Hospitalero Training to be offered in March

We are pleased to be able to offer another training session for hospitaleros the weekend of March 23-25, in Victoria BC. If you are interested in giving back to the Camino and traveling to Spain (or France) again, please consider this training. The training that we offer is based on that which is offered in Spain and it is the Federacíon there that organizes the assignments to their albergues....about 20.  The training also qualifies you to serve in Miraz or Rabanal, the two albergues that are owned by the Confraternity of Saint James in London.
If you would like to know more about what it's like to be a hospitalero/a, please click on the links to the right. You will also find links to a typical training schedule (Friday dinner to Sunday afternoon) and the registration form for this training in Victoria.
And further down on this blog (November 7) you can read the emails from three of our hospitaleros who were posted in Nájera, Santo Domingo de la Calzada and Grañon during the same two weeks in October. From these emails, you will get a real flavour for what it is like to be back on the hosting side of the camino.

Hospitalero training in Victoria in Spring 2012, TBA

Dates for hospitalero training in Victoria have not yet been set. Please see below for training offered by the America Company of Pilgrims and watch this space for further information.

Hospitalero training in sunny California!

Hospitalero Training Registration Available!
January 13-15, 2012
Menlo Park, CA

Do you remember your favorite albergue?  Chances are there was a friendly hospitalero who greeted you and made you feel at home.  Maybe you got a foot massage, or someone helped with your blisters.  Would you like to be that hospitalero in someone elses Camino?


American Pilgrims is offering a weekend training course for those who would like to volunteer this coming year.  Our arrangement with the Spanish Federation of Friends of the Camino opens almost two dozen albergues for volunteer opportunities.  If you have traveled the Camino, the basic requirements are a short hospitalero course, a willingness to serve, and a love of the Camino.


This course will be offered January 13-15, 2012 in Menlo Park, California.  Cost includes food, housing, and a very enjoyable training experience. Registration is available online at Hospitalero Training on our website www.americanpilgrims.com.   Forms are also available online if you prefer to mail in your registration.

Please contact us at hospitalerotraining@americanpilgrims.com if you have questions or have any difficulty accessing the forms.

Buen camino