A bit slow to update, but the complimentario has officially reopened. If you walk it, there is a point where they redirect you to go back to the main road, but continuing on has you climb over a fallen tree, and then practice the limbo under two...
If you are walking during Easter Week the Spiritual Variant is going to be a problem. This year the albergue is operating at max capacity of 17 beds, the police stop by nightly to do a head count according to the operator. The Monastery will not...
I talked with an albergue owner this trip regarding advance booking. Their plan is to not start taking bookings until March of next year, and then possibly only taking them one month in advance. The amount of work that smaller places have to go...
Having talked to a number of albergues, the best way to book is a message via WhatsApp. That allows them to deal with your message on their schedule (plus, they may not answer the phone if they are busy.) many of the shared albergues are...
Seeing the post about the bus strike in Spain reminded me I should have posted this.
https://www.cp.pt/passageiros/en/train-times/Alerts/strike-24-october-to-3-november
It the Portugese for me. The walk out of Porto along the river is a great first day. I like the full coastal up through Baiona including all the walk into and out of Vigo. The route of stone and water on the spiritual variant is definitely...
On October 15th it was still officially closed and the marker for the deviation was shrouded in plastic. I spoke with some southbound walkers who had just come that way, so when my party of 3 reached the turn off, I waited until I could see no...
I think it is great you are planning a walk with your son. I think you will find that kids seem to adapt quickly to life on the way.
Since you are planning to be on the last 100km during Easter week, I would suggest that you consider booking...
Rebekah, your words do a much better job of explain “IT” than I can. It felt like the most powerful and intimate connection with the universe, God, enlightenment, or whatever.
Thankfully, this times it sure seems to have a lasting effect...
A quick question for you. When I stayed there in 2005, in the morning when we came down to find the table set for breakfast, at each place was a small, cloth bag filled with lavender, and the bag had the sello of the albergue. Was that also a...
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