VOLUNTEERS ON THE CAMINO
Agapito Trigal López
"Amigo del camino
y del peregrino"
Agapito lives on the (left hand side of the) carretera between León and Hospital de Órbigo,
in the little village named San Miguel del Camino. He places a basket with cookies,sweets
and peanuts on the road, so that the passing pilgrims can help themselves. (January 2010: his basket is still there!)
EDUARDO
"Amigo del camino,
y de los peregrinos."
In front of the main entrance.
Eduardo lives in Villafranca Montes de Oca (near Burgos). He is the caretaker of the new hotel/restaurant and
albergue (!) "San Antonio Abad" ***** This very luxurious hotel / restaurant and excellent "Albergue de Pere-
grinos" has been opened in April 2009. It took three years to modernize this former monastery, just off the
main road, behind the church. The bedrooms are beautiful and the restaurant will be first class. The Alber-
gue is well - equipped and very clean. The enormous building also houses a kitchen/dining room for the pil-
grims. The view from this dining room is magnificent! It is estimated that an amount of three million Euros has
been spent to build this building as it is today. Well done Eduardo, amigo! ¡Muy buena suerte con su hotel!
All rooms are different. They do not have numbers, but, at the request of Eduardo, carry the names of flowers.
The room left above is named "Azucena" . Right above: a view from the pilgrims' dining room.
Reservations: Tel 947 58 21 49
All pilgrims pass this hotel / refuge. Villafranca Montes de Oca is at 45 kms east from Burgos.
REMEDIOS AND LAURA at BAR O POIO (8 kms past Cebreiro in Galicia)
Remedios has served the pilgrims for decades. She opens her bar daily to serve food and drinks to the pilgrims.
In case of a power cut (which is a regular event because of bad weather) she uses wood to heat up the stove!
Avelino Pérez Chana
Bar ''Oasis'' - San Justo de la Vega
(A few kilometers before Astorga)
Avelino, and his wife Josefina,
produce the best "tortilla española"
on the Camino de Santiago.
Their secret for success: use only the very best ingredients, do not overcharge
your customers, and work hard.
