I am very sorry to read that you were mugged at knifepoint for your phone on the first night of landing in Portugal. This is horrible.
When you say that Booking.com would not tell you where each hotel/albergue is I suppose this means that you...
I am not sure about the Frances route but on the Portuguese central my bag was delivered to albergues as well as apartments. On two days the bag was delivered to a nearby pub/ restaurant with whom they have an agreement. No problem there. I used...
There is a bar right next to the ferry dock that will sell you a ticket to cross in a small private boat for about 4 euros. I've done it twice with no hassles at all.
Most of the boats that ferry pilgrims are the small fishing boats. The big ferry hasn't operated for years and probably won't for the forseeable future. We crossed the first time with Xacobeo Transfer https://xacobeotransfer.com/en/home/. We...
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