Albergue de Peregrinos Caminha

Very friendly vibes! Host welcoming and you're greeted with cold fresh lemon water. Checkout is slightly earlier at 7:45am. Slept in a 4 women dorm and it was nice and quiet. Doors lock at 22:00. Shower facilities were a little basic - only curtains dividing the area and no hot water by the time I arrived (17:30). Great kitchen with things you need if you want to cook.

A happy place to stay after a long day's walking. Staff were kind and helpful with lots of suggestions. I am travelling alone and people are very friendly when I reach out to them. I certainly would recommend this Albergue to all pilgrims and keep coming back ODAAT.

Pros: 10 euros, good kitchen and hand washing stations, hot water in shower, nice volunteers who had cold lemon water on the counter for everyone

Cons: Many squeaky beds in one hot basement room, adjoined to a preschool so children screaming all afternoon, no curtains separating men's showers.

What a wonderful hostel! Beautiful interior, nice staff, clean bathroom and toilets, and a beautiful kitchen/ community area. Big and charming garden with a small pool for saltwater foot baths!

Three very kind and lovely beings. So kind to let us in an hour earlier than posted opening time at 3 pm. We (4) arrived quite early after 6 hrs of non-stop drizzle. Decided to leave our bags in line with one person to stand guard while the other 3 go find lunch. He was allowed inside so he didn't have to stand outside in the rain. The bags remained outside. Kindness much appreciated.

As I was checking in after almost 20 miles of walking… i realized my passport was missing. They helped spread the word on an albergue owners/operator and called the restaurant I had eaten at earlier today. When it was found they helped make it easy to pick up! Forever great full!!

Check-in is not 14:00 but 15:00.

Nice place! Good price! I slept as women in one room alone with 4 more beds and few men stayed in big room.
I took ferry/water taxi in the morning around 8:20. It's better to make reservation online!!! Don't panic, when there is no ferryman,ask lady in kiosk, she can call him.

We asked to stay but the albergue was full. We told the hospitalero we had sleeping mats with us and that we could sleep on the floor in a room where our friends were staying, but he refused due to “safety concerns”.
We were allowed to eat in with our friends, but at 21:30 we were thrown out due to noise complaints nobody submitted (no pilgrim came from the sleeping area), way before silent hour (22:30). Our stuff was in the hostel, but we could not collect it: basically part of our backpack (and shoes) were stolen. Luckily our friends brought it outside, but they were scolded and threatened to be expelled as well. By that time the door was locked as well, preventing anyone from leaving, talking about security…
He advised us to go and sleep with our tent in a city park, where at 3AM sprinklers went off and wetted one of us who was in a hammock

TL;DR unhelpful guy running the albergue almost stole our stuff

This albergue us once again open.

This albergue is closed. It's not noted anywhere else that I could find that the albergue was closed but I found out as soon as I walked up to the door and the sign says it's closed. I was hoping for help to get to the other side of the Minho River to A Guarda since the ferry and the water taxis were not running.

The Albergue is okay, there‘s one big room for 26 people and a small one for 4. It opens at 2pm and gives places to stay according to the order of arrival, so make sure you’re on time! (They do not allow more than 30 pilgrims.) Bathrooms are not that nice but works when you don’t have high expectations. It has a great kitchen and washing sinks for clothes.

Don't use this Albergue. Remember the ferry only goes at 14h00 on a Sunday, €1.5 or €5 fisherman's boat. Better to go into Spain if you can.

Old, smelly, mouldy Albergue. Health risk - pay extra and get yourself a proper place to stay, just for one night then.

This Albergue is currently under renovation. There are no helpful suggestions to alternatives posted anywhere. All three numbers provided on the door rings out. After a very long walk, one expect some kind of assistance regarding alternatives. Nada. No callbacks .