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I seem to remember walking next to the road to Puenta la Reina rather that double back to Obanos. I came across a 'forgotten' fountain and large cooling pools where you could have refreshed your burning skin. The pools were obviously for pilgrims and must have been on the Camino originally - perhaps a hundred years ago when the current road was only cart track. Anyone else know much about these pools?After returning, I discovered I'd managed to give myself a 2nd degree burn on my left arm from constant unprotected sun exposure, which would leave a scar ... just make sure to wear sun screen!
Did you see those old pools that were next to the road Margaret?............... Simply walk along the verges of route N6064 until opposite Obanos...........
It is a meditation center. They have a sello.Does anyone know the current status of it?
... There is (or was) an albergue next door, which had apparently been closed some years previous. Does anyone know the current status of it?
Yes, I did chat with the local volunteers that open/close the church and they said, very emphatically, that there will be never again (their words, not mine) an albergue in Eunate. SY
That's too bad. It would be an absolutely perfect place.
I also spent a night there back in 2007, I remember going into the church after we had eaten dinner, maybe four or five of us. By the time we went into the church is was night time, Jean, the fellow who made us supper lit candles for a little light. He then gave us each something to read or sing and as I recall there was one women among us and when she sang in French or Spanish it was so beautiful I just cried.Nevertheless as I wrote in a post above the hospitaleros as well as the ambiance of the Eunate albergue were wonderful! How lucky I am to have poignant memories of four unforgetable overnights during the good years.
MM
Euh? What is a meditation center? Was it sold to yogis of some sort?It is a meditation center. They have a sello.
Perfect? Why? Other than because of the church next door the place has nothing to offer, and adding venues to make it a "good pilgrim place'" may not be that good.That's too bad. It would be an absolutely perfect place.
Euh? What is a meditation center? Was it sold to yogis of some sort?
Perfect? Why? Other than because of the church next door the place has nothing to offer, and adding venues to make it a "good pilgrim place'" may not be that good.
Of course the world is filled with wonderful treasures many of which as an architectural historian I have had the professional privilege and personal pleasure to visit. However, for me the Santa Maria de Eunate church is the purest perfection, located at the western end of the Camino Argonese near where it joins the Camino Frances at Puente La Reina.
This small circular church within an octagonal cloister was built by unknown craftsmen one thousand years ago. Nestled in an natural bowl the ocher stones blend with rolling nearby fields now planted with corn and fennel. Here one senses the eternal peace of paradise. May such perfection continue for another thousand years.
Click my blog to read/see more of this extraordinary place and of several memorable nights I was graciously sheltered in the adjacent albergue (unfortunately no longer open).
Yes, yes, yes! I could not agree with you more. Your blog entries remind me of my own:
I, too, wept there.
The church is an active church, so it gets the usual maintenance. The former albergue was renovated into it current office/contemplation facility, so there seems to be money around. It is one of the most historic Romanesque churches in Spain, so there is little chance it will fall into disrepair.I would hate for it to fall into disrepair because no one is around to take care of it. Or is there a caretaker?
A great pity - this was one of the top items on my camino wish list.Yes, I did chat with the local volunteers that open/close the church and they said, very emphatically, that there will be never again (their words, not mine) an albergue in Eunate. SY
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