Sarria Hotels - Reviews and Rates

The Compestela is the certification that one receives at the end of the Camino acknowledging that you have completed the pilgrimage. To receive one you must walk the last 100 kilometers to Santiago. While it is a little more than a 100 kms from Santiago the town of Sarria (population of about 13000) is a starting place for many people because it...

7th August 2008 Villa Martin A day of rest A lovely lie in this morning, didn't get up till 0930. Luckily we're camped under trees, so the sun doesn't penetrate till quite late on. Having done all my washing (just about everything I own was dirty) we had breakfast (melon) and then cycled off into a nearby town to do some shopping. Today, we deci...

The walls in this Casa are so thin that we heard Lynne, who was two rooms away, say "If anyone has sex, we're all having a cigarette!" We met in the breakfast room at 8:30 for a continental-type breakfast and started hiking at 9:15. This was the toughest leg of the Camino - 8 km uphill (sort of like doing the Grouse Grind two and a half times) t...

31 km. It sure has been a while since I last wrote. Well, to-day was a lot of up & down hills & lots of cattle defecation inhalation but the weather was pleasant. What's there to say about Sarria? It has six albergues, yet it deserves one. The town is not pleasant, but our albergue was ok. Tip #16: Don't stay in the big towns on the last...

wow! we´re so close. i think that in exactly one week we will be staring out into the ocean and contemplating the end of our trip. we are deep into the heart of galicia now, 112 km away from santiago, 197 km away from finesterre. today will mark us having walked 1500 km, so maybe we´ll all to take a quick sip of hot chocolate to comemorate the m...