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The CSJ Albergue doesn't open until 1400 or 1430. Albergue O Abrigo is private and is open earlier.It’s easily split by staying at Miraz, which is 15 k beyond Baamonde, leaving you 25 k to Sobrado. Neither of the 2 days is particulary difficult, or has long climbs. In Miraz, there is an albergue run by the English pilgrim association (CSJ), and also Albergue O Abrigo. We stayed at the latter, which was lovely. If you want to make the first day longer (or split this into 3 days), there is also an albergue in Roxica, which is 10 k beyond Miraz.
To get the compostela, you need to get 2 stamps per day in the last 100 kilometes before Santiago. Baamonde is the 100 k point, so every day after leaving Baamonde you need 2 sellos. All the bars and albergues will have them.
Finally, leaving Baamonde, I would strongly recommend the alternative route (labelled as a “Complementario”). It follows the river for a few kilometers rather than staying on the busy main road. At the roundabout in thhe middle of Baamonde, it splits off to the left.
Buen camino!
Hello - I’m looking at walking the last 122KM from Vilalba to Santiago this October, but I’d like to split the Baamonde - Sobrado dos Monxes section of the walk into 2 possibly 3 days. I’d be grateful if someone could tell me how they would split this section and where to stop etc. Also, I’m confused about how many stamps I need for the passport in order to qualify for the Compostela. Please advise. Many thanks
Me too. I m doing quite a bit of planning i.e. reading posts like these and making notes on scraps of paper!!Many thanks for your comments! I’ll be walking this stretch of the Comino alone and very excited, but certainly takes some planning. I’m hoping there are plenty of markers on the way too!
When are you walking?Many thanks for your comments! I’ll be walking this stretch of the Comino alone and very excited, but certainly takes some planning. I’m hoping there are plenty of markers on the way too!
Casa Roxica and Witericus are fabI walked to Casa Roxica that leaves only 15 km to Sobrado
My understanding is that opening earlier than 2.30pm is at the discretion of the volunteer hospitaleros. There's no conscious attempt to try to lure more pilgrims in, as far as I'm aware! Just looking at recent reports from the hospitaleros, it looks like the nightly average pilgrims in July has been around 17 (for 25 beds), but full on a couple of nights. This suits Miraz nicely. Up until a couple of years ago it was the only albergue in the village and it caused a high degree of extra work and stress to have to turn people away and help find them other options almost every night in the high season. Now, if the albergue is full, pilgrims can go to other places nearby. Interestingly we are hearing that these are pretty full too, which suggests that very few people are choosing to take the new official route that bypasses Miraz. If there is a shift though, and fewer pilgrims come via Miraz, then I imagine it'll be tempting to start trying to lure in the passing traffic...when I walked through Miraz last summer I saw a posted sign saying that the CSJ albergue in Miraz was opening early. I think the private albergue has drawn away lots of pilgrims, since they open early, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they are trying to bring people back
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