Albergue El Galeón

Closed for all of 2018, per the owners.

El albergue está cerrado desde diciembre. Te dan el teléfono de una mujer que te mete, por el mismo precio del albergue, en un piso sin calefacción (te cobra dos euros por un radiador eléctrico), sin sábanas, sin funda de almohada. Sin posibilidad de lavar la ropa. Vamos, que para una emergencia, te apañas, pero es increíble que desde Santillana, 35 Km antes, esto sea lo único que hay en el Camino.

We stayed here in early August and the line up for pilgrims waiting to get in was crazy! People had been lined up since 1:30 or earlier to get a bed, the host shows up at 3:30 and there is no system for letting people at the back of the line know whether they will get a bed. On the plus side the hosts are super friendly and make an effort to find places for pilgrims to sleep elsewhere, you just need to stand in line a long time to get it sorted out. Breakfast is terrible! Microwave some cold coffee or milk, have some bread and jam, that's it. In general the town is super busy with tourists in the summer and you may want to walk on by.