FRIENDS ASSOCIATION OF THE SANTIAGO ROAD THROUGH VALDEORRAS
News and Notices
NOTICES
DELIVERY OF THE COMPOSTELA: The Pilgrim's office began operating again on July 1, 2020. OPENING OF THE HOSTELS The shelters of the Xunta de Galicia began to open on July 1, 2020.
HOSTEL OF PRIARANZA. The pilgrim hostel in Villavieja, in Priaranza del Bierzo, is open. It has wifi. Telefono 987 420 806
PRICE OF THE HOSTELS FROM THE 8TH OF OCTOBER 2019 THE PRICE OF THE STAY IN THE HOSTELS OF THE PUBLIC NETWORK OF GALICIA HOSTELS WILL GO FROM € 6 (SIX) TO € 8 (EIGHT).
INFORMATION POINT * THE HOSTEL "A CASA DA SOLAINA" IN A RÚA DE VALDEORRAS HAS DEFINITELY CLOSED, BECOMING AN INFORMATION POINT FOR PILGRIMS: DELIVERY AND SEALING OF CREDENTIALS, SUPPLY OF THE WAY GUIDE ETC.-In the menu on this page (Hostels and Bars) and in the Camino Guide that is also announced on this website, the pilgrim will find cheap hostels in which he can comfortably stay.
NEWS
The Xunta de Galicia grants a subsidy of € 10,000 to the Association of Friends of the Camino por Valdeorras for the adaptation of the chapel of San Andrés (A Rúa de Valdeorras) as an Information Point of the aforementioned Camino.
The Xunta will allocate 212,293 euros to the enhancement of the Camino de Inverno as it passes through Quiroga See link
Conference of Asunción Arias, President of the Association, in Pamplona on February 1, 2020
Conference in Pamplona on the Winter Trail. See news in the Ourense Region. Link
El Camiño de Inverno lives the greatest progression of the Jacobean routes The Via da Prata stagnates and was the only one that lost pilgrims in four years LALÍN / La Voz de Galicia 03/31/2019 See LINK
INTERVIEW ON RADIO GALEGA. PROMOTING THE WINTER ROAD http://www.crtvg.es/rg/a-carta/a-tarde-a-tarde-do-dia-05-10-2016-2389061
OUR ASSOCIATION ON THE GALLEGA TELEVISION. PROMOTING THE WINTER WAY: http://www.crtvg.es/tvg/a-carta/a-revista-fds-2382228 This is a report on the WINTER WAY, broadcast by Televisión de Galicia. It is only interesting to see between the minutes 14´25´´ and 18´35´´. The rest deals with other topics.
THE EXHIBITION ON THE WINTER ROAD INAUGURATED IN SANTIAGO. Puerta del Camino Hotel. 02-29-2020. See complete information at La Voz de Galicia.
Heroines and hosts of the Camiño. Report in Somos Comarca
Report on Galician Television about the Winter Trail Exhibition http://www.crtvg.es/tvg/a-carta/a-revista-fds-4446665?t=7024
PILGRIMAGE OF A JAPANESE DELEGATION The Archbishop of Santiago received the Japanese Delegation that in June made the Winter Trail. They were accompanied by the illustrious historian Isidro García Tato, the author of the Guide to the Winter Trail José D. Rúa Pérez and the mayors of the towns where the aforementioned Trail runs.
-The Official Gazette of Galicia publishes the Signposting Manual for the Camino de Santiago. Change the direction of the scallop. See TIPS -The Winter Trail will be set up between 2017 and 2019 and will be promoted in 2020. According to the Master Plan of the Xunta de Galicia.
Camba will place vertical signs on the Camino in the town center. It will act on this route in Río, Penerbosa and on the section between Mouriz and Vence - It will signpost all kilometer points with plaques See link
THE NUMBER OF PILGRIMS ON THE WINTER ROAD MULTIPLIES BY TEN IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS. See statements by Asunción Arias and the President of the Association of Mayors of the Winter Way in Comarca.com
José Rúa: "The lack of the Camino is still the lack of hostels" November 10, 2019 CURRENT AFFAIRS, WINTER WAY. We are a region. See LINK
Asun Arias: "The Way is maintained thanks to the work of the Associations of Friends" May 27, 2018 CURRENT AFFAIRS, WINTER WAY
