Check in and out times

[Madelyn Warner]

Hi Ana--

Thank you for responding to my question about the refugios...I feel as
you do...it is a pilgrimage and I am not going to worry about it as I
know everything will work out as it should...but it is good to know I
should think about getting to my resting destination in the early
afternoon instead of stumbling in after dark...I imagine that walking
during the early part of the day will be more refreshing anyway...As far
as hostels go...do I need to get a hostel card and how does one find out
about where the hostels are...I have looked on the internet but the
sites I have come across all seem to be in Spanish...do you have an
internet site you could recommend or an address of where I could contact
the Hostel Asso. to get information.  I spent my Sophomore year of
college in England (many years ago now!) and I did some hosteling then
which was great fun...I thought they were mostly for younger people but
maybe age doesn't matter anymore...Thanks again for your
helpfulness...Madelyn

Ana Young wrote:

> Hi Madelyn,
>
> There sure were, especiall in July and August!
> Especially once you get close to Galicia if you don't
> arrive at the refugios at approximately 1-2 p.m. you
> may not get a bed and you'll have to sleep on the
> floor. There was even once place, and this was long
> before that, in Puente la Reina, when I couldn't even
> sleep on the floor, so I was sent to (thankfully) the
> secondary refugio which I ended up really liking
> because of the friendliness of the people, although it
> was somewhawt outside of the city.
>
> No definite time but they generally open at about 1-2
> p.m. and they fill up very fast. As for checkout, I
> was kicked out at 8 a.m. once in Leon when I was sick.
> That's generally the time they want you out in most of
> them. You won't have any problem with that, as you'll
> want to start out early anyway.
>
> I never worried. This was a pilgrimage and I decided
> that if there was no room at the inn I'd have to get
> another inn. So I decided that's what the hostales
> were for and I made grateful use of them. I never (not
> even in Madrid) paid more than 4,000 pesetas - and I
> only paid that in Madrid and this was in August! The
> average price I paid for hostales was 2,500 pesetas
> and I was alone and never had a reservation.
>
> Saludos,
> Ana
>
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