Agapito Trigal López 

                 "Amigo del camino

                     y del peregrino"

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Agapito lives on the "Camino de Santiago" (on left hand side of the carretera) between León and Hospital de Órbigo,

in the little village named San Miguel del Camino. Every day he places a basket with cookies,sweets

and peanuts on the road, so that the passing pilgrims can help themselves.

(Update June 2011: Agapito now watches the pilgrims from a comfortable chair inside his house. His basket is still there!)

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"Albergue de Pajares", Asturias

   MARISA, hospitalera 

Very good albergue, close to the border of

Castilla y León. Food served, Internet, drinks machine.

Magnificent views from dining room. (On the Salvador Route)

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 EDUARDO

"Amigo del camino,

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  also  "Albergue de Peregrinos")

 has been  opened in  April 2009.  It took  three years  to modernize  this former monastery,  just off  the  main

 road to Burgos, behind  the church. The enormous building also houses a kitchen/dining room for the pilgrims.

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.

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, give your customers

value for money, and work hard.

Jesús Jato, hospitalero of the Albergue "Ave Phoenix" in Villafranca del Bierzo.

He and his family have served the pilgrims for decades.

Tomás, hospitalero of the Albergue de Manjarín (between Astorga and Ponferrada).

He has served the passing pilgrims for decades.

"Up till today we haven't refused anyone shelter!"

 Jack, Jesús Jato and Tomás Martinez at the Pilar Albergue in Rabanal (May 2011)