Please recommend Albergues

[joeandmiki]

My wife and I will walk this May from SJPP to Burgos. We did walk Camino de Santiago from Leon to Santiago de Compostella last September and October.

Would you recommend Your albergues as follows:
Zubiri
Pamplona
Puente la Reina
Estella
Los Arcos
Logrono
Najera
Santo Domingo
Belorado
St Juan
Burgos

Thank you.

 

[Deleted member 67185]

My wife and I will walk this May from SJPP to Burgos. We did walk Camino de Santiago from Leon to Santiago de Compostella last September and October.

Would you recommend Your albergues as follows:
Zubiri
Pamplona
Puente la Reina
Estella
Los Arcos
Logrono
Najera
Santo Domingo
Belorado
St Juan
Burgos

Thank you.

Here's a link to the resource page on the Forum site which has a PDF of exactly what you are asking for.
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/resources/a-selection-of-favorite-albergues-on-the-camino-francés.140/

Buen Camino, Amigo.

 

[scruffy1]

Puente la Reina the albergue under the Jakue hotel is cheery the evening buffet there leaves much to be desired look around town for something more promising for dinner. San Juan de Ortega - Stopped there once years ago, was greeted by the aroma of mildew and mould, a smell which remained with me until Burgos-never been back depite the Medeival atmosphere. . Hopefully that has changed. I would mush on to Agés either one of the private albergues are just fine. Burgos, treat yourself to a nice hotel, Hotel Norte y Londres 10 Plaza de Alonso Martínez 40 € for a double at booking.com

 

[Anniesantiago]

My favorites:

Zubiri - El Palo
Pamplona - Too many to list
Puente la Reina - Jakue
Estella - I rent an apartment here
Los Arcos - the municipal is fine but I like Casa Abuela
Logrono - no preference
Najera - no preference
Santo Domingo - municipal
Belorado - no preference
St Juan - I wouldn't stay here for a million dollars
Burgos - municipal

 

[jsalt]

Hi, I see you have chosen the Brierley stages. Think outside the box.

Zubiri – Aca y Alla about 2kms after Zubiri
Pamplona – Casa Ibarrola
Puente la Reina – Albergue Puente
Estella – stop before Estella at La Casa Magica in Villatuerte
Los Arcos – walk on to Albergue Sansol in Sansol
Logrono – Hostal La Numantina
Najera – dunno, never stayed here – I like the municipal in Azofra
Santo Domingo – walk on to the parish albergue in Granon
Belorado – several good albergues
St Juan – you must be kidding – walk on to Ages
Burgos – lots of places to choose from

Jill

 

[Anamiri]

Puente la Reina the albergue under the Jakue hotel is cheery the evening buffet there leaves much to be desired look around town for something more promising for dinner. San Juan de Ortega - Stopped there once years ago, was greeted by the aroma of mildew and mould, a smell which remained with me until Burgos-never been back depite the Medeival atmosphere. . Hopefully that has changed. I would mush on to Agés either one of the private albergues are just fine. Burgos, treat yourself to a nice hotel, Hotel Norte y Londres 10 Plaza de Alonso Martínez 40 € for a double at booking.com

Be careful at Ages, we stayed in the worst albergue of the Camino there (a private one). The bunks were really crammed in, the tightest we saw, absolutely no room. You couldn't get down off the top bunks without touching the bunk next door. The light-bulbs were blown or too dull. Dark and gloomy. If I didn't have my headlamp, I wouldn't have been able to see in my corner. There were bedbugs crawling on the wall, my Camino friend was bitten. They were incredibly slow to process us leaving people standing outside in the pouring rain when there was room for them to come in. The glass shower door fell off its rails and hit me on the head pinning me to the back of the shower resulting in a giant egg on my head. It was Fawlty Towers at its best. Makes for good stories though.
The municipal just down the road was really nice.

Ages has a treasure though, a little old man has created a museum/display of wooden miniatures that he has hand crafted. He was so friendly, and showed us through, it was great.

The others have either been mentioned or I didnt stay there.
Estella - Albergue Capuchinos is spacious, only 2 bunks per room. And there is a door through to the chapel next door. Eat somewhere else though.
Viana - Albergue Izar (didnt stay in Logrono - developed an aversion to cities except for Burgos and Leon)
Najera - we stayed in a fairly new private one, was nice. the stamp says Najera la Rioja Nido de Ciguena
Santa Domingo - we stayed in Hostal La Catedral, the room had a great shower. Wasnt expensive but cant remember the price.
Burgos - Hotel Norte y Londres was good and well priced, and still quite close to the cathedral. We've stayed there twice

 

[jsalt]

The municipal just down the road was really nice.

Yes! And very spacious, the bunk beds are wide apart.
Jill

 

[katie@camino]

Hi, I see you have chosen the Brierley stages. Think outside the box.

Zubiri – Aca y Alla about 2kms after Zubiri
Pamplona – Casa Ibarrola
Puente la Reina – Albergue Puente
Estella – stop before Estella at La Casa Magica in Villatuerte
Los Arcos – walk on to Albergue Sansol in Sansol
Logrono – Hostal La Numantina
Najera – dunno, never stayed here – I like the municipal in Azofra
Santo Domingo – walk on to the parish albergue in Granon
Belorado – several good albergues
St Juan – you must be kidding – walk on to Ages
Burgos – lots of places to choose from

Jill

I second La Casa Magica and Granon parochial.

 

[Fletchonides]

Cuatro Cantones in Belorado has a swimming pool in the back garden, and a great pilgrim meal.

 

[Puiu]

My wife and I will walk this May from SJPP to Burgos. We did walk Camino de Santiago from Leon to Santiago de Compostella last September and October.

Would you recommend Your albergues as follows:
Zubiri
Pamplona
Puente la Reina
Estella
Los Arcos
Logrono
Najera
Santo Domingo
Belorado
St Juan
Burgos

Thank you.

Here you are, just make a choise !

 

[Puiu]

My wife and I will walk this May from SJPP to Burgos. We did walk Camino de Santiago from Leon to Santiago de Compostella last September and October.

Would you recommend Your albergues as follows:
Zubiri
Pamplona
Puente la Reina
Estella
Los Arcos
Logrono
Najera
Santo Domingo
Belorado
St Juan
Burgos

Thank you.

Maybe you will use this :

 

[Martin Cole]

We stayed at Casa Magica earlier this week so we could walk into Estella for late lunch/dinner and leave Villatuerta on the alternative route.
I felt the casa magical lacked a good clean. Matress/pillow covers were stained and floor needed a sweep and mop. We were first people in that day plus he put everyone in the same room, maybe to save heat but was crowded.

 

[Anamiri]

Cuatro Cantones in Belorado has a swimming pool in the back garden, and a great pilgrim meal.

Yes we spent the whole afternoon sitting around the pool with other pilgrims chatting - and planning our next Camino.

 

[MickMac]

Stayed in the casa rural in St Juan de ortega brilliant ! owned by the bar owner who served pilgim meals in evening excellent.

 

[Bala]

Stayed in the casa rural in St Juan de ortega brilliant ! owned by the bar owner who served pilgim meals in evening excellent.

Loved that place (not to be confused with the albergue), and the brothers who own the bar made it so much fun.

 

[Karl Oz]

Loved that place (not to be confused with the albergue), and the brothers who own the bar made it so much fun.

Yes, definitely not to be confused with that albergue.... I would pass through St Juan de Ortega if I were to walk the CF again. From memory though, just about every other albergue in which I stayed was fine.

 

[nycwalking]

I am with @jsalt, bypass Santo Domingo and go on to Grañon.

Buen camino.

 

[Shalaw]

Here is my experience at the locations noted;

Zubiri - stayed at municipal - was just fine
Pamplona - Plaza Catedral - this one is right beside the big cathedral and our balcony overlooked the square
Puente la Reina - about 5kms shy of Puente, there is a lovely albergue ran by Carlos and Alicia called Albergue el Jardin de Muruzabal - there is a pool here!!
Estella - if you go just past Estella, you will find La Casa Magica, a super cool hippy albergue with NO bunk beds!!
Los Arcos - the municipal is fine
Logrono - I was coming down with a cold by the time we reached Logrono, so we opted to book into the Carleton Hotel for two nights and had amazing burgers at Burgerheim restaurant
Najera - sorry, the name escapes me where we stayed here
Santo Domingo - municipal was fine
Belorado - can't remember the name but it was good
St Juan - there is only one albergue in San Juan de Ortega and we stayed there. The meal was awful but the accommodations weren't too bad
Burgos - in Tardajos, which is about 10kms outside of Burgos, there is a wonderful albergue called La Fabrica - amazing food, private room and wonderful hosts!!

If you're able to stop just before or after the Brierley stages, you can find some real gems!! You didn't mention anything beyond Burgos, so perhaps you're not going that far this year, but if you do find yourself coming back to finish, there is another wonderful albergue, called Paloma y Lena, which is in San Mamede do Camino, just before Sarria. We were supposed to stay at the municipal albergue there, but the hostess was so sour we slogged on until we found this family-run albergue and it was fabulous!!

Buen Camino!!