Staying at Eunate? Any Options?

[Former member 19626]

My guidebook, the "Village to Village Guide ...", tells me there was once a albergue at Eunate Church but it has closed. Has anyone found and has experienced any other accommodations nearby, including sleeping under the stars. Thanks for any advise.

 

[oursonpolaire]

Eunate is the church and the building where the albergue was once located. That's it. There are no other buildings there.

Obanos has an albergue and a few casas rurales, although some of them seem to be for weekly rental rather than by the night. Generally, if they've not been rented out, owners tend to be pretty flexible.

For some reason, Obanos seems to have many swimming pools-- almost 70 by google maps.

 

[mspath]

WineShoppeGuy,

Here is the Eroski listing for the Obanos private albergue >> http://caminodesantiago.consumer.es./al ... usda?mod=2 as well as Mundicamio's web listings for two casas ruales in Obanos. http://www.mundicamino.com/fichaHospeda ... ame=Obanos and http://http://www.mundicamino.com/ficha ... ame=Obanos

Over the past years I have had the privilege of staying several times at the now closed Eunate albergue; indeed, it was always most special. (see my comments and photos >> http://mermore.blogspot.fr/2011/04/aaa-eun.html) When leaving towards Puente la Reina each morning after climbing a gentle rise up to a large stone marker I would turn back for a final view of "perfection" while offering a silent prayer of gratitude for being able to see this beloved spot once more. Near that marker to the left is a wood; perhaps you might discreetly camp there.

Margaret Meredith

 

[Rebekah Scott]

I was hospitalera at Eunate for a little while one January. It was COLD! :shock:

True, there is no other place to stay at the site. But if you don´t object to "under the stars," there´s a little picnic area on the rise as you head toward Puente la Reina. No one would care if you stayed there, I don´t think, long as you cleaned up after yourself. There is an interesting marker there, memorializing all the masons who worked on the church below and pointing out the unique "mason marks" each stonecutter used to mark which work was his.

Reb.

 

[HermanTheGerman]

We went out there hoping to stay at the Albergue not knowing it had closed down. Bugger we thought, well at least we can visit the templar church. 2nd disappointment. Also closed like most churches along the way that aren't charging entry. a group of Spaniards turned up shortly after and expressed their disappointment by cursing loudly at the people who we're supposedly hiding behind the locked doors ignoring them.Slogged it back to Obanos, one of us with an injury who couldn't walk any further. Stayed at the Albergue there which had children's bunk beds and quite possibly the worst snoring I've ever heard; the same bunch of Spaniards followed us here too. Met a bloke there who had walked from Austria. Wasn't such a bad little Albergue though and a nice little town.

Hey Rebekah, do you know why the Albergue at eunate shut up shop?

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[NoQ]

Herman, you have my sympathy!

I too am surprised by the number of closed churches. It would be wonderful if the villages along the camino could follow the example of Granon.

Also have found that those churches that are open are mostly charging a fee, which is fine as it is often just a Euro and I'd put at least that in the donation box anyway. What I don't like though, is being accosted as soon as I enter. For instance today I was pleased to see the church in Villar de Mazarife open, but as soon as I entered two guys in electric wheelchairs sped up to me and immediately started their money raising pitch. YA couple of days ago we passed the chapel of the Virgen de Perales and saw an open door. We headed towards it and a guy washing his car next to the entrance stopped and waited for our arrival and then launched into a donation request even before we got though the door.

There are some examples as well as Granon where pilgrims are free to enter to pray though. Villamayor springs to mind and today we were able to enter the church at Villavante without issue.

 

[Deleted member 3000]

Also closed like most churches along the way

Eunate actually has open hours, but you have to search for the sign that gives them. Like many openings in Spain, they are not really convenient for the pilgrim.

It was closed by the xunta, which now operates the meditation center next to it.

 

[wgr]

We stayed in Obanos three weeks ago. Good enough alberque but my friend got bitten by something. She knew they were there when we got up but with getting ourselves out we sort of ignored them. She had bout 3 bites on her leg which we didn't really examine until we were out walking. We assume they were from bedbugs. We wudnt really know what else it cud have been.

 

[KinkyOne]

More info about closing the Eunate albergue in this topic:
el-camino-frances/topic16139.html

Ultreia!

 

[HermanTheGerman]

Re: Re: Staying at Eunate? Any Options?

We stayed in Obanos three weeks ago. Good enough alberque but my friend got bitten by something. She knew they were there when we got up but with getting ourselves out we sort of ignored them. She had bout 3 bites on her leg which we didn't really examine until we were out walking. We assume they were from bedbugs. We wudnt really know what else it cud have been.

Well i didnt get bitten by any bed bugs there in may, maybe due to the fact that I'd treated my sleeping bag before the Camino, couldn't imagine they'd be worse than horse fly bites, which I experienced yesterday on a training session here in Germany though. Ah, if only they had been bed bugs, oh the pleasure... :grin:

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[HermanTheGerman]

Re: Re: Staying at Eunate? Any Options?

We stayed in Obanos three weeks ago. Good enough alberque but my friend got bitten by something. She knew they were there when we got up but with getting ourselves out we sort of ignored them. She had bout 3 bites on her leg which we didn't really examine until we were out walking. We assume they were from bedbugs. We wudnt really know what else it cud have been.

Well i didnt get bitten by any bed bugs there in may, maybe due to the fact that I'd treated my sleeping bag before the Camino, couldn't imagine they'd be worse than horse fly bites, which I experienced yesterday on a training session here in Germany though. Ah, if only they had been bed bugs, oh the pleasure... :grin:

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[Deleted member 3000]

Bed bug bites may not be bad, or they can look like these:

 

[HermanTheGerman]

Wow, truly nasty little suckers those things.

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