Daniel Crowe
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino Frances 2018
VDLP (2020)
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By all means take a guidebook if you want, but the apps and Kindle versions of guidebooks (such as the Village to Village guide suggested above) don't need a signal to work as everything is downloaded on your phone.I know phones and google maps etc is all very good but having a book means you don't have to worry about loss of signal or dropping it in the toilet!
I had downloaded the Northern Camino guidebook and a few years earlier i had all the Wise Pilgrim apps that I bought in a bundle. I think it is a personal choice but I found the Wise Pilgrim app to be much better for me. There is a downloadable GPS map and if you go with the actual book there are good maps and directions as well as lists of places to sleep.Wise Pilgrim for sure.
How are you all?
I'm doing the Camino Del Norte on Sept 14th starting in Irun and I'm looking around for the best guide book for the trip? I know at this particular moment that every guide book is less accurate than it was but can anyone recommend one for me, please?
I know phones and google maps etc is all very good but having a book means you don't have to worry about loss of signal or dropping it in the toilet! haha If push comes to shove I can use the phone and book, but I'd sooner have the book.
Thank you!
To save weight you can get the Brierly maps only book from the forum store.I am totally sold on the Brierly guides, purely due to the maps.
To save weight you can get the Brierly maps only book from the forum store.
2020/21 edition: Maps Only Guide to the Camino Francés
This is the 2020 edition of this book. If you are planning a walk in 2021, get the 2020 edition (no new 2021 edition will be published) and download free pdf updates here for 2021 (link to pdf coming later on this page). 112 page paperback in full colour. This condensed and ultra lightweight...www.santiagodecompostela.me
Except the maps only guide is available in digital form, which really makes no sense. I'd prefer to carry the physical map part, and have the rest on my Kindle app.Yes, I have those too
Don't tell Mr B, but because he won't produce digital guide books, I used to tear out the maps, and just carry those.
Except the maps only guide is available in digital form, which really makes no sense. I'd prefer to carry the physical map part, and have the rest on my Kindle app.
Very true!
I actually just carry Mr B's stage maps in paper form.
The concertina maps at the front of the books.
It tucks into my passport/credential 'purse'.
I make notes on them, like where I'm staying, places of interest etc.
It's nice to unfold them, and see all the stages 'on a page', for planning purposes and to see what's coming up next.
I think Guide Books are a very personal thing in many ways.
It depends what is important to you, and how you like the information presented.
I like a Guide Book with good maps.
So for me, the Wise Pilgrim books don't suit me. (I have the Apps too)
The town maps are far too small to read (as is much of the text) and the stage maps are rather bland with not much useful information, just icons.
I am totally sold on the Brierly guides, purely due to the maps.
Simple, high contrast, with just the right information.
OK, they are sketches more than 'maps' but I find them really good.
I buy those guides just for the maps.
I have others, Raimund Joos, Gerald Kelly, Cicerone, Miam Miam DoDo (terrible maps) Village to Village (quite good maps) etc.
But Brierley are my 'go to' Guides. If only for the maps.
But...........I see he doesn't have one for the Norte! Dang.
But at the end of the day, it's very personal.
Online I use Gronze a lot
Gentleman, thanks a lot. I had a Brierley book for the Camino Frances and it was brilliant. He was my immediate go to for this trip as well, but as you say he doesn't have one! Option B so.I think Guide Books are a very personal thing in many ways.
It depends what is important to you, and how you like the information presented.
I like a Guide Book with good maps.
So for me, the Wise Pilgrim books don't suit me. (I have the Apps too)
The town maps are far too small to read (as is much of the text) and the stage maps are rather bland with not much useful information, just icons.
I am totally sold on the Brierly guides, purely due to the maps.
Simple, high contrast, with just the right information.
OK, they are sketches more than 'maps' but I find them really good.
I buy those guides just for the maps.
I have others, Raimund Joos, Gerald Kelly, Cicerone, Miam Miam DoDo (terrible maps) Village to Village (quite good maps) etc.
But Brierley are my 'go to' Guides. If only for the maps.
But...........I see he doesn't have one for the Norte! Dang.
But at the end of the day, it's very personal.
Online I use Gronze a lot!
Thanks a lot for that Trecile. Looks like a no-brainer to get that one eh!I use both the Wise Pilgrim and Buen Camino apps. I prefer the Buen Camino app, as it has more features, including a stage planner, and it shows you how far you are to the next town as you are walking.
I look at Wise Pilgrim for albergue reviews. Buen Camino has star ratings, but not written reviews. Buen Camino is free, so there is no risk downloading it.
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