Day 6 Estella to Sansol

We left Estella less than well rested after an extremely hot & noisy night, but once we hit the road again and started walking all that tiredness really fell away pretty quickly and we were looking forward to free-flowing wine at the Irache Monastery wine fountain, spolier... it was less than free flowing...

In this episode we wait for free wine only to be disappointed, run into the law (Civil Guard) and get away with just a passport stamp as well as defying the guidebook and powering past the recommended stop in Los Arcos, adding an extra 8km onto the end of the day to reach Sansol for the night.

We had our doubts about this plan when everyone else was taking off their boots and starting to relax in Los Arcos but it worked out well in the end with Sansol being one of our favourite stops on the entire Camino.

There are so many beautiful towns and places along the way and Sansol is just a very small town, but it had a nice restaurant for a snack and a cold drink in the afternoon and the Palacio de Sansol where we stayed was just an amazing stop. The building has been in the owner's family for a long time and in recent years has undergone a massive refurbishment and setup as an Albergue. The owner welcomed all the pilgrims and personally cooked us dinner and talked a bit about his family and the history of the building. I still remember the meal and even though it wasn't flashy or expensive it is one of the stops that sticks in my mind to this day.

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• Palacio de Sansol (booking.com)
  Where we stayed in Sansol. This was one of our favourite stops on the whole Camino! The restored Palacio is amazing and the owner is super friendly. You can book private rooms on booking, you can also just arrive on a first-come first-served basis for bunk rooms as with any other Albergue
• The Civil Guard (let chrome translate if needed)
  We ran into the Civil guard patrolling the long 12km stretch of the walk with no water to make sure everyone was ok. They provide support for pilgrims and you can call 062 when in Spain to reach them by phone or check out the website. It's in Spanish but chrome translation does a good job to English.