The municipal hostel of the pilgrims Jesús and María was submitted over the last month to certain adaptation workto improve some Defects detected in the roadway of the property. Pamplona City Hall invested 30,027 euros in the renovation of part of the floor. The Presidential Commission of the Consistory visited the inn this morning to check the improvements made on site.
THE renovation work focused on the pavement of the right side nave of this old church, already desecrated, as well as the previous vestibule.
The property, built in the 16th centurysince 2007 has hosted a pilgrims hostelafter renovation work carried out a year earlier. In them, they decided to renew the use of the old church by introducing some wooden cabins in the side navesas rooms, but without intervening in the foundations of the building. This is why the original floor covering and, on top, a vinyl covering was applied.
This solution already showed some weaknesses 2011when work had to be carried out in the left side nave because of deck rot under siding.
Then he was replaced flooring and vinyl by ceramic tiles both in the left side nave and in the vestibule preceding this area.
This year, the situation was repeated in the right side navewhere sinkholes have been detected in the original platform due to wood rot. The town hall thus accepted its renewal, awarding the work by 30,027 euros.
These were carried out in the month of Octobertaking advantage of a drop in demand for this hostel dedicated to pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago and tourists. The work consisted of replace the pallet and its slat for a new support, from a self-leveling concrete screed. On this one the same ones were installed ceramic tiles than the rest of the ship.
More than a hundred beds for pilgrims
He Jesus and Mary Inn has 112 beds intended to welcome pilgrims from Way of Saint James and tourists. The beds are distributed in the side naves of the old church, in wooden cabins as bedrooms.
Each cabin houses between two and three berths. Additionally, the center has various facilities, such as washers and dryers, kitchen and dining room and living room. THE central nave remains free, like a multipurpose spaceto host exhibitions or concerts.
In September 2023Pamplona City Hall has once again entrusted the management of the hostel to ASPACE Navarre Foundation for the rest five yearsthat is to say until September 2028.
This administrative concession was reserved for space centers for non-profit employment or social initiatives, as well as for integration companies. The winner’s commitment is to keep the shelter open for all year roundexcept for Christmas and San Fermín.
He hostelwhich has a cost of 11 euros for pilgrimsremains open Monday to Sunday, from 12 p.m. to 11 p.m.. People who want to stay must reserve a place in writing (fax, email) or directly to the hostel itself. However, between the May 1 and September 30reservations are not accepted and the the night limit is one night.
Inside January 2023the shelter joined temporary municipal resources to take care of the extraordinary needs of the homeless during the cold snap, thus completing the offer proposed by the Trinitarios Homeless Care Center. In 2024there was no need to integrate him into the municipal resource network for the homeless, since he had the González Tablas Hostelin collaboration with the Government of Navarra.
