Castrojeriz

Camino Frances

To end of camino
443.7
Altitude
817

San Antón - Ruinerne

3.50

Castrojeriz

3.60

Alto de Mostelares

Services
ATM
Yes
Bar
Yes
Bus
Yes
Grocery
Yes
Medical Center
Yes
Pharmacy
Yes

Caminoen følger calle Oriente gennem Castrojeriz, en vildledende lang rejse. Alle tre kirker er et besøg værd, og en vandretur til borgruinerne giver en udsigt over det omkringliggende land, som kun overgås af stigningen ud af byen.

De fleste pilgrimsrelaterede tjenester kan findes langs calle Oriente, men apoteket og de større dagligvarebutikker ligger tættere på hovedvejen.

Oriente ligger også Hospital del Alma; halvt kunstgalleri og halvt meditationsrum og præcis, hvor du vil hen, hvis du søger lidt fred og ro.

På hovedtorvet ligger en lille pilgrimsbutik, en af de sidste af sin slags. Ejeren er noget af en personlighed og har formået at følge med tiden og bytte de sædvanlige små landsbyvarer ud med den type højteknologisk udstyr, som moderne pilgrimme leder efter.

På vej ud af byen ligger Bar Lagar, opkaldt efter den velbevarede druepresser, der står i midten. Tjek den ud for at få et glimt af, hvordan tingene blev gjort engang.

Fiesta

San Juan fejres den 24. juni. Andre fiestas den 25. og 26. november for Santa Catalina.

History

Husene langs vejen blev bygget med en usynlig hemmelighed, nemlig en tunnel, der løber i hele byens længde, og som forbinder kældrene. Bortset fra at den er husejernes private ejendom, er udforskningen af den hæmmet af opførelsen af betonskillevægge; en sikkerhedsforanstaltning fra borgerkrigstiden for at bevare ens velbefindende. Byen var, og er stadig, lidenskabeligt splittet. Det vil ikke forhindre dig i at nyde den charme, den lægger for dagen for pilgrimme.

The Road

Vejen forude klatrer op og over Alto de Mostelares. Der er ikke meget skygge at hente mellem her og overgangen til Palencia.

Comments

All Caminos App User (ikke efterprøvet)

Wandered thru from Hontanas on the promise of an amazing breakfast. Sadly nothing was open.

A bar was apparently opening at 11am.

Stock up well.

Bonny, hungry town. It will try to break you!

All Caminos App User (ikke efterprøvet)

Whilst albergue was fine the village was not. Nothing open from 12:30 - 8pm… nothing.

We could not get food or do anything.
Next time i would walk through this village & not stop for the evening

Camino de Sant… (ikke efterprøvet)

We were greeted with a smile and an offer of watermelon. :) Stayed in this lovely accommodation. The beds are not bunked, plenty of space and light in each room. The shower and restroom were clean and large enough.
Wonderful pilgrim’s dinner with amazing food on the comfortable outside dining area.

All Caminos App User (ikke efterprøvet)

Albergue Rosalia is very clean and cozy space. Really nice welcome and very professional relationship with pilgrims. I recommend.

Camino de Sant… (ikke efterprøvet)

This place was amazing, everything was perfect, for me was one of the best hotels in the whole Camino Frances

Camino de Sant… (ikke efterprøvet)

Unfortunately closed at the time I was there (11 40am). Seems like they might only open for mass (7pm each day, except Sunday 1pm)

Camino de Sant… (ikke efterprøvet)

We stayed at La Rinconada just as you arrive. Comfortable, smaller rooms. Wifi and mobile signal were poor, not that this was a crisis…no work to do! Castrojeriz seemed a bit strange from a restaurant point of view with a bunch of them closed. At the end we had pizza and paella at the bar 100m from La Rinconada. Very hospitable.

Camino de Sant… (ikke efterprøvet)

D hospitalero is very accomodating. Has a welcome smile and watermelon to boot. For once real beds not bunks. Real sheets not paper. Only 5 to a room. Not crowded. I will sleep well tonight

Camino de Sant… (ikke efterprøvet)

would recommend! so cute well worth 13 euro :) so helpful and gave everyone watermelon and water when we arrived. Hospitalero noticed I looked tired and let me check in early :) Also: single beds not bunk beds!

Camino de Sant… (ikke efterprøvet)

One of my best stays so far and can highly recommend. Clean, airy hostel with garden area. Thanks to Sam who diverted off of the lunch menu to make me a avocado, pesto and mozzarella sandwich! Optional communal dinner is a South Korean dish which is superb. Vegan and vegetarian also catered for. Great company and chats at dinner. Another nice touch is that they didn’t shove us all in one room, which they could have easily done. Due to the heat, they spread us out so we had some space and air! Hand washing or laundry service available.