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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.
The Sobrado do Monxes monastery. You can detour there from the Camino Frances at either Melide or Arzua; roughly 20 km up and 20 km back, but well worth it. Read more in this earlier Forum thread.
Hello, two weeks ago, I finished the Camino Francés, and while all the recent memories have not properly settled yet, I think enough time has passed to write a bit about my experience of the...
Big stupid question: what if, in the middle of a stage, I realize I can't really walk anymore? For whatever reason, fatigue, pain, etc. How others have treated this? Are there buses usually...
A recent post by @Kirkie in another older thread about the descent has prompted me to make this post. In it she tells us this:
"I wrote to turismo.web@navarra.es
The reply I got just now - I...
I think I messed up my stages. Following Brierly now after being off stage during the busy sections. Brierly has a stage from Molinaseca to villafranca del Bierzo. And then one potentially...
Hi,
I’m an 18-year-old leaving for the Camino Frances in a few days. I’m doing it solo with quite a small spanish vocabulary and those are the two things that I’m a bit nervous about. Any last...
Profile maps of all 34 stages of the Camino Frances
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