Moixent you just follow the Camino through the old town (you'll pass ayuntamiento on your left) on Plaza Mayor, continue straight and after the bridge veer right and Policia Local will be straight ahead at the end of that street. Or just ask@jl
How do I access this new albergue in Moixente? police?
I thought about just taking the train back to Xàtiva and staying at Kinky's place La Pau Albergue...Tough choice?!
It is tough for me to guage Kinky's standards as he slept in an abandoned train depot in Manuel and in an old Red Cross emergency shelter in Moixente. He comes from hearty stock!
Uh, that's a tough one. I wasn't really on alert for that because I wished I have had air cooling when walkingDo the albergues have any heat in them? I am not set up for backcountry camping.
So glad to hear you made it to Xativa, pilgr. Yes, I did really love the castle. One of the best ever, and must have taken some incredible feats of engineering.
I took the road up and a path down. It meanders through the woods and it brought me to the first "ice tower" I ever saw. It's an old stone tower with a totally open top, just a cylinder really. It´s deep in the woods and the townspeople used to bring snow from all over and fill it up so there would be some form refrigeration during the rest of the year. Apparently the ice lasted for a long time. I think the name in Valenciano is "pou de glac." I saw another one in San Feliu de Pallerols on the Camino St. Jaume and felt very smart to be able to tell my friend what it was.
I really like coming across these old things unexpectedly, that's one of the real joys of the Camino. Hope you have a good day in Jativa.
And p.s., glad to hear there is now a new albergue in Moixent. My French buddies went to the Red Cross but I wimped out and went to the Casa Rural, because it was very very basic.
Laurie, was this the one you stayed in? I don't believe it's the same. This one has kitchen and bathroom obviously completely renovated. Bedroom photo is of my bedroom but there's another one a bit better/nicer equipped. I was completely satisfied with mineLike Kinky, I walked in May and had no need for heat. I remember the tiny little box-like albergue in Font de la Figuera (day after Moixent) had two beds and one window. I gave up when my French pilgrim budies kept closing the window, but it was hot and stuffy in there. Hope the temps are manageable for you, pilgr. And I do remember a very good meal in Font de la Figuera in the local hangout in the square. Lots of friendly people interested in what we were doing!
And I am know the asphalt ends soon, so I hope your shins have held out!
Laurie, was this the one you stayed in? I don't believe it's the same. This one has kitchen and bathroom obviously completely renovated. Bedroom photo is of my bedroom but there's another one a bit better/nicer equipped. I was completely satisfied with mine
It's beautiful Camino for me. First day some not so beautiful suburbs, then three days of orange and caqui groves almost all on tarmac but after climb out of coastal flats (that's generally after Xativa) the landscape changes and the way is more or less fine gravel or dirt AG paths. Lots of cereals, garlic around Las Pedroneras (you can smell it walking by the fields), olive groves later on, some beautiful architecture and castles (Xativa, Almansa, Chinchilla Monte Aragon, Toledo, Avila, Toro, Zamora), windmills and Don Xiquote monuments around Mota del Cuervo and El Toboso, some very nice albergues (Xativa - El Cigroner, Hoya Gonzalo, La Roda - in bull ring!!!, Avila, Gotarrendura, Zamora) and some in polideportivos/swimming pool changing rooms/classrooms etc. But can get really hellish hot and not much shade in general, just few trees here and there. Although locals are very welcoming it's better to speak some basic Spanish. Signage is more or less adequate with some tricky spots, mostly where Levante and Sureste goes different ways.Hi folks, this thread has re-ignited my desire to walk this path for sure! We've just driven home from a holiday and to pass some of the time I read @peregrina2000 's Levante guide to my husband. We're both now really committed to walking the Levante
This one is also at the end of town and very close to polideportivo. In first photo you can see the road that goes straight on, that's Camino. But if you turn right before albergue (street sign for Valencia) you're at polideportivo in maybe 30 meters. So polideportivo is to the right after old lavadera and before albergue.I stayed in a little concrete house next to the polideportivo and with a large green space outside. Right at the exit from town.
Maybe not a lot but definitely possible to walk even 20km stages most of the way if you don't chicken out on some of themSo... long way of saying that it looks like there are a LOT of new albergues on the Camino de Levante.
2015 was the year. You won't hear about Moixent new albergue until tomorrow or a day after tomorrowKinky... remind me what year you were there. I walked in 2013, you didn't come much later as I remember, that means there was a lot of albergue action in a short time. Would love to hear from pilgr about the one in Moixent!
No need to locate the old oneSounds like a plan! I will try to locate both. To do that, seems like I need to go to the police station first.
This one is also at the end of town and very close to polideportivo. In first photo you can see the road that goes straight on, that's Camino. But if you turn right before albergue (street sign for Valencia) you're at polideportivo in maybe 30 meters. So polideportivo is to the right after old lavadera and before albergue.
The lavadero in attachement.So that comment jarred my memory. What I remember about Font de la Figuera is that our little albergue was after the old lavadero (am I remembering right that this was possibly the longest lavadero we have ever seen on a Camino?) but BEFORE the polideportivo. Do you remember seeing any sort of little boxlike structure in the grounds before you came to the polideportivo? It seems strange to me that there would be two little box like structures so close to each other so maybe I am remembering something wrong.
They say that "memory games" are good for aging brains, so thanks, Kinky for giving me lots of exercise.
Thanks, pilgr, for giving us lots to chew on!
The lavadera in attachement.
I did some zig-zaging around polideportivo because albergue had no sign and you can't know that's the yellow house but I can't remember anything that would be boxlike. Anyway it could only be on the righthand side before polideportivo or at the back because on the left is long house which is huge bodega.
I looked at La Bodega Casa Rural near Moix...That place is NICE!So maybe they knocked it down when they opened the new one in 2014.
And I remember that bodega, I think it was closed when we were there, but it looked like it had some stuff open to the public.
Hahaha, Matt, me and Laurie are talking about location of "new" (2014) albergue in La Font de la Figuera which is close to la bodega which is wine cellar (also wine selling shop) in Spanish.I looked at La Bodega Casa Rural near Moix...That place is NICE!
Hahaha, Matt, me and Laurie are talking about location of "new" (2014) albergue in La Font de la Figuera which is close to la bodega which is wine cellar (also wine selling shop) in Spanish.
If I found the right La Bodega price per person for tomorrow is down to 45€ and it sure looks very nice. But will you use outdoor swimming pool?I don't know if it is on Camino, anyway it is past Moixent so I don't know how would that fit in your stages? What's your plan for tomorrow?
Agree with Laurie. I would just add one more between Higueruela and Chinchilla de Monte Aragon that's in Hoya Gonzalo. I really recommend it. But Matt already has my list of albergues so he can see them all.Hi, pilgr,
My notes show a lot of 20-25 euro pensions. But the next five nights you have albergues! Moixent, Font de la Figuera (both of these NEW!!), Almansa, Alpera (if you take the detour, which I would recommend -- Alpera is actually on the Sureste), Higueruela (I stayed in a 20 euro pension there but my French buddies stayed in the albergue).
Then came Chinchilla with a 20 euro truckstop! So your wallet will be appreciative of the cheap lodging in your future.
And Laurie, ahm, Alpera is actually on La Lana
Ah, the cave drawings trip was in Hoya Gonzalo??? I remember that from your blog but thought that was in Alpera because I saw a thick book about cave drawings in whole of Spain there in the kitchen downstairs.Thanks for keeping me honest.Did you stay there? If you did you may have noticed by looking in the sign-in book that my two French pals and I were the very first people to ever stay in the albergue.
Very nice place, I thought. The woman in the cultural office took us up in her jeep out of town to see what used to be spectacular cave drawings, but which have been ruined by about 100 years of people touching them. But all in all a very nice stop!
How mant km before Almansa should I get on the autopista?Hi Matt, you will be son in Almansa.
Remenber we told you that a few days ago the last kilometers before Almansa were flooded, so you will very probably have to go in Almansa by the road. Thanks to inform how this is now.
Ah, the cave drawings trip was in Hoya Gonzalo??? I remember that from your blog but thought that was in Alpera because I saw a thick book about cave drawings in whole of Spain there in the kitchen downstairs.
I liked that albergue very much. Enjoyed cold beer on almost desolated Plaza watching R4 parked there, lingering by the swimming pool across the street in the afternoon and in the evening soaking up the solitude and sunset on the terrace above... If I'll ever walk Levante again that's a must stop for me, with taking a dip in the pool (I forgot my swim suit...) of course.
Seems like we're hijacking the thread from Matt but it's so nice to remember certain things from that beautiful Camino.
PS (Some photos attached I guess you'll recognize. At the end of this thread I will have so many downsized photos that posting my journal is inevitable)
First of all, @pilgr, I am sorry to be adding all this extra trivia while you are trying to find your way from one place to another. But, I was talking about cave drawings Alpera, Kinky, I never went to Hoya Gonzalo. So I was remembering the Alpera albergue fondly.
It looks like pilgr has a few challenges ahead with flooding. But that is still a few days from now. And very lucky to have all the help from JLWV!
@pilgr, are you safely ensconced in the new albergue in Moixent today?
Laurie explained it well about new and old albergue. Nothing more to say.
I just have to make a comment if that room IS albergue and only that room then it went from "not so good" to "very bad". Is there a fridge, showers, anything like a kitchenette?
Maybe a new one has better location but I was completely satisfied with panoramic vista over Moixent in the evening. And supermercado not far away at the bus station. Ah, well...
True again, Laurie, there is another albergue. About 500mts after leaving Moixent on tarmac road there's the sign for it. See attached photo. That makes the distance from Moixent AND off the Camino approx.8kms. Not sure why would anyone walking Camino go there. It's obvious that it's some kind of archaeological compound where The Warrior statuette was found. And it's in Valencia
So you decided to stay in albergue?Yeah Kinky, my sentiments exactly. I just asked the police guy if there might be a blanket as there is no heater. He tooked me back up to the room and showed me the sheets "this is for the peregrino" like maybe I might be blind. And I said "I guess I just throw all of this on top of me and I should be good." Just a bunch of sheets. He called it "thin" blankets. To be honest, the police guy was nice. He just had better things to do. I may have to pull out that kevlar blanket tonite.
So you decided to stay in albergue?
Is there anything else apart from two bunk beds I can see from your photo?
I hope that this "new" albergue is just provisional for the time the old one is being renovated. I'm afraid not, otherwise they would move beds and chairs to new one but they are not the same.No, four beds in the room. No kidding, they were probably pulled out of a now defunct prison. I say that because everything is way overly used. There is a bathroom with shower, that is shared with some city function happening as i write. Lot of activity as I think this the city building.
How many km to Almansa from Moix..? How does one skip the industrial section, take a bus? I am thinking of staying in La Font. Hopefully the albergue has blankets.I hope that this "new" albergue is just provisional for the time the old one is being renovated. I'm afraid not, otherwise they would move beds and chairs to new one but they are not the same.
But OK, I've spent nights in worse places
Long day tomorrow to Almansa. Nice walk in the beginning but the last part after railway and highway mentioned by @JLWV can be absolutely skipped, nothing worth see there, just a mix of AG&industrial suburb. I remember awful smell of trash on that stretch and because of the heat the smell was even worse.
PS (Let me know if you need directions to monastery albergue in Almansa.)
I appologise, tomorrow to La Font de la FigueraHow many km to Almansa from Moix..? How does one skip the industrial section, take a bus? I am thinking of staying in La Font. Hopefully the albergue has blankets.
Your notes about albergue Font is no bedding. I assume that still is true or were u all talking about a new albergue there?I appologise, tomorrow to La Font de la Figuera
16kms approx. but not more than 20kms. Nice walk. The first day when you'll get vague picture of how Levante will look further on with its cereal fields etc.
Easy to find Plaza Mayor in La Font. On the left side is supermercado and on the upper side there's a bar and left to it is Policia Local. If the Police car isn't parked there buy yourself a beer in a bar and wait. Half an hour and he'll be there. You'll also get the map of the village to find albergue and find your way the next day. No need to bring keys back to Police station.
Warning: albergue has very nice kitchen but without pots and pans (in 2015!). Anyway it's not far to go back to supermercado if the situation is different now.
For photos of albergue in La Font de la Figuera see my post No.59 in this thread. There are 12 places and in 2015 were just 5 mattresses. I guess that's enough for one tired bodyYour notes about albergue Font is no bedding. I assume that still is true or were u all talking about a new albergue there?
For photos of albergue in La Font de la Figuera see my post No.59 in this thread. There are 12 places and in 2015 were just 5 mattresses. I guess that's enough for one tired bodyBut no blankets, sheets etc., you need a sleeping bag and I assume you have one walking in winter...
No "new" albergue there to my knowledge.
@KinkyOneI am doing this camino sans sleeping bag. So as per today's disappointment, I require a blanket wherever I go.
That'll be a tough one on Levante unless you're prepared to pay for private lodging. But I do remember few albergues with blankets. First one in Almansa, the nuns will surely give you one if needed.I am doing this camino sans sleeping bag. So as per today's disappointment, I require a blanket wherever I go.
Officially it's 26kms from La Font to Almansa.@KinkyOne
After La Font tomorrow, is it 29k to Almansa?
As to your idea of cutting out everything after having to walk on the carreterra because of flooding and industrial section, would you suggest getting on a bus or hitchiking?
OK, then you are good to sleep in albergues.@KinkyOne
I have a Kevlar sleeping bag at 170g. You have a real sleeping bag that weighs 250g? Is it down?
Once you get to Almansa you will find another great castle. When I stayed with the nuns in 2014 they preferred pilgrims to use the back door on C Miguel de Cervantes. The back door is opposite the excellent Hogar del Productor restaurant, a bustling friendly place with gazpacho manchego starter and I had a delicious fish and cockle main course, vaguely like a simple zarzuela. Very good value when I was there.How mant km before Almansa should I get on the autopista?
Once you get to Almansa you will find another great castle. When I stayed with the nuns in 2014 they preferred pilgrims to use the back door on C Miguel de Cervantes. The back door is opposite the excellent Hogar del Productor restaurant, a bustling friendly place with gazpacho manchego starter and I had a delicious fish and cockle main course, vaguely like a simple zarzuela. Very good value when I was there.
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