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I'm doing some preliminary planning and looking at Ponferrada I don't see the municipal albergue listed in Gronze. We stayed there in 2010 and thought it wasn't bad; 2 sets of bunks per room, plenty of showers, toilets, clothesline and kitchen.
I looked at this one and thought because it is a donativo it couldn't be the municipal,but maybe it was converted from a municipal? I guess it is possible. I see that I was lucky in getting one of the bedrooms with 4 beds. ThanksThis one?
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This one is staffed by HosVol and this summer they are allowing shorter 10 day assignments rather than the usual first half or last half of the month. Easier for younger people (not retirees like a lot of the HosVol hospitaleros). It is a big albergue and it takes 4 hospitaleros in the high season.I looked at this one and thought because it is a donativo it couldn't be the municipal,but maybe it was converted from a municipal? I guess it is possible. I see that I was lucky in getting one of the bedrooms with 4 beds. Thanks
I stayed there in 2010. It was a donativo then.I looked at this one and thought because it is a donativo it couldn't be the municipal,but maybe it was converted from a municipal? I guess it is possible. I see that I was lucky in getting one of the bedrooms with 4 beds. Thanks
palmah,I looked at this one and thought because it is a donativo it couldn't be the municipal,but maybe it was converted from a municipal? I guess it is possible. I see that I was lucky in getting one of the bedrooms with 4 beds. Thanks
The reason you don't see that albergue is that not all albergues in Ponferrada are listed on Gronze.I'm doing some preliminary planning and looking at Ponferrada I don't see the municipal albergue listed in Gronze. We stayed there in 2010 and thought it wasn't bad; 2 sets of bunks per room, plenty of showers, toilets, clothesline and kitchen. Does anyone know if it has closed, or am I missing something?
Yes, as others have said, the municipal/parroquial classification may have changed but it's the same building with the small bunkrooms and big kitchen area. When I first visited in 2008 there was one hospitalero in charge - a kind of stressed out micro-manager. Last few times, including last November it has been run by an excellent team of volunteers.I'm doing some preliminary planning and looking at Ponferrada I don't see the municipal albergue listed in Gronze. We stayed there in 2010 and thought it wasn't bad; 2 sets of bunks per room, plenty of showers, toilets, clothesline and kitchen. Does anyone know if it has closed, or am I missing something?
I stayed there in 2010. It was a donativo then.
I guess my question should have been one to clarify it being a municipal. I had not thought of it being parochial. I checked my notes from way back then and I referred to it as "municipal. So even then I didn't get the "feeling" it was parochial. ThanksI stayed there in 2010. It was a donativo then.
Thanks Jabba, so I'm not totally losing my marblesThe old Municipal was very nice, but it was much too small for people's actual needs, and it permanently shut down in the late 1990s or early 2000s when the far larger Association Albergue opened.
It isn't technically a Parrochial, though it's often called that from being run by a Catholic Association.
Thanks Tom! I will definitely stay there and I look forward to the mass and blessing as we leave the Frances and start the Invierno.Yes, as others have said, the municipal/parroquial classification may have changed but it's the same building with the small bunkrooms and big kitchen area. When I first visited in 2008 there was one hospitalero in charge - a kind of stressed out micro-manager. Last few times, including last November it has been run by an excellent team of volunteers.
I recommend the pilgrim's mass/blessing in the adjoining church.
Thank you! I will definitely be staying there.It's there, and it is open year round. In my opinion it is one of the best. The same organization runs the much smaller municipal albergue in Foncebadón.
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I'm doing some preliminary planning and looking at Ponferrada I don't see the municipal albergue listed in Gronze. We stayed there in 2010 and thought it wasn't bad; 2 sets of bunks per room, plenty of showers, toilets, clothesline and kitchen. Does anyone know if it has closed, or am I missing something?
The reason you don't see that albergue is that not all albergues in Ponferrada are listed on Gronze.
This happens in all the major places on the Camino, Gronze picks a few albergues and puts them on his list. How they choose, I don't know.
It is a parish Albergue San Nicholas de Flue. It has a mix of beds, rooms with 4 bunks, rooms with 8 and underneath, when it is busy a huge area. It does have a female only section(rooms , showers toilets) which many appreciate. It has a philosophy of turning no one away. It has mats for the floor on the dining area or outside area. It is donitivo.I'm doing some preliminary planning and looking at Ponferrada I don't see the municipal albergue listed in Gronze. We stayed there in 2010 and thought it wasn't bad; 2 sets of bunks per room, plenty of showers, toilets, clothesline and kitchen. Does anyone know if it has closed, or am I missing something?
The old Municipal was very nice, but it was much too small for people's actual needs, and it permanently shut down in the late 1990s or early 2000s when the far larger Association Albergue opened.
It isn't technically a Parrochial, though it's often called that from being run by a Catholic Association.
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