Camino Quick Guide. Walking the Way of Saint James

Index Year 2022

1. The Way of Saint James

History

The Camino today

Pilgrim or tourist, walker

Routes to Compostela

The stages

Types of roads

2. Make the decision

The reason

Which route to choose

Books and guides

Alone or accompanied

Budget

In summary: yes or no

3. Planning

Starting point

The start date

Plan the stages

Accommodations

4. Preparations

Test routes

Clothing and footwear

Backpack and cane

Luggage

Mobile and camera

Pilgrim's Credential

Take care

5. Running

The first day

Some things to do

6. The stages

A personal experience

Some things that happen

7. The French Camino

Distances

Accommodations visited

Stages

1. Roncesvalles - Burguete

2. Burguete - Zubiri

3. Zubiri - Pamplona

4. Pamplona - Puente la Reina

5. Puente la Reina - Estella

6. Estella - Los Arcos

7. Los Arcos - Viana

8. Viana - Logro?o

9. Logro?o - N?jera

10. N?jera - Santo Domingo de la Calzada

11. Sto Domingo de la Calzada - Belorado

12. Belorado - Ag?s

13. Ag?s - Burgos

14. Burgos - Hontanas

15. Hontanas - Boadilla del Camino

16. Boadilla - Carri?n de los Condes

17. Carri?n de los Condes - Terradillos

18. Terradillos - El Burgo Ranero

19. El Burgo - Mansilla de las Mulas

20. Mansilla de las Mulas - Le?n

21. Le?n - San Mart?n del Camino

22. San Mart?n del Camino - Astorga

23. Astorga - Rabanal del Camino

24. Rabanal del Camino - El Acebo

25. El Acebo - Ponferrada

26. Ponferrada - Villafranca del Bierzo

27. Villafranca del Bierzo - Las Herrer?as

28. Las Herrer?as - O Cebreiro

29. O Cebreiro - Triacastella

30. Triacastella - Sarria

31. Sarria - Portomar?n

32. Portomar?n - Palas de Rei

33. Palas de Rei - A Fraga Alta

34. A Fraga Alta - O Pedrouzo

35. O Pedrouzo - Santiago de Compostela

8. The Compostela

9. To be continued...

10. Acknowledgments

11. Basic Spanish vocabulary

12. My own notes

If you are an urbanite who has spent his life locked in four walls, it is logical that now you want to go out into the country. If you work all your life sitting, it is very logical that you want to walk. If you stay in insane and sad offices, you want to breathe clean air. If your days are filled meeting with colleagues and clients, now you want to enjoy solitude. If you must achieve absurd objectives, you want to do something where the end is not a goal.

Now you can say goodbye to all that, and alone or accompanied, go to the Camino de Santiago.

Buen Camino !

About the author

Juan Mart?n-Garc?a is Spanish, 60 years old, author of a recognized book over the history of Spain. He has done the Camino only once, he is not a walking expert, nor an athlete. His motivation for doing the Camino was to understand why hundreds of thousands of people not only start, but complete every year a 500-mile journey.

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