Accomodations varied greatly. In St. Jean I stayed in a room in a private house.

My hostes Marie, and her living room.

Inside stairs

Entrance to L'espirt de chemin
Photo by Summer

Inside courtyard
Photo by Summer

Garden
Photo by Summer

Summer did get an albergue is St. Jean. - She made reservations in advance.
Photo by Summer

Breakfast nook
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Kitchen area at L'espirit de chemain.
Photo by Summer

Sleeping room
Photo by Summer

The auberge at Orisson was a private hostel. 8 person rooms. Shared bath. Washer and Dryer. Overflow tents. Dinner and breakfast included in the price.

Overflow tents.

Bar in dinning room for espresso, snacks, wine.

Dormitory, metal bunk beds. Huge rooms. Internet access. Lots of snorers. Run by Belgian brothers.

Albergue "rules" and "hours". The first thing they told me when I walked in was: You can't wear your boots in the building, they need to go on the boot shelves, never store your pack on your bed to mark your bed to or put it in the aisles, always stow it and your walking sticks under the bunks. It was advice that came in handy the whole trip. Photo by Summer

The great hall of the dormitory. Showers, laundry, electrical outlets, internet access in the basement.
Photo by Summer

"Claiming" space by laying out your sleeping bag. That was the bag I carried also!
Photo by Summer.

Hostel. Much smaller than Roncevalles. Still lots of snorers.

In every space possible to put a bunk there was one. No eating facilities on premises, but two restaurants in town. You signed in at the town hall, I think there was another building near by.

The fountain & fishpond in the entrance patio. Private albergue run by Austrian volunteers.

This albergue was unusual in that the rooms were smaller, some beds were not bunk beds. There was nice dining room for breakfast with fresh baked whole wheat bread and fig jam. Internet access.

Electric dryers were rare. Air driers provided everywhere. Courtyard outside the albergue.

Walking sticks and boot shelves

Things you might want to know

Private, two person rooms! Foot pool, huge patio. Washers, driers, kitchen.

Dining area in Azofra

Albergue is several rooms in the church. Door between albergue and upstairs sanctuary in Church.

Door onto yard

Area for boots and sticks

Welcome! Put down your backpack and have a coffee. This is like your home, but also a place of rest and the only condition is that you don't get up before 6:00 a.m. If that is okay, sign in, and find a mat. We will eat together at 8:00 p.m. Breakfast from 7:00 a.m.

Kitchen, sleeping loft, entry hall

Communal area for relaxation and meals, stairs to sleeping loft.

Hanging out, listening to music

A peaceful corner

Chapel for vespers overlooks the sanctuary

Housed in an old building. Run by German brothers. Lovely yard outside.

Loved the lack of straight lines. There was a small reception area, a dinning room for the communal meal, a kitchen on the ground floor.

Dormitories and showers were on the 2nd floor. There were more dormitories upstairs and a small room that acted as a chapel.

As at Granon, mats and blankets supplied.

The steps were pretty curvy also.

Communal meal

In line, waiting for the albergue in Burgos to open.
Photo by Kiko García Marchón

First view of the oasis of San Bol. Located amidst the large trees, miles from any village.

Turn off the main road. In spite of the promise on the sign, it was not open all year. In fact, it was getting colder at night so due to close about a week after I was there.

The albergue had a small loft for the hoteliera, a kitchen, a room with 8 beds, a patio with a table.

In the sleeping room

The spring, famous for healing feet, was the only source of water

Tents could also be pitched. The small orange tub next to the spring was where dishes were washed.

A communal dinner was prepared by the hoteliera, and we ate outside. After dark she invited us into share queimada together in the dark.

San Nicolas

Even in the rain the garden, pool and patio looked like heaven.

They immediately invited us into warm, dry, welcoming dining room and supplied us with hot tea and hot soup in minutes. Didn't actually sleep here. But loved it and wanted too. Also loved the dovecotes that surrounded the village.

Monasterio de Santa Clara houses a convent and a church, in addition to the small sleeping quarters for pilgrims.

Courtyard of the pilgrims quarters. There was a tiny kitchen. Unlike many other places when I arrived there was no olive oil, vinegar or utensils. So I left a some.

Oh, and by the way, it was founded in 1255, and St. Francis slept here when he did his camino.

Red chairs indicate private albergue, small numbers of sleepers to each room. It also has a bar, restaurant, internet and washer and dryer. Washers were common. Dryers less so. And they took forever.

The bar

Covered patio at the albergue run by Benadictine nuns near the center of the city. Lovely vespers. You can stay more than one night. That is not true in most places.

Covered and open-air sections of the albergue patio.

Very nice private albergue. Wi-fi! And computer with internet access. Nice sleeping rooms, including one with a double bed for a couple. Nice kitchen. Hoteliero prepares a very nice breakfast. On the only road through town. There were two other albergues in this town. Heard good things about them also.

Reception area. Miguel spent a great deal of time on the internet looking for pilgrim posts and videos on Hospital de Órbigo and his albergue.

In the sitting area there was an easle and paints and a canvas. You were invited to paint. Previous efforts covered the walls.

The sleeping area was clean and comfortable. Photo by Veera.

This was the first albergue I stayed at where the host disappeared as soon as all of the beds were full. Veera and I were lucky to get the last places.

El Albergue Ave Fenix is famous for Jesus, who runs it along with a number of volunteers. Communal room was comfortable and welcoming and they had communal meal and breakfast.

Where they offered you tea before they even asked for your credencial. Well stocked kitchen. You could leave your clothes to be washed and dried. It would have been totally perfect if there had been a communal meal. As it was, it came close.

In addition one of the volunteers gave massages.

Lovely walled yard and church.

Like most other albergues, this one had a book where you could write your thoughts

It also had a lovely garden area, probably appreciated a lot more when it was warmer and not raining

For the cold rainy nights there was a lovely little windowless fire room, with an assortment of aperitifs, and a dog. In addition to showers, it also had a bathroom - with a bathtub.

Like other municipal albergues in Galicia, this one was staffed by a paid employee who sat at the desk and registered us, stamped our books. They usually left at 6:00 or when the albergue was full, which ever came first. It had a small, but nice kitchen. And was very quiet. Most of us stopped early because it was raining. As there were no shops and no restaurants we were driven to another albergue with a bigger eating area for dinner.

Also posted was some useful information about getting medical help!

Lodgings for rent above the bar. Had a single room, and a shared bath with a tub. They provided sheets, blankets, towels!