This camino starts in Somport and joins the main French route at Puente la Reina. I walked it in 2004 after I had walked the main French route, it was quiet and deserted, there was not many hostels but it was great; also it had a completely different feels to it.
Last night I got a mail from Jim at Wandering the World. He has just arrived in Santiago and is heading back to Puenta la Raina to walk this route and asked for a list of Refugeos – Albergues. I put it together, it could be out of date as it is three years since I walked this part. I thought it might be an idea to share this.
Okay, my list is a little old… and I do remember there not being a lot of places to stay. But the ones I stayed in were good and quiet.
Here is a list of Refuges and what town they are in.
Tiebas 17.5km
Monreal 12.5km
Izco 11km
Liedena (hostel) 16.5km
Sanguesa (good refuge) 5km
Undues de Lerda 10.5km
Puente la Reine de Jaca 46km – sorry but I know nothing between these
Jaca – 21km if you take the main route if you go up the hill it is a lot longer and easy to get lost – I did – but the hermitage at the top is something. But a very very long day.
Villanua 16km
Somport 9km
Congratulation and have fun on the quiet part now, it is very different. Carry more water as fewer places to fill up and some long stretches without any. I have missed at least one place where I stayed in a ruined village run by an American confraternity but I can’t remember where it is.
If anyone can help correct anything I have wrong that would be great and I will put the list up on the main web site for everyone to download.
Leslie,
Thanks for your comment on my latest blog. I see from your own blog that you are a more accomplished pilgrim than you let on. Peace to you and buen camino.
~matthew
Nobody like a bragger, so I try not too – and the Camino is not the place for it, in my world anyway.