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Hola,
When I make my reservation for Roncesvalles Pilgrim's hostel - Monastery ... should I make it with dinner and/or breakfast.
I have read through the posts and am finding it a bit confusing. Is dinner offered in the Hostel, or do they send you a restaurant and if so, do you choose the one you want?? Any explanation and direction here is greatly appreciated.
As far as breakfast, I know there is a town (Burguete, I think) that is pretty close and I may be able to eat breakfast and have coffee there ... but if they are not open. Ha. I love my coffee in the morning. So should I get breakfast at Roncesvalles hostel? Does anyone know how early they serve breakfast?
Thank you to all, in advance.
Cindy
Thank you so very much for this amazing information ... exactly what I wanted to know!I always purchase bed and dinner. I have found better breakfasts up the trail in Burguete. The Compound at Roncesvalles is only a few buildings all very close together in a smaller space than a "block" in the USA so walking from one to the other takes literally minutes. Your choices for dinner are at Casa Sabina or La Posada. I like La Posada because they serve (when I've been there) at larger tables. Sabina has served at smaller tables of 4-6. The food choices are pretty much the same and if you like fish, I highly recommend the local trout. I usually take the first dinner so I can attend the Pilgrim Mass.
Thank you! Sounds like that will be my plan!@Anniesantiago, I too, liked La Posada, and ate dinner there both times as I liked the food and ambiance.
I rarely eat the breakfasts offered at hostels and albergues; preferring my fave cafe con leche and more variety, rather than the standard toast and jam usually served. I'm willing to wait and always find a nice bar/cafe a little later.
I did both. the dinner was good - chance to have a sit down with fellow pilgrims, and the food was fine. I'd skip the breakfast - dried bread/toast with jam - and eat in one of the towns shortly afterHola,
When I make my reservation for Roncesvalles Pilgrim's hostel - Monastery ... should I make it with dinner and/or breakfast.
I have read through the posts and am finding it a bit confusing. Is dinner offered in the Hostel, or do they send you a restaurant and if so, do you choose the one you want?? Any explanation and direction here is greatly appreciated.
As far as breakfast, I know there is a town (Burguete, I think) that is pretty close and I may be able to eat breakfast and have coffee there ... but if they are not open. Ha. I love my coffee in the morning. So should I get breakfast at Roncesvalles hostel? Does anyone know how early they serve breakfast?
Thank you to all, in advance.
Cindy
Having said that, I am a breakfast person. And on my first CF I enjoyed the breakfast.Ditto for dinner, but not breakfast.
Bed and dinner. Breakfast at Burguete was nice and popular, and not too far away.Hola,
When I make my reservation for Roncesvalles Pilgrim's hostel - Monastery ... should I make it with dinner and/or breakfast.
I have read through the posts and am finding it a bit confusing. Is dinner offered in the Hostel, or do they send you a restaurant and if so, do you choose the one you want?? Any explanation and direction here is greatly appreciated.
As far as breakfast, I know there is a town (Burguete, I think) that is pretty close and I may be able to eat breakfast and have coffee there ... but if they are not open. Ha. I love my coffee in the morning. So should I get breakfast at Roncesvalles hostel? Does anyone know how early they serve breakfast?
Thank you to all, in advance.
Cindy
My experience too - and it was early March. So still off season.I can only speak about the breakfast. In Burguete, as in any village: you can choose the first one you see or hedge your bets. We waited, and found a cafe on the main street heading onwards. Well up ten steps to the left, on a kind of plaza. The tortilla was just done. The bread, so fresh, the cafe con leche, bliss.
Yes, it used to be two choices for a breakfast: the € 3,50 one for a simple breakfast (coffee/tea, toast, jam and juice) and the € 5,-- breakfast (the same but with meat/cheese/egg). Now they only offer the € 5,-- breakfast. As the restaurants only serve the breakfast at 7 am, in summer, when people want to start early, we always advise them to just start walking (take a coffee from our coffeemachine) and take the breakfast in Burguete, after half an hours' walk.I see that the Roncesvalles Albergue website only offers a single choice for breakfast.
When I walked in mid May 2019, without a reservation, I was offered two choices for breakfast with my bed. A small breakfast and a large breakfast. The small breakfast was just toast and jam while the large breakfast included omelette and bacon.
BTW, I noticed on the website that they are still only allowing reservations for the 60 beds on the first floor (2nd floor for americans) while holding back the other 120 beds for walk in pilgrims. So, if it seems like Roncesvalles is full when you try to reserve then it is only the first floor that is full.
Hola,
When I make my reservation for Roncesvalles Pilgrim's hostel - Monastery ... should I make it with dinner and/or breakfast.
I have read through the posts and am finding it a bit confusing. Is dinner offered in the Hostel, or do they send you a restaurant and if so, do you choose the one you want?? Any explanation and direction here is greatly appreciated.
As far as breakfast, I know there is a town (Burguete, I think) that is pretty close and I may be able to eat breakfast and have coffee there ... but if they are not open. Ha. I love my coffee in the morning. So should I get breakfast at Roncesvalles hostel? Does anyone know how early they serve breakfast?
Thank you to all, in advance.
Cindy
Hola,
When I make my reservation for Roncesvalles Pilgrim's hostel - Monastery ... should I make it with dinner and/or breakfast.
I have read through the posts and am finding it a bit confusing. Is dinner offered in the Hostel, or do they send you a restaurant and if so, do you choose the one you want?? Any explanation and direction here is greatly appreciated.
As far as breakfast, I know there is a town (Burguete, I think) that is pretty close and I may be able to eat breakfast and have coffee there ... but if they are not open. Ha. I love my coffee in the morning. So should I get breakfast at Roncesvalles hostel? Does anyone know how early they serve breakfast?
Thank you to all, in advance.
Cindy
Definately have both meals there. The food is good, and you wont have to walk back and forth to town before you begin your walk.Hola,
When I make my reservation for Roncesvalles Pilgrim's hostel - Monastery ... should I make it with dinner and/or breakfast.
I have read through the posts and am finding it a bit confusing. Is dinner offered in the Hostel, or do they send you a restaurant and if so, do you choose the one you want?? Any explanation and direction here is greatly appreciated.
As far as breakfast, I know there is a town (Burguete, I think) that is pretty close and I may be able to eat breakfast and have coffee there ... but if they are not open. Ha. I love my coffee in the morning. So should I get breakfast at Roncesvalles hostel? Does anyone know how early they serve breakfast?
Thank you to all, in advance.
Cindy
Back and forth. Everything is within 2 minsDefinately have both meals there. The food is good, and you wont have to walk back and forth to town before you begin your walk.
Dinner in the restaurant of the hotel is good, but dinner in the restaurant of Casa Sabina was extremely good last year. It is not - as you write - in the bar where you can only have pinxtos (tapas). Dinner is served in the restaurant of Casa Sabina. There is another restaurant, La Posada, last year the dinner there was not as good as in Casa Sabina. I don't yet know how it will be this year; it all depends on the cook, and they have problems nowadays in finding personnel to work there (as everywhere in the hotels/restaurants after the Covid lockdowns ...).If your lucky and get to eat at the Nice restaurant at the hotel. Then dinner is Nice. If you get dinner at the bar. Then it’s not worth it imo.
Breakfast is not worth it.
Dinner in the restaurant of the hotel is good, but dinner in the restaurant of Casa Sabina was extremely good last year. It is not - as you write - in the bar where you can only have pinxtos (tapas). Dinner is served in the restaurant of Casa Sabina. There is another restaurant, La Posada, last year the dinner there was not as good as in Casa Sabina. I don't yet know how it will be this year; it all depends on the cook, and they have problems nowadays in finding personnel to work there (as everywhere in the hotels/restaurants after the Covid lockdowns ...).
I guess that needs some explanation. Do you mean the restaurant of the Hotel Roncesvalles, the restaurant of La Posada, or the restaurant of Casa Sabina?if your lucky and get to eat at the Nice restaurant at the hotel
I have had bed and dinner which is great breakfast was tough due to the small cafe being packed.I always purchase bed and dinner. I have found better breakfasts up the trail in Burguete. The Compound at Roncesvalles is only a few buildings all very close together in a smaller space than a "block" in the USA so walking from one to the other takes literally minutes. Your choices for dinner are at Casa Sabina or La Posada. I like La Posada because they serve (when I've been there) at larger tables. Sabina has served at smaller tables of 4-6. The food choices are pretty much the same and if you like fish, I highly recommend the local trout. I usually take the first dinner so I can attend the Pilgrim Mass.
Best answer award!!For the dinner (€ 11,00) you have the choice between the 7 pm and the 8.30 pm dinner. The pilgrims Mass in church is at 8 pm (on Sundays at 6 pm) so you will be able to attend the mass too. Most pilgrims prefer the 7 pm dinner. Breakfast is € 5,00 and starts at 7 am. In my opinion much too late for early starters. In the albergue we have vending machines with sandwiches and yogourts, there is a coin operated coffee machine, so take a cup of coffee and just start walking. In half an hour you are in Burguete, the bar and the supermarket are open early in the morning.
An excellent learning opportunity for nuevos peregrinos."menu del peregrino"
Hi Cindy, here is my Roncevalles experience from rather a long time ago:Hola,
When I make my reservation for Roncesvalles Pilgrim's hostel - Monastery ... should I make it with dinner and/or breakfast.
I have read through the posts and am finding it a bit confusing. Is dinner offered in the Hostel, or do they send you a restaurant and if so, do you choose the one you want?? Any explanation and direction here is greatly appreciated.
As far as breakfast, I know there is a town (Burguete, I think) that is pretty close and I may be able to eat breakfast and have coffee there ... but if they are not open. Ha. I love my coffee in the morning. So should I get breakfast at Roncesvalles hostel? Does anyone know how early they serve breakfast?
Thank you to all, in advance.
Cindy
Definitely go for dinner. The restaurants fill up pretty quickly. Last time I was there, I booked but a friend did not. She thought she could just walk in but it was booked out. That was in April so will be even worse later in year. Breakfast not a problem, you can always get a bite to eat in burgette if need beHola,
When I make my reservation for Roncesvalles Pilgrim's hostel - Monastery ... should I make it with dinner and/or breakfast.
I have read through the posts and am finding it a bit confusing. Is dinner offered in the Hostel, or do they send you a restaurant and if so, do you choose the one you want?? Any explanation and direction here is greatly appreciated.
As far as breakfast, I know there is a town (Burguete, I think) that is pretty close and I may be able to eat breakfast and have coffee there ... but if they are not open. Ha. I love my coffee in the morning. So should I get breakfast at Roncesvalles hostel? Does anyone know how early they serve breakfast?
Thank you to all, in advance.
Cindy
Amen! I never cooked one meal on my Caminos; I do that at home and too tired. I prefer to sit, whether at a communal dinner or a pub/restaurant.my ambitious plan of shopping and cooking, after two days of trying that I quickly found that I had no energy to find a shop, do the shopping, cook, and then clean up afterwards.
I'm arriving in Roncesvalles on 16th May and debating whether to pre book/pay for dinner and a bed at the Albergue.. Do you think this is advisable or d'you think I'd be ok to just to turn up? .. Also any idea if I can pay by cash?I see that the Roncesvalles Albergue website only offers a single choice for breakfast.
When I walked in mid May 2019, without a reservation, I was offered two choices for breakfast with my bed. A small breakfast and a large breakfast. The small breakfast was just toast and jam while the large breakfast included omelette and bacon.
BTW, I noticed on the website that they are still only allowing reservations for the 60 beds on the first floor (2nd floor for americans) while holding back the other 120 beds for walk in pilgrims. So, if it seems like Roncesvalles is full when you try to reserve then it is only the first floor that is full.
Since May, along with September are the busiest months for pilgrims starting from SJPdP, I would go ahead and book at Roncesvalles. Then you can take your time and walk without worrying that there's a place for you.I'm arriving in Roncesvalles on 16th May and debating whether to pre book/pay for dinner and a bed at the Albergue.. Do you think this is advisable or d'you think I'd be ok to just to turn up? .. Also any idea if I can pay by cash?
Thanks for good adviseSince May, along with September are the busiest months for pilgrims starting from SJPdP, I would go ahead and book at Roncesvalles. Then you can take your time and walk without worrying that there's a place for you.
If you don't book ahead you can pay cash when you arrive.
Just to be clear, Roncesvalles has a total of 180 pilgrim beds. 60 of those can be reserved beforehand while 120 are kept for walk-in pilgrims on a first in first served basis.Thanks for good advise
Depends on when you think that you will arrive. I was at Roncesvalles on the 16th May 2019 and I got a walk-in bed without problems. I took two days walking from SJPdP. On day one I walked to the statue of the Snow Virgin and caught the shuttle back to SJPdP then on day two I caught the shuttle back to the statue and walked from there.I'm arriving in Roncesvalles on 16th May and debating whether to pre book/pay for dinner and a bed at the Albergue.. Do you think this is advisable or d'you think I'd be ok to just to turn up? .. Also any idea if I can pay by cash?
I have purchased bed, dinner and a picnic to take with us the next day. Thought that might be good .Hola,
When I make my reservation for Roncesvalles Pilgrim's hostel - Monastery ... should I make it with dinner and/or breakfast.
I have read through the posts and am finding it a bit confusing. Is dinner offered in the Hostel, or do they send you a restaurant and if so, do you choose the one you want?? Any explanation and direction here is greatly appreciated.
As far as breakfast, I know there is a town (Burguete, I think) that is pretty close and I may be able to eat breakfast and have coffee there ... but if they are not open. Ha. I love my coffee in the morning. So should I get breakfast at Roncesvalles hostel? Does anyone know how early they serve breakfast?
Thank you to all, in advance.
Cindy
We always ask pilgrims to take their backpack with them when they go to the breakfast, as we close the door at 8 am and start our daily work. After a short breakfast ourselves we are quite busy cleaning the dormitories. In case someone rings at the doorbell, we do not hear that, as the bell only rings in our hospitalero-kitchen. At 10 am the Spanish lady who works in the reception-desk starts her work, and from that moment the door is open again.I enjoyed my dinner at the Posada: chance to meet other pilgrims around the table and the food was adequate, although I would have prefered a vegetarian option rather than the fish. But breakfast was a disaster. And I don't even remember the food. I had signed out at the monastery, so had my pack on my back. The restaurant was packed and I had to wait outside in the rain until there was space to go in, then leave my pack outside in the rain while I gobbled a basic breakfast, retrieved my very wet pack and went on, letting others enter. If I hadn't signed out, I would almost certainly have found myself locked out of the monastery with my pack inside, as all that waiting time meant that they were closed down for the day by the time that I was fed.
We always ask pilgrims to take their backpack with them when they go to the breakfast, as we close the door at 8 am and start our daily work. After a short breakfast ourselves we are quite busy cleaning the dormitories. In case someone rings at the doorbell, we do not hear that, as the bell only rings in our hospitalero-kitchen. At 10 am the Spanish lady who works in the reception-desk starts her work, and from that moment the door is open again.
I have seen pilgrims crying in the foyer because the beds were full, there were no beds ahead in the small villages, Zubiri was full, and their remaining option was to taxi to Pamplona.Depends on when you think that you will arrive. I was at Roncesvalles on the 16th May 2019 and I got a walk-in bed without problems. I took two days walking from SJPdP. On day one I walked to the statue of the Snow Virgin and caught the shuttle back to SJPdP then on day two I caught the shuttle back to the statue and walked from there.
The walk from the statue in the morning plus an unscripted off piste adventure (a story for another day) got me to Roncesvalles at 1:25pm (according to my Google Maps timeline). There was a long queue when I arrived and I was a little worried but I easily got a bed along with a lot of other people who arrived after me.
Of course this was my experience, on exactly the same day that you are planning. Your experience may be different but, please, don't let pre-Camino jitters get to you.
Even the pilgrims who arrived too late at Roncesvalles to get a bed there, still got a bed somewhere else and experienced an unexpected adventure while doing this.
I met one woman who had been unable to get a bed at Roncesvalles and she chose to walk on a short distance to an alternate albergue.
I have never met anyone who had to sleep outside.
I have seen pilgrims crying in the foyer because the beds were full, there were no beds ahead in the small villages, Zubiri was full, and their remaining option was to taxi to Pamplona.
Yes on our way back from dinner, people were still walking in and the albergue team was finding them lodgings and a taxi elsewhere.I have seen pilgrims crying in the foyer because the beds were full, there were no beds ahead in the small villages, Zubiri was full, and their remaining option was to taxi to Pamplona.
Good point: That a number of people who are 'doing this for the first time' arrive quite late in the day and even late in the evening at Roncesvalles.Yes on our way back from dinner, people were still walking in and the albergue team was finding them lodgings and a taxi elsewhere.
You can go to their website and pay up front they do ask that you bring your own sleeping bag but after making enquires it's acceptable to bring just a sleeping bag liner ..but because of covid they have reduced their capacityI'm arriving in Roncesvalles on 16th May and debating whether to pre book/pay for dinner and a bed at the Albergue.. Do you think this is advisable or d'you think I'd be ok to just to turn up? .. Also any idea if I can pay by cash?
The website still says 50% capacity. I assume that will change soon?No, Aterpea (the big albergue) opens next Friday March 4th and we can use now full capacity.
Siguiendo las recomendaciones sanitarias para este tipo de establecimientos, el aforo del albergue de Roncesvalles se verá reducido al 50% aproximadamente, asignando las camas de forma que se mantenga la distancia de seguridad entre un peregrino y otro.
As far as breakfast, I know there is a town (Burguete, I think) that is pretty close and I may be able to eat breakfast and have coffee there ... but if they are not open. Ha. I love my coffee in the morning. So should I get breakfast at Roncesvalles hostel? Does anyone know how early they serve breakfast?
Hi this is Elaine I am planning the Frances Camino in September 2023. The internet shows that the roncevalles pilgrim hostel is permanently closed is that accurate?Definitely go for dinner. The restaurants fill up pretty quickly. Last time I was there, I booked but a friend did not. She thought she could just walk in but it was booked out. That was in April so will be even worse later in year. Breakfast not a problem, you can always get a bite to eat in burgette if need be
The Roncesvalles albergue is open. Where did you read that it is permanently closed?Hi this is Elaine I am planning the Frances Camino in September 2023. The internet shows that the roncevalles pilgrim hostel is permanently closed is that accurate?
Google has a red label affixed yo hostel photo stating permanently closedThe Roncesvalles albergue is open. Where did you read that it is permanently closed?
Unfortunately, this kind of information on Google is not always reliable. We had the same misinformation about the Orisson albergue last year. I have submitted a request and a screenshot of the albergue’s own website to Google so that they correct their data. Good to know that you went directly to the albergue’s own website where you can book a bed.This is what shows up on Google
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Thank you for following upUnfortunately, this kind of information on Google is not always reliable. We had the same misinformation about the Orisson albergue last year. I have submitted a request and a screenshot of the albergue’s own website to Google so that they correct their data. Good to know that you went directly to the albergue’s own website where you can book a bed.
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