I stayed at Casa Maruja in Castromaior. The Village itself is a hole in the wall but Albergue was nice .. was my last private room until SdC and was a welcome sight as it drizzled all morning long and I was only too happy to get into a shower...
Wow! I ended up on the shorter route, all paved.... Body aches and hips hurt. No idea if 3 extra km possibly would have been better. Either way, I'm hear now. Gracias!
I know you've already started and this is too late but I decided to play around with Mapy.cz a bit this morning (it's 7:20 here now). The Southern route from the track divergence point through Campo to Albergue Alea is twice as long as the...
any suggestions for small towns or places with private rooms to stay between Ponferrada and Santiago?
I am finding that Leon and Astorga and Ponferrada are much bigger than I enjoy. Tonight I'm staying in Ponferrada, because I'm sorry and need...
I've walked both routes and much prefered the route past Campo. Slogging along urban pavements is hard-going! However if it's significantly shorter I'd certainly take the pavement route.
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