Updating accommodation in guide books

[sillydoll]

Please remember to make notes of albergues or pensions that have closed and new ones that have opened and send the information to the CSJ of UK (office@csj.org.uk) and also to John Breirley (jb@caminoguides.com) so that their guide books can be keept up-to-date.

Here are a few that we found on our recent walk:

St Jean:
Besides a couple of dorm rooms Gite Compostella has single and double rooms. €12.50 for the bunk beds and €15 per person in a double room. Very basic accommodation with Kitchen and living room. Take a sleeping bag. 6 route d'Arneguy - gitecompostella@sfr.fr - http://gitecompostella.jimdo.com/

Roncesvalles:
Hotel Roncesvalles http://www.hotelroncesvalles.com/ and Apartamentos Casa de Beneficiados http://www.casadebeneficiados.com/ in the old monastery: Rooms from €50 and apartments from €60 - €100

Burguette
Excellent, doubles and single rooms from €35 - Casa Pedroarena , 948 76 01 64 680 87 96 79 http://www.casapedroarena.com/ ruralpili@gmail.com Pilgrim menu €11 (She drove us back to Roncesvalles so that we could attend mass)

Zubiri
New – Pension Amets, C/Gerestegi No.25 Double rooms, can be triple, friendly owners (who say that it is the best pension in Zubiri !) From €35 pensionamets@gmail.com

Pamplona
(Not new but my favourite place to stay in Pamplona)
Pension Sarasate, Paseo de Sarasate 30, Piso 2º. (Centre of old town, 5 minutes walk to the bus station) 948-22-30-84 665-88-01-77 FAX: 912-184-297 Jose - pensionsarasate@gmail.com

Los Arcos
For groups of 6 people. New modern apartment with 2 bath rooms and equipped kitchen at entrance to town - €120 : Apartament Turismo, Calle Mayor 101. 686.279/782 fjtraissac@gmail.com

Viana
Wonderful apartment for between 7 and 12 people: Very friendly landlord. B/Fast incl. €22 per person: Apartamento los Borgia de Viana - Pablo Antonana 11 3 Dcha - Tel: 649 899 895 629 238 196 - http://www.apartamentoturisticolosborgia.com/ - apartamentoturisticolosborgia@gmail.com

Burgos
Hostal Carrales - Puente Gasset Nº 4 – Telf.: 947 20 59 16 Fax.: 947 20 59 16 hostalcarrales@yahoo.es Besides double rooms they have a small apartment for 6 people at €18 per person.

Sarria
Pension Escalinata at the top of the pilgrim stairs as you enter the old part of Sarria is owned by Jose and Belen.
The address is 76 Rua Maior, 27600, Sarria, LUGO, and is very central to the old part and the new parts of Sarria. They have single and double rooms with shared bathroom (only two rooms to a bathroom) as well as rooms that sleep 3 with private bath and shower. These larger rooms cost Euro 45 per night. In a new block a couple of hundred meters away there is a self contained flat that could be let as a unit or individual rooms. It sleeps 8 and will cost Euro 130 per night. Phone 982530259. There is no email address as Jose does not use the internet but there is a web page at http://www.pensionescalinata.es for those who like a look see before booking. It is also a great place to eat with the usual pilgrim meals and other fine treats as well.

Barbadello
In June we were the first lot of pilgrims to stay in the new dormitories at Casa Carmen. Two dorms, good ablutions and a living room. Tel: (+34) 982.532.294 (+34) 606.156.705
acasadcarmen@hotmail.com http://www.acasadecarmen.com/

Vilacha
Owned by ex-South African, Gordon Bell, Casa Banderas in Vilacha (2km before POrtomarin) will officially open as an albergue for 10 people in the new year. 8 as albergue in the bunk room and two as a pension in a private room. Prices for bunk Euro 10. And for double room Euro 30 http://www.casabanderas.com/

Gonzar
Less than 3km from Gonzar is the lovely Casa O Muiño de Pena with dbl rooms from €49 http://www.omuinodepena.com/ She will collect people from the Camino if required.
Tel.(+34) 981814404 Fax. 981 814403 A Ponte Puñide N.24 Carretera N.634 Km.7

Boente
We had a breakfast stop at Boente (6km from Melide) and the young man told us that their 28-bed albergue had been open for 5 years but that they were still not listed in the CSJ Guide book. I don't suppose anyone had told them! Triple, quad rooms and a dorm Os Albergues Meson Tel: 981 501 853 os_albergues@hotmail.es

Ribadiso
The new Los Caminantes 1 albergue in Ribadiso opened a few months ago. TV, Internet, washing machines, wifi, massages, kitchen. http://www.albergueloscaminantes.com (They also have one in Arzua)

Santiago
Last year the Hospederia San Martin Pinario (right behind the Cathedral) changed from a student res to an up-market hotel (€67 for the new dbl rooms) with some pilgrim accommodation for €23 pp with buffet breakfast . It is a wonderful place to stay, Inmaculada, 3 Tel: +34981560282 Fax: +34981558552 gestion@sanmartinpinario.eu http://www.sanmartinpinario.eu/

 

[JohnnieWalker]

Sil - absolutely correct. To guide writers and the pilgrims who use the guides this information is like gold.

Thanks

John

 

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Leboreiro - Cornixa before Melide

The Two Germans bar advertises rooms, which actually are across the road in their renovated hotel. The price was 30 Euro for a single, and there is a bar downstairs.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Ombreiro, ... 9,,0,-5.93

 

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Arzua

The Los Caminantes folks at Ribadiso have opened a new albergue in the center of Arzua just past the Ayuntamiento. It is 12 Euro per night, and has about 35 beds. It is convenient to the downtown area and a quick exit in the morning. It is in this building, which is still a store on Street View.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Ombreiro, ... 8,,0,14.48

 

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Amenal

After O Pino, a new hotel has been built. Lots of pilgrims stop at its bar, which is just after the pedestrian underpass going up to the airport in Lavacolla. The price is about 40 Euro for a single or double, but it is a clean, modern accommodation with WiFi. In the morning, you will only have about three hours into the cathedral. The Street View is pre-construction, but you will get an icon that will tell you about the hotel.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Ombreiro, ... 78,,0,1.58

 

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Ecce Homo (Valdeviejas) after Astorga

If you want to avoid the bedbugs in Astorga, keep walking out of town, and turn right when you reach the Ecce Homo hermitage, and go 200 meters in Valdeviejas. The town has a new municipal albergue, and advertises restaurants nearby.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Astorga,+ ... 83,,0,7.38

 

[sillydoll]

The folks at Ribadiso have opened a new albergue in the center of town just past the Ayuntamiento. It is 12 Euro per night, and has about 80 beds. It is convenient to the downtown area and a quick exit in the morning. It is in this building, which is still a store on Street View.

Are you sure this is Ribadiso?

 

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Arzua

Yes, it is in Arzua per the post heading. I clarified the post.

 

[sillydoll]

My apologies - the posts seem to change after I've read them!!

 

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No problem! I put the town in the "Subject:" to make the information more accessible to those who view only the headings, and was referring to the place mentioned in the heading, Arzua. I edited the text to make my English-as-a-first-language clearer...