THIS CHAPTER IS UP TO DATE: 2010

An advice to BUDGET PILGRIMS:

The bars at Cebreiro will charge you 4-6 Euros for a breakfast.

Cebreiro: Good refuge, open in winter with kitchen

Triacastela: Refuge Ouribio: not good (unheated)

Albergue EL BERCE (at the end of the main street): VERY GOOD <<<<<<<<<<  !!!!

Municipal refuge: OK

Sarria: new Hotel de la Plata (31 single) luxury

new bar Xuxu

Portomarín: Habitaciones Perez: open all year. Good restaurant

Hospital de la Cruz: good restaurant EL LABRADOR (also rooms)

Ventas de Narón: everything very expensive. Avoid this place.

Palas de Rei: Hostal Vilariño: very unfriendly. Closed in winter

Hotel PLaza: very good

Pulperia: good

Restaurante La Forxa: early breakfast/friendly

Melide: refuge closed for renovations. Sports hall open. Follow arrows

Arzúa: Pension Rúa: open (cheap)

Bar Ameixa (near Town Hall) CHEAP. Coffee: 0,80  Churros: 0,80

Bar Venus: good raciones

Santiago de Compostela: Casa Felisa: OK, but noisy

Hostal Girasol: OK but very DAMP

Hostal Costa Vella: 51= (OK) (discounts in winter!)

ALL IN THE SAME STEET: Puerta da Pena

Also in SDC:

Hostal / Albergue La Salle: very good and quiet

Hostal Acasanostra: in town centre, noisy

Good Bar Santiago in Calle da Raina near cathedral

REMEMBER: NO BACKPACKS ALLOWED IN THE CATHEDRAL!!!!