WHERE TO SLEEP?
WHERE TO EAT?
WHERE DO 'VETERANS OF THE CAMINO' GO?
HERE:
* BEST PILGRIM RESTAURANTS ON THE "CAMINO DE SANTIAGO":
"PALACIO DE MERÁS" - TINEO, ASTURIAS 
Lunch: starter
Magnificent merluza
(Latest visit: March 2013)
ALSO:
"HOSTAL DE LOS REYES CATOLICOS" - SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA
(The first ten pilgrims showing their Compostelas receive a free meal. Three times a day.)
RESTAURANTE "PAPASOL" - Atapuerca
RESTAURANTE "MAZARICOS" - Santiago de Compostela (next to Alameda Park)
¨MESÓN VENUS¨ - Arzúa. (In main street, close to plaza)
* BEST HOTEL: "HOSTAL LA SALLE" - Santiago de Compostela (RESERVATIONS HERE)
AND (in Castilla y León):
Hostal "Don Suero" - León (near San Marcos)
Hostal Riaño - León (opposite San Juan de Diós Hospital)
Hostal Quevedo - León (near San Marcos)
Pensión Toñi - Belorado
Hotel El Paso Honroso - Hospital de Órbigo
Hotel Valcarce - Trabadelo (in the Valcarce Valley)
Hostal Santiago - Frómista
Hostal Albe - Carrión de los Condes
Hostal Ezéquiel - Los Arcos
Hotel Rural "Amanecer en Campos" - Población de Campos (near Frómista)
This hotel is extreem good value for money. Very affordable for pilgrims who need some rest.
It is exactly on the Camino de Santiago, and visited by several guide book writers!
The rooms are luxurious, with private bathrooms. A menu and breakfast are served. (Free @.)
The village is situated just past Frómista, 2 kms from the highway from Santander - Madrid.
In Navarra:
Hotel Bearán - Pamplona (In Calle San Nicolás)
Hotel "El Volante" - Estella
In La Rioja:
Hostal Hispano II - Nájera
In Galicia:
Pensión Rúa - Arzúa
Casa Curro - Palas de Rei
Casa Matías - Sarria (Calle Calvo Sotelo, 39)
Habitaciones Pérez - Portomarín
Pensión / Albergue "Porto Santiago" - Portomarín
Hostal San Roque - Lugo (near bus station)
In Portugal:
Pensao Avenida - Oporto (on Avenida Aliados no. 141)
Residencial Santa Clara - Oporto (on Rúa da Alegría)
On the Primitive Road:
Pensión Tineo - Tineo
Hotel Soto - Salas (next to the church)
Hotel La Barra - Grandas de Salime
Hotel Moneda - Cádavo Baleira
On the Aragonese Road:
Casa rural "El Granero del Conde" - Arrés
Casa rural "Fortunato" - Artieda (ask in albergue)
* BEST CAFETARÍAS:
"CAFE ALABAMA" - Santiago de Compostela (in Calle Hórreo, near Plaza Galicia)
"CAFE EL CAMPIÑO", Rúa de San Roque, Santiago de Compostela (Opposite Hostal La Salle)
¨CAFE AMEIXA¨ in Arzúa (near the ALSA bus stop).
"BAR POLO" in Sarria (near the Renfe station)
and, on the Portuguese Road:
Bar - Restaurante "A POUSADA DO PEREGRINO" (CLICK FOR MORE INFO) (Near km 54)
Bar - Cafetería "ESPERÓN" (in Santa María de Carracedo, a few kms past Caldas de Reyes)
and, on the Primitive Road:
Bar Dany and Bar Casino in Cornellana
* Best Albergues:
"ALBERGUE SEÑORA DEL PILAR" - Rabanal del Camino (Isabel)
Albergue Municipal "San Juan el Bautista" - Grañon (Susana)
Albergue / Habitaciones "Porto Santiago" - Portomarín (Belén)
ALBERGUE / HABITACIONES "PORTO SANTIAGO"
Turn left on the main plaza (slightly uphill).
Albergue, private rooms, large kitchen, fridge, patio, drinks machine,
washing facilies, dining room, open fire, tv, Internet, WIFI, etc.
Hospitalera: Belén Torres.
In: Calle Diputación, 8, PORTOMARÍN (GALICIA)
In summer more than 1000 pilgrims per day visit Rabanal del Camino.
(Rabanal is 19 kms west from Astorga, at some 230 kms from Santiago de Compostela.)
The "Albergue Señora del Pilar" offers various sleeping facilities,
a bar / restaurant, Internet, pilgrim kitchen and patio.
The Albergue is situated at some 8 kms from the famous "Cruz de Hierro".
Top Right: Jack de Groot, Jesús Jato and Tomás Martinez at the "Albergue del Pilar"
Above: Hospitalera Isabel Rodríguez. Every evening she takes a group of pilgrims
to the church nearby to attend the Pilgrim Mass.
(Summer 2012: The "Albergue Nuestra Señora del Pilar" is now for sale.
This is a unique opportunity for an investor who looks for a growing
business in a top spot!)
Some pilgrims come to Rabanal at Christmas to celebrate! Click here. <<<
Above: pilgrims dine and have fun in the "Albergue Ave Phoenix" in Villafranca del Bierzo.
Hospitalero Jesús Jato takes pilgrims on a tour through the mountains in his jeep.
Also: Jack pictured in Jato's glass house while harvesting vegetables. Open all year!
Picture right: Templar priest Tomás in his Albergue in Manjarín, on the border of the Bierzo.
A magnificent pilgrim experience! This albergue is also open all year round!
Albergue San Juan El Bautista
Grañon - La Rioja
Open all year
Situated at 6 kms past Santo Domingo de la Calzada
"El turista exige; el peregrino agradece."
"The tourist demands; the pilgrim appreciates."
