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You will find there are plenty of albergues that offer private rooms ideal for couples, I’ve used them many times when I want a quiet place to sleep and they are much cheaper than hotels. Google them and see which ones have them...
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At a well known private albergue in Arzua I asked for a bottom bunk, cama baja. I was in my mid 70s and experiencing mobility issues. I was told no, we assign in order of arrival - bottom, then top then bottom then top, you are top. I asked...
In albergues, I always slept on top -- that is I was in the top bunk and my wife was in the bottom bunk. A few albergues have private rooms that cost just a few euros more than two beds in a dorm, and we took advantage of some of those; the...
I have only experienced one segregated dorm on any of my Caminos and it was on the Norte in 2016 at the Izarbide Aterpetxea.
Also on the Camino Frances, one municipal albergue had assigned bunks and they were pushed together two by two like a...
I have been in many albergues where the hospi and/or pilgrims agree that one room will be for women and another for men. It usually seems like an informal policy, which would change if appropriate.
The bed shortage is localized and...
No, you’re not. Having witnessed the partial collapse of the top bunk in an Irish hostel when a hefty, visibly and audibly inebriated pilgrim was trying to roll into it, I’d rather cede the right to the bottom bunk to anyone heavier than I am.
Fantastic! I doubt the rings made a difference, and you could always explain as you did in your post. And sleeping in separate rooms if it ever comes up is really not a big deal. It's not like you're confined to the room for very much waking...
I've stayed in albergues that have somewhat segregated dorms, but if they run out of room in one or the other they end up mixed.
The donativo in Ponferrada had a women's only dorm, but it was already full when I arrived.
On the Norte the...
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