Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela

[peregrina2000]

I've heard from two recent walkers on the Camino Primitivo, one German, one South African. Both had some recommendations on accommodations and I've combined them, hopefully putting the towns in order. Here they are:

-- refugio in Grado is closed. Buy food there and walk 2.8 km more to San Juan de Villapanada

-- in Salas, don't stop at the albergue, keep going a few more km to Bodenaya to a very nice private one.

-- Albergue in Pola de Allande was full in mid-May, but there is a Fonda (nothing fancy).

-- Grandas de Salime -- both said refugio was dirty and stayed at the hostal across the street.

-- Good albergue in Patron, which is about 1.6 km from Fonsagrada (do shopping in Fonsagrada). Albergue has 6 rooms with 4 beds each.

-- Cadavo-Beleira -- gets the "best refugio on the Camino Primitivo" award from my German friend.

Buen camino to everyone setting out on the Primitivo. Laurie