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What books does everyone recommend for the camino frances? I'm looking for a guide book, with limited personal details and more about the facts of the trip, like where to eat or better yet not eat, sleep and such. Any help would be great, thanks.
 
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The first edition came out in 2003 and has become the go-to-guide for many pilgrims over the years. It is shipping with a Pilgrim Passport (Credential) from the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela.
You would not call it a guide book but almost indispensible is the CSJ's "The Camino Frances 2006"
http://tinyurl.com/hrfyk

It is packed with the most up to date details on where to sleep etc and is small and light so easy to carry.

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William

What books does everyone recommend for the camino frances? I'm looking for a guide book, with limited personal details and more about the facts of the trip, like where to eat or better yet not eat, sleep and such.
 
The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.

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