A Laxe or Lalin?

[Raindrop]

Is it worth going off the regular path to Lalin or stay and go to A Laxe? Thanks

 

[AlanSykes]

The Invierno goes right through Lalín, or it's a few km detour from the Sanabrés. It's a lively town with some nice restaurants and hotels. A Laxe is 4km closer to Santiago and has a xunta albergue, with a restaurant nearby on the main road than can deliver food (the albergue kitchen had one bowl and a grapefruit knife last time I stayed there).

 

[Robert Wawrzyniak]

We stayed at A Laxe in August 2024 and it's the typical Xunta albergue (lots of concrete, push showers and two dormitory rooms; the kitchen situation hasn't improved). If we had our time over, we would have stopped at Lalin simply for the variety it offers

 

[Sydney Peregrinos]

We stayed in Lalin in 2018 when we walked the Invierno. It was a lovely little town with some good food options. Last year when we were walking the VDLP/Sanabres we heard many accounts and saw the evidence on people’s arms of mosquito bites in the Xunta albergue in A Laxe.

 

[pilgrimjim]

Just finished the Invierno. Lalin, definitely. More choices. Nice city. Almost missed Laxe as I walked by.

 

[Blister Bill]

We had no choice in 2022 but would do Lalin again because there are loads of accommodation and eating options, it's the centre of Galicia and it was a lovely walk out by the river following the arrows.

 

[Raindrop]

We stayed at A Laxe in August 2024 and it's the typical Xunta albergue (lots of concrete, push showers and two dormitory rooms; the kitchen situation hasn't improved). If we had our time over, we would have stopped at Lalin simply for the variety it offers

I’m bringing a friend and they might walk ahead. Do you pick your own room or does the hospital pick one of the rooms and show it to you?

 

[Raindrop]

I’m bringing a friend and they might walk ahead. Do you pick your own room or does the hospital pick one of the rooms and show it to you?

Oh sorry I mean at A Laxe

 

[trecile]

Whether to stay in Lalín or A Laxe make sure to stop by Punto de Información al Peregrino in Lalín for a sello.

Here's my post with a picture of my sello and their address and hours:

I stopped by the Punto de Información al Peregrino in Lalín today and got this really cool wax sello with a hórreo charm. (the charms vary, sometimes it's a concha)

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Asoc. PEREGRINUS DEZAE (Punto de InformaciÃn al Peregrino) · Rúa Observatorio, 8, Bajo, 36500 LalÃn, Pontevedra, Spain

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Here are the hours

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[trecile]

I can also recommend the restaurant Bodegón A Cunca, which is very close to the Punto de Información al Peregrino. I had an excellent menú del día there.

Bodegón A Cunca · Lalín, Pontevedra

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