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Hi, @ranther, they don't have a website, so they may not take reservations by email. Not sure those two things are necessarily connected, but that has been my experience generally. I have a phone card and can call Spain for a few cents a minute and would be happy to call for you. PM me with full name and date and a phone (I do this every now and then for others and they frequently like to have a phone number to fill in even it is from another continent!) and I will call. Buen camino, LariePlanning my 2018 camino and as an older woman I want to book places to sleep ahead. Does anybody have an @ address to Hostal As Viñas in Pobra?
Going straight into the "Invierno 2018" guide. Thanks, Mark!!!!!I called them a few times, I had to wait for their son to get in to get their email as it's not listed. His email is : bruno.alves.valcarcel@gmail.com If you leave your phone number they can phone you to confirm booking too.
Thanks all of you!
I will try to mail them first, Laurie! And pm you later if needed.
I do not speak Spanish, so writing some basic sentences is simpler than phoning.
My plan is these stages
Ponferrada- Borrenes
Borrenes - Puente Domingo Florez
PDF - O Barco
O Barco - A Rúa
A Rúa - Soldon or Montefuera if I do not find a place to sleep in Soldon
I will take the train back from Montefuera, Stay another night in Rua and train back next morning
From s or M to Quiroga
Quiroga - Pobra de Brollón
P de B - Monforte de Lemos. Cannot walk all the way from Quiroga to
MdL, but I see there is a trainstation near Pobra.
MdL to Diomondo and Santa Estevo
Diomondo -Chanatada
Chantanda - Rodeiro
Rodeiro to Lalin
Lalin to Bandeira
Then 2 days to SdC, makes it 15 days!
I think these stages might be OK for me.
May be I go by train back to Ourense since I did not go that way when I did Via de la Plata in 2011.
Hope of course to see more peregrinos along the route whenI start 16.05.
Randi
Hi, Ranthr,Thanks, Laurie, I am going to send a mail to them, 40 € is even cheaper than a night in A Rúa, but I wonder if it is out in nowhere alone out there or it is a small place with other people.I am a 70 year old woman and would like to see another people aroud.
Thanks all of you!
I will try to mail them first, Laurie! And pm you later if needed.
I do not speak Spanish, so writing some basic sentences is simpler than phoning.
My plan is these stages
Ponferrada- Borrenes
Borrenes - Puente Domingo Florez
PDF - O Barco
O Barco - A Rúa
A Rúa - Soldon or Montefuera if I do not find a place to sleep in Soldon
I will take the train back from Montefuera, Stay another night in Rua and train back next morning
From s or M to Quiroga
Quiroga - Pobra de Brollón
P de B - Monforte de Lemos. Cannot walk all the way from Quiroga to
MdL, but I see there is a trainstation near Pobra.
MdL to Diomondo and Santa Estevo
Diomondo -Chanatada
Chantanda - Rodeiro
Rodeiro to Lalin
Lalin to Bandeira
Then 2 days to SdC, makes it 15 days!
I think these stages might be OK for me.
May be I go by train back to Ourense since I did not go that way when I did Via de la Plata in 2011.
Hope of course to see more peregrinos along the route whenI start 16.05.
Randi
Thanks! It's reasonable. In Norway I guess you wouldn't get a bed in a shared room in a youthhostel for that price.Update from Soldón. 40 € is the minimum price, for one or two pilgrims. She explains that her cost is pretty much the same for one or two and she just can't lower it any more. That's reasonable, I think, but may make it too high for some. Buen camino, Laurie
Again, thank you all for the new updates on places to stay. How do I send a PM? I would like to compare notes with Randi as I, too, am 70 and walking about two weeks before her dates, starting from Ponferrada at the end of April.
I have tried twice to mail Bruno but do not get an answer on this mailadress.I called them a few times, I had to wait for their son to get in to get their email as it's not listed. His email is : bruno.alves.valcarcel@gmail.com If you leave your phone number they can phone you to confirm booking too.
I have tried twice to mail Bruno but do not get an answer on this mailadress.
What a shame! I had a long chat with Bruno over a few beers in the garden, and he was preparing his 'oposición', although I can't remember what for. As it's my world (I prepare university graduates for their 'oposición' - state exams - to become secondary school teachers) we had a lot in common. Lovely place, lovely people.Well, it was not what I expected to hear. The As Viñas is going to be closing. The parents are retiring, and I guess the son does not want to continue with the hostal. They are open now, but wouldn´t take a reservation for Ranthr in May. They encourage pilgrims to call them a day or so out of A Pobra (982 430 124) because they will recommend a place that is 4 km from them and whose owners apparently will come pick you up. I remembered when I stayed there a few years ago, the son said some things that suggested that he was doing this job only because of the bad work situation in Spain. Maybe the silver lining here is that he has gotten employment in something he loves, and mom and dad want to retire.
Wishing them well in what comes next, but feeling sorry that the Invierno pilgrims are losing a very nice place to stay! Buen camino, Laurie
40€??? You have 2 albergues in A Rua!40 € is even cheaper than a night in A Rúa,
Not true! Soldon has inhabitants but as in almost every village during workdays you can't see any of them on the streets. And Soldon is the same.Hi, Ranthr,
Soldón is a little town, no bars, no cafés. It is inhabited, but I don't imagine there will be much life in the streets.
Nooooooooooooooo. That was one of my most nicest stays on my Caminos. Oh, I'm so sad right now. The guy fled from Portugal under Salazar to France, Paris. He worked there in (well, maybe not really Paris but he told me so) steel factory and he met her wife, a maid in a hotel. They worked and worked and you can imagine the rest...Well, it was not what I expected to hear. The As Viñas is going to be closing. The parents are retiring, and I guess the son does not want to continue with the hostal. ....
Good Morning, KinkyOne!40€??? You have 2 albergues in A Rua!
I walked Invierno but I have idea where Montefuera is: "I will take the train back from Montefuera,"
Not true! Soldon has inhabitants but as in almost every village during workdays you can't see any of them on the streets. And Soldon is the same.
Nooooooooooooooo. That was one of my most nicest stays on my Caminos. Oh, I'm so sad right now. The guy fled from Portugal under Salazar to France, Paris. He worked there in (well, maybe not really Paris but he told me so) steel factory and he met her wife, a maid in a hotel. They worked and worked and you can imagine the rest...
Hola@CharritoAny chancemeeting in Zamora around May 1st???
40€??? You have 2 albergues in A Rua!
I walked Invierno but I have idea where Montefuera is: "I will take the train back from Montefuera,"
Sorry KinkyOne, should be Montefurado!
I have tried twice to mail Bruno but do not get an answer on this mailadress.
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