phones/apps/gps/maps

My albergue has a USB port directly above my bed for charging smartphones etc. There is no other outlet. Is this safe to use for my North American phone without having to use an adapter and wall outlet? Thanks in advance.

When I walked the Francés last fall, I used Camino Ninja (which, then already officially "dead," was wonderful). What app have you used to find and then book albergues, hostels, etc. along the Portuguese? I will be on the coast for the first day, then the inland route. Porto-Santiago. I'm...

Hi- Any recommendations for an android app that can track and provide a daily report of my progress? I don't need it for on the go mapping just something at the end of the day that can generate a graph with the elevation profile for the day, distance walked, elevation gained and time etc...

Hello. I'm sure it will be blindingly obvious once I know LOL .... can someone please tell me what the red symbol means (see photo attached)? Thank you

I used Maps.me for my whole journey on the VdlP and Invierno. Loved it. I downloaded each days track from gronze. So easy to just glance at the map and see where I was in relation to the Camino path or variant. I didn't really need to look for arrows or anything...... Free app, free track...

I am 75 miles out from Santiago and all of a sudden Buen Camino will not save a new daily stage. I tried deleting a bunch of old ones, with no success. Any ideas?

As a public service announcement, the Irish hiking app Hiiker is making all its GPX map files available for free. I've purportedly downloaded the GPX for the Camino Primitivo. Sadly, I don't actually know how to *use* it. Could a tech savvy pilgrim PM or post how this is used? I'm a huge...

I am planning to use Polarsteps and/or Find Penguins for the first time for my next camino. Maybe it would be nice to share accounts here, so we could follow each others caminos? Find Penguin: https://findpenguins.com/caminoluka Polarsteps: https://www.polarsteps.com/LonnekeLodder

Hello: I’ve tried numerous times to set up Alert Cops in Canada but without success. The issue is not receiving the verification code via sms. I figured the cause was my Canadian SIM card. Now here I am in Spain (Pamplona) with a Spanish SIM card and yet I have the same problem. The App uses a...

I am searching for an iPhone app that does one thing only, does it well, and does it accurately, which is to track mileage along the Camino. With the most popular apps, all too often they eventually/automatically go to into sleep mode and stop tracking miles. I am careful to configure iPhone...

I'm looking for help using godesalco. https://godesalco.com/plan/frances I pull up the website, chose the French route, click on the left side of the list choosing SJDPD (starting location), then click on the right side choosing Ponferrada (arrival location), and for an intermediate location I...

Hello, I am walking the coastal route beginning of June and wondering about free Wi-Fi access starting in Porto. I am coming from the U.S. and curious about what I should do about international access. I have Verizon. Thanks, Laurie

I was at A Santiago albergue/Hotel last night snd left my Australian adapter in the wall, so l know have no way to charge my phone. I am in Atapuerca tonight snd Burgos tomorrow. Can anyone offer me any help?? Thank you Chris

I’m three days into the Frances and can’t figure out how to calculate mileage between destinations. Last Fall, I was able to touch and hold a town name and it would set that town as the starting point and then adjust the mileage going forward. So, for example, I’m in Akerreta now and I would...

Hello Everyone, Virgin mobile are currently joining with O2. The result is that Virgin are not currently covering roaming in Spain until the 17th of May, 2023. I was left for days without mobile coverage and had to buy a spanish SIM and rely on my friends for several days. If I had been...

Sim cards! Bear with me as this is a very long post and I write it in the hope that it will help someone else avoid the problems I have had. I am walking the Camino in April and May and then traveling throughout Europe and beyond for possibly up to 12 months. I want to I have access to data and...

As there is a lot of information on camino routes (gpx files) and a lot of information on albergues in Open Street Map (OSM), I thought I would put it together to help me with my planning. It may be useful to others...

Husby and I always fight to get to the outlet plugs at the end of the day and he usually wins...at least until he heads for the shower, when I unplug all his stuff and plug mine in, resulting in a bit of marital discord. With watches, phones, a Garmin Mini, AirPods…those conveniences are pretty...

So, 8 weeks out from the day we leave, I developed Achilles tendonitis. The physio says rest, so Ive lost my final two months training 😏. At this stage it's all looking a bit questionable, but I'm determined to still give it a go. If I start walking and find the steep incline too painful, am I...