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The Xunta albergues don’t take bookings. There are two in Santiago.

Checked online 30 September 2026

The public albergues (pilgrim hostels) run by the Xunta de Galicia (regional government) can’t be booked. It’s first come, first served. They cost €10 per person per night, open their doors from 13:00 to 22:00, turn the lights off at 22:30 and you have to leave before 8:00. One night only.

If you’ve read that you can book them online, you weren’t misled: there used to be a booking website and it no longer exists. Many guides haven’t removed it.

Order of priority: first pilgrims with physical limitations, then those on foot, on horseback, by bike and, last of all, those with a support car.

Albergue de San Lázaro (Santiago): Parroquia de San Lázaro, 15707. Phone +34 981 571 488. Check-in from 9:00 to 22:00. Showers, kitchen, paid washing machine and lockers. Going by the coordinates the Xunta publishes, it’s about 2.7 km in a straight line east of the Cathedral, where the French Way comes in. It’s not in the old town.

Albergue de Monte do Gozo: Lugar San Marcos, calle Monte do Gozo, 15820. Check-in from 13:00 to 22:00. Showers, kitchen and paid washing machine. Going by the Xunta’s coordinates, it’s about 3.7 km in a straight line east of the Cathedral, where the French Way comes in.

If you come in from the south (Portuguese Way), neither of them is on your way: both are to the east, where the French Way comes in, on the other side of the city.

Arriving without a bed? Turismo de Santiago publishes every day the places that have free beds today, with price and phone. Each establishment enters its own data. See today's free beds on Turismo de Santiago.

When you don’t need this: If you arrive in Santiago with a hotel or guesthouse booked, you don’t need this. And if you want to sleep in the old town, neither of the two public albergues is there.

Pending: How many beds each one has and what time they fill up in summer: the Xunta doesn’t publish this. I’ll ask at the door and put it here, with the date.

Sources (every detail on this page comes from here):

Signed: David Sousa, from Teo (Santiago de Compostela). If something has changed and I don’t know yet, email me at [email protected].

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Questions

What if I arrive at 23:00?

The doors close at 22:00. The Xunta doesn’t publish any exceptions. Don’t count on getting in.

Can I stay two nights?

No. The rule in the public network is one night only.

Do you need a credential?

The network’s official page doesn’t specify this. The albergue pages do ask for it. Bring it.

Spotted something wrong? Tell me

I read it myself and check the source before changing anything. Don’t include personal data.

What next?

See what’s still open at the time you arrive, or what you still have time to do: Santiago, now. If something else has come up: I have a problem.

Where to sleep? Albergues in Santiago de Compostela: public and private, with their phone and the ones closest to the gate you walk in through.

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