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We are in Santa Marina del rey staying at a hostel costing 59 euros after redirecting from our destination which was San Martin del Camino.
We found the albergues were all booked or closed after looking on booking.com and have found the same for...
I used cash + cc. If you have time a Halifax Clarity card is worth getting as there are no additional transaction or atm fees to pay. Last year many places such as restaurants, etc accepted Cc + i used it to pay for albergues via Booking. A good...
Hello Fellow Pilgrims,
We are walking for the first time in two weeks and getting all our logistic ducks in a row (all that we can think of, anyway) - we’ve done a little research and asked around on bed availability for albergues and received...
Water is not a problem. Check any of the many many guidebooks, websites, etc to see which albergues take reservations and which do not (Gronze.com is an excellent site for this - use your browser to translate it from Spanish). Generally...
Public albergues nowadays don’t fill up like they used to. Booking ahead seems the norm with the result that unreservable accommodation is ironically a safer bet than trying to book all the way. Your stages look good.
To the best of my knowledge there aren't any real bottlenecks between Leon and Santiago. You should be fine. Not that i ever had problems getting a place in albergues, but i decided that it is a lot easier to carry a credit card than a tent and...
Thank you for your reply - another consideration is the Pilgrim Passport. Do you need pilgrim passports in order to stay at the albergue or at the pensions? Can they be issued obtained in Leon, for example? Or anywhere else?
Currently we are in...
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