THE GOOD CAFETARIAS: 2026
START YOUR DAILY WALK HERE:
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1. La Taberna, in Calle San Miguel, Pamplona.
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| In the Heasrt of Pamplona, close to San Nicolás. |
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| They sell bread, drinks, cakes. |
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| Latest visits: June/July 2026. |
2. Pannus, Burgos. On the river side, near the cathedral. The bread is baked on premises! Note that most of the coffeeshops nearby are not very good: lukewarm coloured water.
3. La Vermutería. Astorga. On Plaza Obispo Alcolea not far from the Gaudí Palace.
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| Latest visit: February 2026 |
4. "Ameixa". Arzúa. At the bus stop.
5. Restaurante, Cafetería "Sevilla", on the Plaza in Villafranca del Bierzo.
6. Cafetería "El Paseo", Puente la Reina (near busstop)
8. Cafetería "El Muelle".
Plaza Galicia. Santiago de Compostela
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9. Café Sport, in Rúa Argentina, Santiago de Compostela (next to Hotel Mexico).
10. "O balcón das Brañas". Busstation, Intermodal, Santiago
11. "Rosalía Star Cafetería", Vigo.
In Calle Rosalía de Castro, 59, Vigo. (Between Railway Stations Urzaiz and Guixar. From Urzaiz you take the large, white elevator down and enter the street. The café will appear on your left. From Guixar Station you enter a street named Serafín Avendaño 50 meters on the right side of the Station. After some 100 meters the café appears on the right. Ignore other cafés!) High quality food and coffee. Sometimes very busy and no service at all.
12. CAFE MONACO - LOS ARCOS (NAVARRA)
At the bus stop.
N.B. Recently (in a coffee shop) I met an Australian couple who walked from St. Jean Pied de Port to Santiago. They had prepared two years, and asked me: "Why are you here, and not in Australia?" I did not give them an answer because leaving Australia is the best thing I have ever done in my life. Nothing comes close! I do sincerely thank the following persons (most of them academics in Adelaide and Brisbane.)
Maricarmen Robson
María Helena Lorenzín
Mari Luz Long
Charo and Tony Collins
Neil and Alison Paulett
Margot Noel
Dan Plooy
Claire Bruce
José María Díaz
Carmen de Miguel
Anne Friedman
Peter Cryle
If you really plan to walk long distance (800 kms) you can still do it, but: prepare and save up. You may obtain a lot of information from the Internet. Plan your daily walks a few days ahead, reduce your luggage, practice at home. Be aware of physical as well as mental changes. Book hotels half a year in advance (with cancelation option). Budget hotels fill up quickly and the prices go up anyway.
Transport: (Always CHECK the facts, nothing is for ever!)
* Pamplona - Roncesvalles: Autobuses Artieda. (Alsa from Valcarlos or St Jean Pied de Port?)
* Between Pamplona and Logroño: La Estellesa.
* Between Logroño and Burgos: Jiménez Movilidad (good!)
* Between Burgos and León: Alsa Ruta 35 once a day. (good!)
* From León onwards: Monbus and Alsa.
Renfe: always available, but the station in Burgos is not in the center of town. You have to take a city bus from Plaza España.