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Hi there, if you want I have nice files with all the stages from Sjdp to SdC. So you don’t need to carry any paper.I will be walking from La Virgen Del Camino just past Leon and trying to work out my own stages, but without a map it is doing my head in a bit...flipping from section to section in my Brierley guide or googling maps then zooming in and outCan anyone recommend a good old fashioned fold out paper map that will cover Leon - Santiago in enough detail to see all the smaller villages? Something I can order online and get sent to Australia if I can't find it here. Thanks!
Thanks for the 'Gronze' website info. Awesome maps etc. Any way to translate it into English? Is there a 'translate' button somewhere? Thanks!If you need only something to plan your stages, then look at
www.gronze.com
There you have a little map with distances and many information about Albergues.
If you really want a paper map - sorry - I can´t help you
I will start in Pamplona the 29th.Hiya! I too am doing the Camino from SJPP end April, may see you along the way. Travel safe!
Yes, from Australia. You will be very much in front of me...but Buen Camino!I will start in Pamplona the 29th.
Are you from Australia?
I’ll see you somewhere
I really like the small Michelin guide as well. Lightweight with best map detail i have seen.There is a small Michelin book with great maps for the Frances, do they do other Caminos?
Open Gronze in Google Chrome and the browser will automatically translate for you:Thanks for the 'Gronze' website info. Awesome maps etc. Any way to translate it into English? Is there a 'translate' button somewhere? Thanks!
But £27.99 for the set of maps and between £8 and £27.50 for postage - I'd rather buy a spare set of batteries!You need the Spanish IGN (Instituto Geografico Nacional) maps for stages 19-22 onwards. They're 1:50000 scale and aimed at walkers. In Spanish, with an English key, and available by post from Stanfords, London.
And their batteries never go flat!
Yes, the maps aren't cheap (probably cheaper in Spain) but which will last longer? And when you're sitting in your armchair in the care home in years to come (many, I hope!) can you see yourself reminiscing over a set of dud batteries?But £27.99 for the set of maps and between £8 and £27.50 for postage - I'd rather buy a spare set of batteries!
Ooh! Nice site - thanks for the link.Jeff has spurred me to find another source - I should have thought of The Map Shop immediately!
Have a look at Michelin Road Maps 'Regional Espania'. The scale isn't great at 1cm: 4km, but I found them very helpful when trying to look at the bigger picture - especially when doing the Via de La Plata last year.I will be walking from La Virgen Del Camino just past Leon and trying to work out my own stages, but without a map it is doing my head in a bit...flipping from section to section in my Brierley guide or googling maps then zooming in and outCan anyone recommend a good old fashioned fold out paper map that will cover Leon - Santiago in enough detail to see all the smaller villages? Something I can order online and get sent to Australia if I can't find it here. Thanks!
Have a look at Michelin Road Maps 'Regional Espania'. The scale isn't great at 1cm: 4km, but I found them very helpful when trying to look at the bigger picture - especially when doing the Via de La Plata last year.
The Caminos aren't marked, but if you also have a guide book you'll be fine.
If you have a Garmin GPS, take a look a 'Talkytoaster' (do a Google) for VERY cheap 1:50k mapping. I have their maps for Spain and UK....didn't cost a lot at all.
There is a small Michelin book with great maps for the Frances, do they do other Caminos?
I really like the small Michelin guide as well. Lightweight with best map detail i have seen.
You need the Spanish IGN (Instituto Geografico Nacional) maps for stages 19-22 onwards. They're 1:50000 scale and aimed at walkers. In Spanish, with an English key, and available by post from Stanfords, London.
And their batteries never go flat!
Yes, the maps aren't cheap (probably cheaper in Spain) but which will last longer? And when you're sitting in your armchair in the care home in years to come (many, I hope!) can you see yourself reminiscing over a set of dud batteries?
[/QUOFor the route from Saint-Jean the small Michelin booklet is #160.
That for the route from Le Puy to Saint-Jean (both in France) is #161.
I kept mine in a front pouch, so easily acessible. Best of all possible worlds:
- elevation guide with towns, villages and points of interest
- selection of albergue (gite in France)
- detailed map
- achievement indicator
@Anamiri , kia kaha (take care, be strong, get going)
If you launch with Chrome, it will translateHallo Annie,
no, there isn´t a translate button in gronze.
You "have to" translate with google - or better - ask Spanish pilgrims on your way and get in contact
Buen Camino
But guide books do not give you an overview and you have to keep flipping from one page to another. I know exactly what Holhum means, I want the same thing for the same reason.You may be better off getting a guide book. Many are smaller in size and will have all information you will need. The one I have used was "Hiking the Camino de Santiago" by Anna Dintaman & David Landis. It will add bit of weight on your pack but if you want a map, this book will have all maps you will need to walk the Camino.
To me a paper map is far better than a tiny map of a tiny piece of the route on a tiny screen. I'm a travel dinosaur like that. I still use paper maps when driving too. I know any number of people who have no real idea of where they have actually been because they used their satnav system.But £27.99 for the set of maps and between £8 and £27.50 for postage - I'd rather buy a spare set of batteries!
45 years as a Civil Engineer - I love maps and compasses but don't you just hate it when the bit you want to see is just off the edge of the paper map whereas, with a flick of your finger you can pan and zoom in on that tiny piece of the route on a tiny screen?To me a paper map is far better than a tiny map of a tiny piece of the route on a tiny screen. I'm a travel dinosaur like that. I still use paper maps when driving too. I know any number of people who have no real idea of where they have actually been because they used their satnav system.
45 years as a Civil Engineer - I love maps and compasses but don't you just hate it when the bit you want to see is just off the edge of the paper map whereas, with a flick of your finger you can pan and zoom in on that tiny piece of the route on a tiny screen?
on a tiny screen
Thanks for the 'Gronze' website info. Awesome maps etc. Any way to translate it into English? Is there a 'translate' button somewhere? Thanks!
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