• Get your Camino Frances Guidebook here.
  • For 2024 Pilgrims: €50,- donation = 1 year with no ads on the forum + 90% off any 2024 Guide. More here.
    (Discount code sent to you by Private Message after your donation)
  • ⚠️ Emergency contact in Spain - Dial 112 and AlertCops app. More on this here.

Search 69,459 Camino Questions

Visit Foncebadon

sillydoll

Veteran Member
Time of past OR future Camino
2002 CF: 2004 from Paris: 2006 VF: 2007 CF: 2009 Aragones, Ingles, Finisterre: 2011 X 2 on CF: 2013 'Caracoles': 2014 CF and Ingles 'Caracoles":2015 Logrono-Burgos (Hospitalero San Anton): 2016 La Douay to Aosta/San Gimignano to Rome:
The focus is on reducing the risk of failure through being well prepared. 2nd ed.
foncebadon1.jpg


Minkey, you must have been suffering from a lack of oxygen :wink: to admire Foncebadon.

It's obvious from this picture there is no wreck in this place... which used to be quite a spot.... in the Middle Ages :roll:
 
The focus is on reducing the risk of failure through being well prepared. 2nd ed.
Other comments from pilgrims re: Gaia's taberna:

"Gaia's tavern is a beautiful place, with great food. Enrique Notario, the owner, fell in love with the area when there was only one house standing and he decided tu put up his business there. Their pilgrim menu is fabulous, one of the best I've seen on the Caminos, with a cost of 9e. Enrique's wife is quite a cook. Both are very nice people, like the place."


"...there are too many tourists..."

Personally, I will check it out...peregrinos, turigrinos, tourists, bicigrinos, or not...

Best,

xm 8)
 
Pilgrim's testimony re: Foncebadon

"(Foncebadon) is a great place. If you want peace and quiet, you will find it there. There are starting to be more tourists around the town. It's got two albergues, one's private, the other is run by the Archidiosecis. They sell ecologic products from their farm at the private refugio. You'll find two cafeterias. The tabern is very "guay," (cool)..."

Best,

xm 8)

PS: Haven't been there, yet...
 
I stopped there for a coffee in 2005. I would have liked to wait around for lunch but seeing as I'd only been walking from Rabanal it was only about 9.30-10ish when I was there.

Last year I deliberately paced myself to try to arrive there for lunch and it was closed!
 
Down bag (90/10 duvet) of 700 fills with 180 g (6.34 ounces) of filling. Mummy-shaped structure, ideal when you are looking for lightness with great heating performance.

€149,-
The first edition came out in 2003 and has become the go-to-guide for many pilgrims over the years. It is shipping with a Pilgrim Passport (Credential) from the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela.
Whalleyranger, hi.

"...Last year I deliberately paced myself to try to arrive there for lunch and it was closed!

Oops, that's happened to me with so many places along the Caminos! My attitude is to think that it wasn't meant to be that time around! Hopefully the next...Best, xm 8)
 
Aha... I said I wasn't JUST a wreck of a place. Does facility = greatness? Not necessarily, I don't think. The views, the sense of detachment, the people... That's what I loved about it... Then again it might just be because I'm a bit odd ;)
 
Minkey, have only heard raves about the place. The first comment I posted came from Spanish pilgrim singer Maldonado. You are in good company (or is it them?) . Best, xm 8)
 
The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.
MORE ON FONCEBADON:

A friend just shared that Foncebadon was not always just a simple little village, that one of the first Christian councils in Spain, the Concilio of Monte Irago or Tabladillo, took place there in the year 946 AD, under the tutelage of King Ramiro II. He also says that apparently Coehlo stated that Monsieur Lucifer has made appearances there. Without a doubt, the more I hear about the place the more appealing it sounds! Who brought this subject up to begin with? Best, xm :arrow:
 
Sil and Minkey, you'd like reading this from a pilgrim:

"Foncebadon is an important place on the Road to St. James. It’s not an abandoned town; Maria and her son have been living there for quite some time. Towards 1998, Enrique moved in and started his business, a great place to talk, eat, and have a nice time. The hostal next to the tavern was opened in 2002. The albergue was built towards 2000, as well as the chapel, right on the grounds of the old church. In 2003 the Archidioceses' albergue, “Domus Dei,” was opened to pilgrims. It’s run by hospitaleros that keep it up with donations. As a result, Foncebadon has regained a charismatic place it had on the Road. Some of the old houses have been rebuilt, their owners returning to live in them during the summertime, making the town livelier, then. There’s a new, private, albergue, since last year. where I understand they sell natural products.
"

For some reason I think I've been there. As it happens to many of us, after walking through so many villages, towns, cities, and what not, with so many names, I've given up remembering each one. Need to check it out some more.

Best,

xm 8)
 
Join our full-service guided tour and let us convert you into a Pampered Pilgrim!

Most read last week in this forum

My name is Henrik and I will be coming down to SJPdP from Sweden on March 26 and start walking on March 27. I don't really have any experience and I'm not the best at planning and I'm a little...
When I hiked the Frances Route this happened. I was hiking in the afternoon just east of Arzua. I was reserved a bed at an albergue in Arzua, so I had already hiked all the way from San Xulien...
I am finalizing my packing list for Frances, and do not want to over pack. (I am 71) I will be starting at SJPdP on April 25th to Roncesvalles and forward. I was hoping on some advise as to...
First marker starting from Albergue Monasterio de la Magdalena in Sarria (113.460 km) Start: 2023.9.29 07:22 Arrival: 2023.9.30 13:18 walking time : 26 hours 47 minutes rest time : 3 hours 8...
A local Navarra website has posted a set of photos showing today's snowfall in the area around Roncesvalles. About 15cm of snow fell this morning surprising pilgrims on the way...
Hi! I’m a first time pilgrim. Is it possible to take a taxi from Astorga to Foncebadon? Thanks, Felicia

❓How to ask a question

How to post a new question on the Camino Forum.

Forum Rules

Forum Rules

Camino Updates on YouTube

Camino Conversations

Most downloaded Resources

This site is run by Ivar at

in Santiago de Compostela.
This site participates in the Amazon Affiliate program, designed to provide a means for Ivar to earn fees by linking to Amazon
Official Camino Passport (Credential) | 2024 Camino Guides
Back
Top