In all the various pilgrim surveys and polls, one albergue consistently ranks as the best albergue on the Camino. What makes it special? Well, it is definitely not the soft mattresses on nice comfortable beds.

After walking the Camino, sister Catherine from Ireland noticed a pilgrims need for reflection on the Camino experience. With that mind she started a program known as the Camino companions.

Albergues on the Camino provide physical nourishment for the body, a place to rest and recuperate for the way ahead. Marist Fathers, a religious congregation born in France in 1836, noticed an even greater need.