Daniel Beaumont
Walked the VDLP, Frances, Portuguese and Norte.
- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2019
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Check out this thread and article on the top 10 albergues on the VDLP and Camino Sanabres:1. As I run two hostels/albergues, I'm passionate about hospitality, so does anyone know any must-visit albergues along the route?
Gronze is good.2. Does anyone know where I can find an up to date accommodation list for the route?
HiHello fellow pilgrims,
This is the first time i've posted on this site - what a lovely, helpful community this is.
I am going to be walking my 5th Camino, the Via de la Plata, from Seville to Santiago de Compostela starting May 16th and finishing in Santiago around June 18th - I’m so excited!
Is anyone else walking the route at a similar time?
Also, I’m wondering if anyone has any advice for the following questions…
1. As I run two hostels/albergues, I'm passionate about hospitality, so does anyone know any must-visit albergues along the route?
2. Does anyone know where I can find an up to date accommodation list for the route?
Any useful information would be greatly appreciated.
I am also going to document my journey each day and post it publically here in the forum for those interested in following.
Buen Camino
Hello fellow pilgrims,
This is the first time i've posted on this site - what a lovely, helpful community this is.
I am going to be walking my 5th Camino, the Via de la Plata, from Seville to Santiago de Compostela starting May 16th and finishing in Santiago around June 18th - I’m so excited!
Is anyone else walking the route at a similar time?
Also, I’m wondering if anyone has any advice for the following questions…
1. As I run two hostels/albergues, I'm passionate about hospitality, so does anyone know any must-visit albergues along the route?
2. Does anyone know where I can find an up to date accommodation list for the route?
Any useful information would be greatly appreciated.
I am also going to document my journey each day and post it publically here in the forum for those interested in following.
Buen Camino
Would that be the Albergue Las Moreras?One place that seems to be suffering from some municipal squelching is the albergue parroquial in Monesterio. When I walked through way back when, there was no albergue in Monesterio, so I was in a hostal on the main road. I met the priest (who has walked caminos), who told me he wanted to open an albergue in his home. He has apparently done that and by all reports it is very nice, and though not a donativo, I believe it is what you are looking for. I understand that the town will not let him advertise or publicize the albergue (so as not to detract from local business???), but he is there, and I know that at least one Canadian chapter of amigos provides financial support for the albergue. Buen camino, Laurie
According to Gronze, the Las Moreras is 700 m off camino and 700 m from the center. https://www.gronze.com/extremadura/badajoz/monesterio/albergue-moreras. I don’t know anything about it, but it gets good reviews.Would that be the Albergue Las Moreras?
HiHello fellow pilgrims,
This is the first time i've posted on this site - what a lovely, helpful community this is.
I am going to be walking my 5th Camino, the Via de la Plata, from Seville to Santiago de Compostela starting May 16th and finishing in Santiago around June 18th - I’m so excited!
Is anyone else walking the route at a similar time?
Also, I’m wondering if anyone has any advice for the following questions…
1. As I run two hostels/albergues, I'm passionate about hospitality, so does anyone know any must-visit albergues along the route?
2. Does anyone know where I can find an up to date accommodation list for the route?
Any useful information would be greatly appreciated.
I am also going to document my journey each day and post it publically here in the forum for those interested in following.
Buen Camino
Mostly good. You're rarely without a signal but there are stretches where you will struggle to do live video.I’m wondering if anyone knows what the mobile network coverage is like on the VDLP?
Its a great app isnt it !!!!Hi
The only thing I can add is a great new app that shows the Camino. Windy Maps. It is the best I have seen and works off line like the sat nav in a car. Doesn’t use phone data. Shows the variation also north of Salamanca
Buen Camino
Happymark
Yes, yes to the Albergue Parroquial in Monesterio. Very clean, beautiful tiling and I seem to remember a separate bathroom for women. The albergue in Puebla de Sanabria (Hostel Casa Luz) also had a gorgeous bathroom just for women (sorry guys, this mattered to me at the time!). I also loved the private albergue in Cañaveral (aptly named Albergue Cañaveral). It was super clean, and the bathrooms were stocked with soap and shampoo, and each bed has its own lamp and outlet. They also had turtles and chickens out back (and a giant dog that was sweet). And even though the Albergue rural Alba Soraya itself was basic in Calzada de Bejar (the town before Fuenterroble, which was also special as others have said), I loved the community meal and general hospitality there.
A word of warning: If you stay in the municipal albergue in Casar de Caceres, do not stay in the bunks next to the toilets! I made this fatal mistake and had probably the worst night of sleep of the entire Camino. There was an endless line of people using the toilets only feet from my head, shining their lights in my face. I sorely miscalculated how many people would need to pee in the middle of the night!
Annie, do you use WhatsApp? I think it is much more frequently used than email by albergues, at least in my experience. And I just quickly checked to see that they are in fact on WhatsApp. At least if this is the right phone number-- Phone: +34 646 41 06 43Mel, do you (or anyone) have contact info for Alba y Soraya? The email bounced back and I'd like to reserve 2 beds there.
Hi Annie! Just in case Peregrina2000's # doesn't work, I also found +34 923416573. Best of luck and buen camino!Mel, do you (or anyone) have contact info for Alba y Soraya? The email bounced back and I'd like to reserve 2 beds there.
Hi Annie! Just in case Peregrina2000's # doesn't work, I also found +34 923416573. Best of luck and buen camino!
Ah, yes. Could be.As far as WhatsApp goes, I think that number is a land line and with WhatsApp you can only communicate via mobile phones.
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