Congrats @beano5892! My husband and I stayed in the Marriott property Ercila de Bilbao when we were there a few years ago. There's a killer rooftop gin bar there for guests only...
I agree! Deba was pretty limited but have got beds in Pikua Landetxea so all good. The hardest place was Gernika. Nearly everything seems to be sold out. Anyways all sorted now thanks to people’s advice to DIY
Thanks for your advice. I've managed to use a couple of other booking engines, as well as booking direct, and secured places that were sold out on booking.com.
They did reply.. incredibly quickly... €56 per bag for the entire trip which I think seems great given there two amongst us who haven't yomped before! Thanks for your advice
Thank you so much everyone.
I plucked up the courage and have done all the bookings myself, including confirming that Correos will collect from where we are staying and have saved an absolute fortune!! Plus I've fun doing it!
Any suggestions...
you can book Correos on the night before you start walking, or the day before that if you prefer, or even a week in advance. No need to even bother trying before April (or 31 March). Much the same applies to the other transport providers. With...
Booking.com only has a small number of the available rooms in a given hotel.
Try using Gronze.com to look at where accomodation is available. It is in Spanish, but can be translated using your browser. It will give you a better idea of what is...
Using Google Maps, while looking at the area, I click "hotels", making sure I've put the correct date in, to see what's out there. There is plenty of private accomodation on that stretch. From there you can often find the link for the...
Yup thanks! Saw that but unsure when they open for bookings. How much notice do u need to give them to collect/drop off a bag? And is the cost per collection the same in every town/village? How can I find out the villages in the Northern Camino...
I just checked the Correos site and they are currently only showing the towns that they service on the winter.
They will start service on the Norte in April.
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