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🇪🇸 Camino FRANCÉS (Most popular route)

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How much road walking on the Camino Frances?
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Camino Frances in August, what if you can't find a bed?
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Where to from Bayonne or Biarritz ?
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Souvenirs from Santiago
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Pilgrim Credencial
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Camino Way markers in Bronze
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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Single Use Plastics
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Wednesday in Santiago?? What happened.
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Credencial
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Seeking "Kathy" and "Ronnie"
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Keeping this invaluable forum alive
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    Icacos
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    KiwiBrownz
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    Trees that line the Camino to Mansilla...
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    Altus 24 Liters daypack (DENON 24 H30)
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    2024 edition: The Brierley Camino Frances Guide
    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.
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    Our Leon to Santiago de Compostela Camino.
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