Albergue Parroquial San Francisco de Asís

An albergue that truly cares about the pilgrims they meet and who really share this stretch of the journey with them 🫶🏻 I arrived sick and felt welcomed with so much gentleness and kindness, I was even able to sleep in and still have my breakfast 🤗 The first priority being the pilgrim's well-being 🫶🏻 Thank you José Luis thank you Alejandro and the other hospitaleros 🫶🏻 AVM

Always a coin toss, but the hospitaleros were really great and helpful. Vegetarian/vegan meal available if you speak up early. Nice reflection in the chapel, a little different than others I have attended.

Didnt find it heartfull. No tour to virgin de la pena. And not spiritual way of speaking about other people. I wish I had moved on.

Victor was a great host and we found this Donotivo to be fantastic. We had stayed at the Granon Donot8vo the night before and we found this one smaller and was less crowded. We help make the dinner which was great and ample. We also were provided with a tour of the Inglies in the Cliff, which was in Spanish and English and wonderful. Highly recommend this place.

I loved this place. There was a tour of the church in the caves at 4pm which was wonderful. We all gathered at 6:30 to cook dinner together, then eat together, sing together, then there was a short and moving little service, then we all cleaned up together. You sleep on cots in the floor but I slept very well. It’s not luxurious in terms of beauty, but it is nourishing to the soul. Highly recommend

Camino ninja app says this place has vegetarian options. It does not. I asked the host about the food options and he was really put out and got defensive about it for some reason. There were 7 vegetarians staying and he didn’t want to accommodate. He eventually did but was not pleasant about it. This place is also very chilly. This was a let down after coming from the parrochial in Grañon which is an absolute delight for many reasons.

It’s a one-of-a kind experience. If you’re into city comfort and 3-course meal and satin sheet beds, this albergue is NOT for you. The humility of this place takes you to how pilgrims in the old days of St. James lived. The communal preparation of dinner, the prayer time and reading of prayer requests, to dishwashing cleanup and sleeping arrangements were a humbling experience. We were supposed to visit the church in the rocky mountaintop but it was raining so hard. Please donate an amount to help this place continue its operation.

An Enquity.
Is the bathroom on the same level as the dormitory?

It completely enriched my view of the camino. I recommend this place!

Similar to donativo in Grañon. Sleeping on floor, communal dinner, etc. The reflective/prayer service was very impactful, even for me who is not religious. If you haven't "felt anything" on your camino yet, you may feel it after an evening in this albergue. Would recommend to anyone seeking a deeper experience than the social camino vibe, if only for one night.

They only cook meat food for everyone and have a passive-aggressive attitude if you don’t join them in the 1 hour (!!) prayer.

The albergue restored my faith in humanity. What an experience. Sleeping on the floor is difficult but so is the Camino. I had to pinch myself a number of times to remind myself that I was really here.

This albergue changed my camino and therefore maybe changed me.
There are not luxuries. One sleeps on mats on the floor in a common room. Pilgrims prepare the evening meal together in the kitchen with the hospitalero and then can attend a prayer meeting.
The meeting was what had the greatest impact. The hospitalero spoke to us about he Camino: solitude, silence and arriving at Santiago. If your goal on the Camino is to walk a spiritual path this place can help you. It reminded me why i chose to walk the way and empowered me to walk the rest in the spirit of the sacred.

On the Camino it’s important to experience something different, I’ll never forget this place. Helping make dinner, sleeping on mats, singing, reflection in the small chapel all added to a rich experience that everyone should have.

Tosantos is special. I’d say stay there for the experience and decide if you want to do it again. The host and hospitaleros were amazing. The town has no store or even a vending machine. Walked to the bar it was closed. Tried to find someone with a key to the church on the rocks and they said the key holder is too old to complete the hike so I cannot see this site. If you carry food to here make sure it’s ready to eat, you cannot use the kitchen. So we had to wait til 8pm for the communal meal which was AMAZING! But too long to wait for me.