VDLP/Sanabres Updates

[intrepidtraveler]

Hi Everyone -

So first the good news - there is now a tienda and a farmacia in Asturianos.

Word on the street was that we needed to stock up in Mombuey, as the next opportunity to buy anything besides bar food would be in Puebla de Sanabria - 30+kms down the road. When I was in Asturianos last week I noticed both the tienda and the farmacia. They are next door to each other along the main road and to the left as the Camino crosses the main road. The tienda is open the usual Spanish hours of 9:30-2:00 and 5-9.

The not so good news is that the municipal albergue in A Laxe is closed indefinitely for maintenance. Bad timing on my part as this went into effect today, July 3rd, the same day that I showed up on their doorstep.

A Laxe is 33kms from Cea which is the end of the last stage. As of now there are no other options in A Laxe. It is 9-10kms more to Silleda where there are a number of choices if you have a 40+km day in you.

Buen Camino.

 

[KinkyOne]

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So first the good news - there is now a tienda and a farmacia in Asturianos.

Word on the street was that we needed to stock up in Mombuey, as the next opportunity to buy anything besides bar food would be in Puebla de Sanabria - 30+kms down the road. When I was in Asturianos last week I noticed both the tienda and the farmacia. They are next door to each other along the main road and to the left as the Camino crosses the main road. The tienda is open the usual Spanish hours of 9:30-2:00 and 5-9.
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Sorry but not true. They were both there in 2015 (with three bars/restaurants in the pueblo) when I stayed there overnight

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A Laxe is 33kms from Cea which is the end of the last stage. As of now there are no other options in A Laxe. It is 9-10kms more to Silleda where there are a number of choices if you have a 40+km day in you.
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Cea is the last stage of WHAT?
If the Muni in A Laxe is closed just go to Lalin (Camino de Invierno) from Estacion de Lalin. Take a taxi or walk, plenty of options to sleep and nice walk to A Laxe next day (check Camino de Invierno subforum).

Ultreia!

 

[MileHighPair]

I've never stayed in Lalin, but it seems important that folks know the albergue in A Laxe is closed. Until it opens, a good option would be to stay in Castro Dozon after Cea (only ~16 km direct or 22-ish if you go by the Oseira). Then the stage from Castro Dozon to Silleda is not too difficult.

 

[intrepidtraveler]

Sorry but not true. They were both there in 2015 (with three bars/restaurants in the pueblo) when I stayed there overnight


Cea is the last stage of WHAT?
If the Muni in A Laxe is closed just go to Lalin (Camino de Invierno) from Estacion de Lalin. Take a taxi or walk, plenty of options to sleep and nice walk to A Laxe next day (check Camino de Invierno subforum).

Ultreia!

If both the tienda and the farmacia were there in 2015 there are a couple of recent edition guidebooks in French and English that need updating.

I've never stayed in Lalin, but it seems important that folks know the albergue in A Laxe is closed. Until it opens, a good option would be to stay in Castro Dozon after Cea (only ~16 km direct or 22-ish if you go by the Oseira). Then the stage from Castro Dozon to Silleda is not too difficult.

Lalin is headed in the wrong direction but at least you'd have a place to sleep. I don't know about others but I have a hard time adding more kms to an already long walk if I can find another option.

 

[peregrina2000]

And then there is this place, about 1 or 2 km after A Laxe. http://www.pazodebendoiro.com/

 

[intrepidtraveler]

And then there is this place, about 1 or 2 km after A Laxe. http://www.pazodebendoiro.com/

Wish I'd known there was another option so close by.

 

[peregrina2000]

Wish I'd known there was another option so close by.

I've seen it down and off to the left a couple of times and always wondered what it was. Your post encouraged me to look for it. Rooms were on booking at around 75€, though, so it might not be a very practical alternative for many. But it is a spa.....

 

[surya8]

The not so good news is that the municipal albergue in A Laxe is closed indefinitely for maintenance. Bad timing on my part as this went into effect today, July 3rd.
As of now there are no other options in A Laxe. It is 9-10kms more to Silleda where there are a number of choices if you have a 40+km day in you.

We walked there in the mid of June and saw a big post in the municipal albergue in Xunqueira de Ambia, a day before Ourence, that the albergue in A Laxe is closed. We planned to stay there so then we had to rearrange our plans. We found a pension right on the Camino, in Estacion de Lalin, so we didn't even had to walk some kilometres to Lalin town as other people proposed. Contacts: Taberna de Vento, Estacion de Botos, 38, Botos, Lalin. Double room there was 30 euros including breakfast. Separate building from the tavern. I think we were the only one staying there that day. It's right on the way, so we picked it easily in the morning. Hope that will help others.