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Be aware there two orders in Carrion. The Santa Maria albergue is the one where the sisters do the singing. The other, Santa Clara, is a nice place on the edge of town, but no singing.Yes, it is worth it to stop at Santa Maria in my opinion. They open at noon and there is usually a line. If you enjoy music and attending vespers/mass you will enjoy it.
Besides after Carrion as @alexwalker mentions there is a lot of nothing for 17 km and only a couple of places to stay at Caldazilla de la Cueza on the other end. Some people do walk further to Terradillos past CdlC.
The Santa Maria is on your left hand when you enter the town. Easy to find. I normally sleep with the nuns in Espiritu Santo, a few 100 m. further, bc. they only have solid wooden beds, no bunk beds. A pleasure.Be aware there two orders in Carrion. The Santa Maria albergue is the one where the sisters do the singing. The other, Santa Clara, is a nice place on the edge of town, but no singing.
Yes we booked there! Yay!In Boadilla, I recommend albergue En El Camino. In Carrion, I highly recommend a stay, but not a whole day. The day from Carrion will be 17 kms of nothing, so bring plenty water.
That albergue has a great green outdoor area, a small pool, and good food. Very friendly, family-run.Yes we booked there! Yay!
Hmmm...we were not separated and Phil and I were placed in a smaller room with 3 sets of bunk beds so he could be close to an outlet for his CPAP. It was mixed gender room and there was at least one other CPAP user in there. I remember only rooms with bunk beds.The nuns at Santa Maria are lovely. We did not stay there as they segregate males & females and my husband wasn't keen on that at all. But the nun asked me to go upstairs to the female dorms to look anyway. The facilities were excellent, and the 4 rooms were assigned culturally.... the Europe room, the Asia, the Africa and the American. Being Australian, I would be assigned a bed in the America room. If you are a single female I can't see how you wouldn't be happy here.
Yes poor Eduardo working too hard ..That albergue has a great green outdoor area, a small pool, and good food. Very friendly, family-run.
We enjoyed our stay in Carrion de los Condes and the singalong with the nuns. We were there on July 25, so it was an especially celebratory occasion. Note that there are two albergues run by nuns in Carrion de los Condes. If you want the one with the singalong you need the one next to the church, not the one in the convent. While it was nice, I'm not sure it would be worth taking pretty much a whole extra day for. I guess, pay attention to your physical condition and how much you could use a rest day.We are soon staying in Boadilla. Is Carrion de Condes worth a full day or night stop? (We will be very close the night before) I am reading about sharing song and food with the nuns. Has anyone done this? What are the other must spend time places heading into Leon? Would love your input.
Yes, that's correct. I have stopped there two times for beer and something to eat. He has a barbeque. Other times he has not been in business. In short: Hope for it. Don't count on it.There MAY be a snack-van about half way on the long stretch out of Carrion at this time of year.
There are two places I love:We are soon staying in Boadilla. Is Carrion de Condes worth a full day or night stop? (We will be very close the night before) I am reading about sharing song and food with the nuns. Has anyone done this? What are the other must spend time places heading into Leon? Would love your input.
I think you may be confused as you are showing a photo of Albergue Espirito Santo. This is where they have rooms named after continents. There are rooms that are mixed and I think maybe rooms that are for only men or women. When I have been there it has been late in the year so there weren't many pilgrims and we were always in mixed dormitory rooms. The nuns here are wonderful also. I have no idea if they are of the same order as the nuns in Santa Maria.The nuns at Santa Maria are lovely. We did not stay there as they segregate males & females and my husband wasn't keen on that at all. But the nun asked me to go upstairs to the female dorms to look anyway. The facilities were excellent, and the 4 rooms were assigned culturally.... the Europe room, the Asia, the Africa and the American. Being Australian, I would be assigned a bed in the America room. If you are a single female I can't see how you wouldn't be happy here.
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“The Sisters of Mercy they are not departed nor gone,they were waiting for me when I thought I could not carry on…” WITH APOLOGIES TO LEONARD COHEN. Sleep with the nuns? Ambiguous I’m sureThe Santa Maria is on your right hand when you enter the town. Easy to find. I normally sleep with the nuns in Espiritu Santo, a few 100 m. further, bc. they only have solid wooden beds, no bunk beds. A pleasure.
bad habit to get into“The Sisters of Mercy they are not departed nor gone,they were waiting for me when I thought I could not carry on…” WITH APOLOGIES TO LEONARD COHEN. Sleep with the nuns? Ambiguous I’m sure
Which one?
Thank you!!I stayed at Santa Maria it was fine. Nuns very friendly but I missed the singing as I was so tired after a long walk. Terradillos was very good stayed at templarios. And cannot recommend highly enough the donativo at bercianos. The oasis was open at 7.30, maybe earlier along the 17k stretch. Most welcome.
I’m with you. We LOVE the Meseta!!People often stay in Carrion due to the distances after if you don't. I like the place , have stayed 3 times but don't know much about the nuns other than those where I stayed.
I like the Meseta, always look forward to it. Can't understand when people dodge it
My son and I just walked the Meseta, while I understand how it could be rough in the heat of the summer when all the fields are dry, it was nice during this time of year cuz the mornings were cool and the fields were green. We walked the Meseta like Snowwhites 7 Dwarfs. We wistled while we walked.We are soon staying in Boadilla. Is Carrion de Condes worth a full day or night stop? (We will be very close the night before) I am reading about sharing song and food with the nuns. Has anyone done this? What are the other must spend time places heading into Leon? Would love your input.
@Burton Axxe - the Sisters are usually there, but sometimes will be absent for brief times due to gatherings of their religious order, meetings, etc. Also you may have been there at Easter time and they may have been at their Monastery:Nuns were not at Santa Maria when I passed through two weeks back. None of the ‘recommended’ activities were being held. Any updates since?
That happens in July, when Asociacion Camino Artes hosts its guitar master classes and workshops. There's a guitar-building workshop in that there church, and the concerts are scattered round the town's several churches. If you're lucky you can sometimes catch one of the teachers playing -- some of them are world-class symphony artists!there are classical guitar concerts every night during the summer at the Romanesque church on the right as you enter Carrión. Not sure what month they start up but the church and the concert very worthwhile.
I did stay in the Esperitu Santo and it was a very pleasant stay. We cooked a dinner for 10 with italian pilgrims (whole family), Pasta, fresh vergetable and salat, some homestyle garlic bread with olive oil. Very yummy, very entertaining.We are soon staying in Boadilla. Is Carrion de Condes worth a full day or night stop? (We will be very close the night before) I am reading about sharing song and food with the nuns. Has anyone done this? What are the other must spend time places heading into Leon? Would love your input.
We were just in Carrion on April 20, 2023 and stayed at the Santa Maria. My husband and I were in the same room along with others from different countries and continents.Santa Maria is in the heart of town? The nun definitely wasn't letting us stay together though. And we're both pushing 60. She directed us to Santa Clara so we retraced our steps to there to check it out but ended up booking a room at Hostal Albe and we reckon it's the best pension we have stayed at in all the times we have been in Spain.
Carrion de los condos is great stopover lots to see do and the nuns singing and playing guitars fantastic experience and all pilgrims joing in don't miss it I'm planning 2 nights there 24 th 25 th May.buen caminoWe are soon staying in Boadilla. Is Carrion de Condes worth a full day or night stop? (We will be very close the night before) I am reading about sharing song and food with the nuns. Has anyone done this? What are the other must spend time places heading into Leon? Would love your input.
And don't forget to donate as your dinner contribution something more substantial than a four ounce packet of cookies. Just saying. They make the dinner from the day's donations. We contributed a batch of snickering (herring cream cheese spread) and crackers, sadly they were at the far end of the table near folks who hate fish most likely. In fact, if when we pass thru there again I might go to the grocery first and get them something with some substance for dinner. God willing and the crick don't rise, as they say.It amazes me the number of people who sing with the nuns in the lobby, but skip or miss the Mass held later in the evening. There are many churches offering a pilgrim blessing, but the blessing there, with the nuns singing and special homily dedicated to pilgrims, makes it a very powerful experience. No proof of Catholicism necessary. Don’t miss it. The communal meal afterwards will be one of your favorite memories.
Totally agree singing with nuns is a lovely experience but the mass is more so but it's a pity some or say most miss it sad to admit it's a worrying trend even back home Scotland less people attending mass but always pray for them also in the hope of returning to the faith.i have noticed over the last 12 years of doing caminos the spiritual reason for doing this journey has decreased and has been overtaken by the outdoor social crowd whatever your reason I like to think at least we're supporting lots of neede revenue for small communities across the camino.this year I reach carrion de los condos 24 th may.It amazes me the number of people who sing with the nuns in the lobby, but skip or miss the Mass held later in the evening. There are many churches offering a pilgrim blessing, but the blessing there, with the nuns singing and special homily dedicated to pilgrims, makes it a very powerful experience. No proof of Catholicism necessary. Don’t miss it. The communal meal afterwards will be one of your favorite memories.
Beautiful experience. I stayed at the beautiful monastery in the west end of Carrion, one of my delightful stays.We are soon staying in Boadilla. Is Carrion de Condes worth a full day or night stop? (We will be very close the night before) I am reading about sharing song and food with the nuns. Has anyone done this? What are the other must spend time places heading into Leon? Would love your input.
nothing? wow.Yes, that's correct. I have stopped there two times for beer and something to eat. He has a barbeque. Other times he has not been in business. In short: Hope for it. Don't count on it.
Also, as you leave Carrion, there's a man who runs a horse and carriage business, that will whisk you those 17 kms of nothing for 15 Euros. I think it leaves at 8.30 AM. Could be nice to wave your hand in royal style as you pass the walking pilgrims...
It's not nothing. It's just a lot of countryside. Millions of people have walked it, and lived to tell the tale. Very dramatic tales!nothing? wow.
I was in carillion a couple of nights ago and was able to see the singing nuns. They are in the garden of the albergue at 6 pm and then at the mass next door at 7 pm.Nuns were not at Santa Maria when I passed through two weeks back. None of the ‘recommended’ activities were being held. Any updates since?
ím sorry, rebekah, i was being sarcastic. walked last year and loved it- so rich and beautiful. i found every part of the camino very much “something” - beauty in eye of beholder….. anyway i shouldn’t have expressed snarkiest here so apologiesIt's not nothing. It's just a lot of countryside. Millions of people have walked it, and lived to tell the tale. Very dramatic tales!
But it's just a long morning's walk. Carry some water and a snack. No big deal.
Rebekah was quoting your post in her reply, but anyone who reads carefully will know that it was really alexwalker that both she and you were responding to when he wrote "those 17 kms of nothing".ím sorry, rebekah, i was being sarcastic. walked last year and loved it- so rich and beautiful. i found every part of the camino very much “something” - beauty in eye of beholder….. anyway i shouldn’t have expressed snarkiest here so apologies
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