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Wise Pilgrim APPVegacervera has the Albergue El Chalten, whose owner is a real camino supporter. The albergue consists of cabins with bunks for 12-16 people. When the albergue is full, the owner takes pilgrims into his own home — he promised Ender he'd take care of pilgrims, and he does.
Hotel Chousa Verde is supposed to give a pilgrim rate, but results vary. Meson La Cocinona, affiliated with a family-run embutidos factory, is the best place to eat in town — not ideal for vegetarians, but the quality is excellent.
For artisan yoghurt fans, Coladilla yoghurt (made 2 km further along the camino) is goat milk yoghurt from a young couple who took over the family operation and went artisanal. You can find some for sale at the embutidos factory shops in Vegacervera, along with fruit and dried snacks.
Another great day with one very difficult descent that can be avoided. About 7 km from Vegacervera, in the village of Villar, there's a hairy descent — not a path, just sharp jagged rocks. It takes 30-40 minutes to descend about 100 m.
Go out from Villar to the start of the descent, judge for yourself, and if it looks too risky, go back to Villar and take the 5 km road walk into La Vid de Gordon instead.
If you can handle it, you'll be rewarded with a stroll through a gorge, a beautiful beech forest, and abandoned mines. The first town after is Cinera, with bars and a mine elevator in the plaza commemorating 6 miners killed in a 2013 methane explosion.
Between La Vid and Buiza, markings are few and the path can be unclear — GPS is helpful here.
