pilgrimglenn7
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- st james way and portugese
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Thanks mate and yes i am checking Google maps nowPamplona, Burgos and Compostela are quite straightforward; you just follow the yellow arrows.
Leon is a signposting mess, but you can ask for the cathedral (when coming) or the basilica of San Isidoro (when leaving).
As for your second question, go to google maps or open street maps; for the third, consult any of the guides available online. Do your planning homework...
Buen camino!
Buen Camino and many thanks for your help and site.I hope this is okay to post. I know you've mentioned previously that you're not going to be going for a year or so, but I'd recommend visiting this site and getting the full guide as a bit of a start to help you plan. It's very cheap to get the full guide and it has maps, lists towns in order, and has interesting historical information, too. You can also keep the link and download the updated version just before you leave for your camino in case the albergue information has changed.
Buen Camino and many thanks for your help and site.
Have you been on the way of st James?
Thanks mate
Thank you mate Buen CaminoNo worries! I went pretty much exactly five years ago. I found that guide the most useful for me, and threw it out page by page as I went to lessen the weight!
Paved roads in Spain are first class. Some of them are highways (the "autopista Camino de Santiago"), some local roads. Generally speaking, they go parallel to the Camino, with the exception of the route Napolleon between Saint Jean PP and Roncesvalles -but there is also the Valcarlos option.Thanks mate and yes i am checking Google maps nowwhat are the roads like for driving a car on? As i have my wife in a car but i be on a bicycle. She can't ride or walk.
Thanks again Buen Camino
I did the same. But now I just use an app they are even lighter!No worries! I went pretty much exactly five years ago. I found that guide the most useful for me, and threw it out page by page as I went to lessen the weight!
I just followed three pretty college girls out of Pamplona.Hey all
How hard is it to navigate in the cities of Pamplona, Bugos, Leon and Santiago de Compostela please and thank you.
What is name of the town's just before and after these cities please and thank you
Also what towns have the best historical places to visit please and thank you
Thanks all
Buen Camino
As I'm sure you'll have realised by now, most of the people here are walking the Camino and there's no way you can exactly match the walkers route to a road vehicle route: walkers can go the wrong way up a one-way road; they can go up and down flights of stairs (Sarria/Villafranca); they can go through parkland and countryside (er - just about everywhere!).Hey all
How hard is it to navigate in the cities of Pamplona, Bugos, Leon and Santiago de Compostela please and thank you.
What is name of the town's just before and after these cities please and thank you
Also what towns have the best historical places to visit please and thank you
Thanks all
Buen Camino
A friend and I witnessed an early Sunday morning walk of shame out of the centre of Burgos into the suburbs: she in high heels, mini-shorts and a cardigan wrapped tightly like body-armour, he in a brilliant white tracksuit and trainers. He was all cajoling, she tried, and at one stage succeeded, to push him out into the roadway.I just followed three pretty college girls out of Pamplona.
thanks Felipe and yes i have done this but i thought i ask about these cities nowPaved roads in Spain are first class. Some of them are highways (the "autopista Camino de Santiago"), some local roads. Generally speaking, they go parallel to the Camino, with the exception of the route Napolleon between Saint Jean PP and Roncesvalles -but there is also the Valcarlos option.
Bus is also possible, but requires planning in some quite isolated, rural stages.
There are many threads about doing the Camino on bycicle, especially related to the interaction with walkers. I suggest you consult them -use the "search" function.
thanks i was thinking of using a GPS also via a phone and now u mentioned it use the appI did the same. But now I just use an app they are even lighter!
thats goodI just followed three pretty college girls out of Pamplona.
Jeff mate you have never made a hindering statement to me yetAs I'm sure you'll have realised by now, most of the people here are walking the Camino and there's no way you can exactly match the walkers route to a road vehicle route: walkers can go the wrong way up a one-way road; they can go up and down flights of stairs (Sarria/Villafranca); they can go through parkland and countryside (er - just about everywhere!).
All cities are a pain to navigate through - Tarragona (not on the Camino - obs!) has a mass of one-way streets, one street goes one way, the next, parallel, one goes the other. Add to this the signs are in a different language; the highway authority assumes you already know where you want to go - try driving through/around London or Paris and looking for signs; it will be hot, noisy and you're driving a LHD vehicle (unless you're overlanding it from OZ?)
Are you taking a vehicle sat-nav system with you (TomTom/Garmin)? If so make sure you get the latest version of their Spanish map. We can give you a point of entry and point of exit for the four cities - plug those in to the unit and let it work out a road route for your wife to follow.
Sometimes it's simple: take Burgos - you enter in the east and go on and on and on and on and just when you were about to give up hope you exit on the west.
As for places to visit, Spain has several hundred years of history to trawl through - what are you interested in? Castles? Cathedrals? Churches? Art galleries? Museums? Vineyards? Yep, got all those.
All major Spanish cities have tourist information websites. Visit them (best on Google Chrome - it auto-translates) to see what's on offer.
Hope this helps rather than hinders!
I just followed three pretty college girls out of Pamplona.
I ended up in Michigan USA and the city of Battle CreekI did something similar. Ended up in Berlin
Glad you arrived safely mateI did something similar. Ended up in Berlin
I would recommend the Wise Pilgrim or the Buen Camino app. I believe they both have downloadable GPS that is really easy to follow. I always buy a Spanish SIM card from Orange for 20 Euros for 30 days. I like their plan because it gives me 80 minutes of calls in Spain only (Don't call anywhere else). I hardly use the calling feature. Only if I know it may be crowded one day to make a reservation in an albergue. More importantly you get 10 Gigs of internet. So I can use it to check the maps if I get lost and to call my wife and kids on Wattsapp if I have bad wifi. I have used it the last 2 Caminos and never even came close to running out of internet.thanks i was thinking of using a GPS also via a phone and now u mentioned it use the appwhich app do you recommend for an android?
Thanks so much mate. Can you private message me this please thank you Buen CaminoI would recommend the Wise Pilgrim or the Buen Camino app. I believe they both have downloadable GPS that is really easy to follow. I always buy a Spanish SIM card from Orange for 20 Euros for 30 days. I like their plan because it gives me 80 minutes of calls in Spain only (Don't call anywhere else). I hardly use the calling feature. Only if I know it may be crowded one day to make a reservation in an albergue. More importantly you get 10 Gigs of internet. So I can use it to check the maps if I get lost and to call my wife and kids on Wattsapp if I have bad wifi. I have used it the last 2 Caminos and never even came close to running out of internet.
Thanks mate so much. Very much appreciated Buen CaminoI use the AlpineQuest. It has a hiking map and a topographical rastered layer superimposed onto googlemaps with a GPS locater. All caminos are referenced on it down to 1/2500.
I couldn't get lost for very long if I tried
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