If I were to open an albergue...

[Purple Backpack]

(Privacy Pop Bed Tent available at Bed, Bath & Beyond)

 

[Sailor]

Pretty close to this one: https://www.casaibarrola.com/
Que la luz de Dios alumbre su camino.

 

[trecile]

I like the "bunks" at La Finca en Población del Campo

The mini staircases go to the upper bunks

 

[Sailor]

Yes, I liked La Finca en Poblacion de Campos [I took one of the upper bunks], free washing machine, plus, Ernesto is one of the best cooks on the Camino Frances! Small place, but they are expanding [adding a new building], family business, highly recommended. Thanks for reading, que la luz de Dios alumbre su camino.

 

[Deleted member 43985]

I like the "bunks" at La Finca en Población del Campo View attachment 37146

The mini staircases go to the upper bunks
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Any idea if they are open year-round? Looks like a great place to stay.

 

[jsalt]

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/pods-for-bunk-beds.48770/

 

[trecile]

Any idea if they are open year-round? Looks like a great place to stay.

I don't know, but here's their website
http://www.alberguelafinca.es/

 

[Deleted member 43985]

I don't know, but here's their website
http://www.alberguelafinca.es/

Thx, looked but didn't see anything and hoped you'd seen something while you were there. Will contact them and see if they'll take a reservation.

 

[HedaP]

Who needs an albergue?

 

[jsalt]

Thx, looked but didn't see anything and hoped you'd seen something while you were there. Will contact them and see if they'll take a reservation.

Hi, gronze says they're open all year:
Disponibilidad (meses inclusives): Todo el año
https://www.gronze.com/castilla-y-leon/palencia/poblacion-campos/albergue-finca
Jill

 

[Deleted member 43985]

Hi, gronze says they're open all year:
Disponibilidad (meses inclusives): Todo el año
https://www.gronze.com/castilla-y-leon/palencia/poblacion-campos/albergue-finca
Jill

Brilliant! Thank you for looking that up, @jsalt !

 

[Kazza57]

I like the "bunks" at La Finca en Población del Campo View attachment 37146

The mini staircases go to the upper bunks
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I loved La Finca too, stayed in September. Wonderful communal dinner. Had the upstairs bed was fantastic and very private.

 

[trecile]

I loved La Finca too, stayed in September. Wonderful communal dinner. Had the upstairs bed was fantastic and very private.

The upper beds are like having your own tiny room.

 

[G_the_D]

Darn. I passed it two days ago and had no idea...

 

[Purple Backpack]

...I'd greet my pilgrim guests with a crisp glass of Prosecco or chilled beer as they checked in (a bed and breakfast owner on England's Coast to Coast did that and it was pretty crazy sipping Prosecco in dirty, sweaty hiking clothes!)


(drawing from thumbs.dreamstime.com)

 

[naplesdon]

There is an nicely located albergue in San Sebastian, A Room in the City, with bunks that have a privacy curtain much like a sleeper car on a train, a lockable drawer below the bunk and reading lights.

 

[Theatregal]

...I'd greet my pilgrim guests with a crisp glass of Prosecco or chilled beer as they checked in (a bed and breakfast owner on England's Coast to Coast did that and it was pretty crazy sipping Prosecco in dirty, sweaty hiking clothes!)

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(drawing from thumbs.dreamstime.com)

Experienced this at the albergue in Salas on the Primitivo. 5 of us arrived at the same time. The hospitalero sat us all down around the table in the kitchen and brought us cold glasses of beer and a bowl of potato chips as we paid for our bed and had our credentials stamped. So great - it had been a long hot walk that day.

 

[Purple Backpack]

...I would serve Breakfast in ... Sleeping Bag. Steaming hot coffee and warm blueberry muffins. But not until the sun was up. And the lattes would be in to-go cups.

 

[Deleted member 43985]

...I would serve Breakfast in ... Sleeping Bag. Steaming hot coffee and warm blueberry muffins. But not until the sun was up. And the lattes would be in to-go cups.

Love it! Warm muffins... Mmmmm.... But... I'd sell lightweight, reusable go-cups so the paper ones didn't end up in (hopefully) the nearby garbage cans or along the trail. On second thought, pretty sure as a paying customer I'd rather sit and enjoy my CCL in a normal cup while I savoured the muffin

 

[Purple Backpack]

No paying customers! If I were to open an albergue, it would be free. The only conditions would be no talk of politics or money, everyone would have to be kind and they'd have to "pay it forward" at some point. But...I think I'd send pilgrims off with a reusable souvenir cup!

 

[SYates]

No paying customers! If I were to open an albergue, it would be free. The only conditions would be no talk of politics or money, everyone would have to be kind and they'd have to "pay it forward" at some point. But...I think I'd send pilgrims off with a reusable souvenir cup!

Seems we are both of the same family ;-) BC SY