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English Guide for Camino Norte and Primitive routes

jlfrog

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Can anyone tell me the name and the author or where to get this book which this picture of it was posted in a blog.
 
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That guide was written in 2011 and I don't see an update.

The Norte and Primitivo have undergone many major changes in the last few years and is still changing due to its increased popularity as an alternative to the CF.

The guide may be very outdated. I chose not to use it last year.
 
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The Cicerone guide worked for me last year.
 
If you can make it through the Camino with whatever Spanish you speak, what about the Editoriales Buen Camino guide, in its 6th edition in May of 2014?
 
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I printed the guide off from euskadi.eus. I wasn't a fan of the Cicerone guide, a bit bulky/heavy with more information than I personally cared for. When I walked the Frances I used the Map only book from Brierley as all I'm particularly interested in is approximate distances between destinations and elevations. So the euskadi guide should be perfect.
 
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I've downloaded the guide from euskadi.eus and whilst it is very good for a free guide I'm not sure if it is enough in itself. Having done the Camino Frances with the Brierley book and knowing that the Camino del Norte isn't as well marked I've ordered the Cicerone guide.
 
Actually, the Norte is very well marked now.

I like to have a guide to have some information on the areas where I am walking. Information on sleeping is often very useful.

Many more people along the Norte now.
 
jlfrog said:
Can anyone tell me the name and the author or where to get this book which this picture of itView attachment 18285 was posted in a blog.
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That is not really a guide. It does not have accommodation info.
It is a good overview of the trail and highlights of the various towns along the route. If you can get an accommodation list from elsewhere you can manage it. I relied on the cicerone guide and used this overview for elevation profiles.
 
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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.
For the primitivo, I have pulled together stuff from the web, the cicerone guide, the CSJ guide and miscellaneous locations. its in the resource section of the forum. I'm on my ipad so I can't give you a link. If you want a word version, private message me and i'll email it to you. Liz
 
jlfrog said:
Can anyone tell me the name and the author or where to get this book which this picture of itView attachment 18285 was posted in a blog.
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jlfrog:

If you are bringing an iPad or iPhone you can use either gronze.com or the Eroski online guides. They are both very good and typically more update than paper back guides.

Ultreya,
Joe
 
Mark B said:
You can find that guide here:

http://tourism.euskadi.eus/contenidos/informacion/x65_folletos/en_x65/folletos/2011/santiago/Caminos del Norte INGLES.pdf

I think the tourist offices along the Norte made them available, too.
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Mark! I am doing the Camino for the first time this year starting the last week in May. I am looking at beginning on the North way in Irun and traveling to Oviedo at which point my companion and I would take a bus to Leon and finish on the French way. I am wondering if you have an idea of what a good timeline might be for that portion of the trip. I have looked at the book that is a guide to the northern ways, but it doesn't give a timeline at all, and I need to know roughly how long it will take as I only have 35 days to complete the trip. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you
Holly :]
 
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jlfrog said:
Thanks so much , I have the Cicerone guide so I'll use that. The Euskdi just seemed easier to read and has the elevations. Too bad it's not up to date. I appreciate all of your input. We will be starting in Irun on June 1.
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I wouldn't worry too much about guidebook elevations. They are usually mere representations of an "as the crow flies" line and not true reflections of the inclines you may encounter. And that hill will still be as high as its ever been whether you have contemplated it or not. The first few will be shorter and less steep than anticipated, the one before your anticipated lunch-stop much steeper and longer than described. Those thereafter will vary depending on your lunch, your hopes and your needs.

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Holly, just take a look at the Eroski site to start with. It has you walk for 20 days until you have to decide to head to Oviedo or to keep going along the coast. If heading towards Oviedo it's two more days.

Editorial Buen Camino has you in Oviedo in 19 days. Cicerone in has you at the Primitivo split on day 18, in Oviedo 2 days later. Hope this helps. But what I would suggest is that you buy a good guide and figure out what albergues will be open on your route and that time of the year and figure out what distances you feel you can walk in a day (because on CdN many albergues are only open in June, July and August).

As for Leon to Santiago, figure, again, looking at Eroski, some 13 days, give or take. So 20 or so plus 13 or so = 33 or so. With flying in and out, if that is part of the 35 days you have you may have to start in San Sebastian for example, or make a few longer ways, or skip an etapa here and there. Because these 33 days do not include a single day of rest.

Hope this helps.
 
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Holly:

If you look at the guides gronze.com, Eroski or Cicerone, they lay out proposed etapas/stages. You do not have to follow. I think 35 days will be plenty of time for the planned trip you have outlined above.

Ultreya,
Joe
 
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Hi Holly
I did what you intend last year and arrived in Oviedo on day 20 from Irun that included two rest days( Bilbao and San Vicente) rest day in Oviedo then bus to Leon,another rest day there and arrived in Santiago on day 36 . You should be ok with less days off.
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I just arrived at Bilboa airport and enquired about the guide at the tourist information desk at the airport and was handed a free copy. It's 2nd edition 2012 along with a 2012/2013 albergue guide
 

Hi Holly! Sorry for not responding sooner! I just don't sign in that often. But it looks like you had lots of help here anyway, and that timelines sound fine to me, too, though not much tarrying time (and Finisterre/Muxia will have to wait for another camino).

For what it's worth, when you're walking the Norte, consider taking the GR routes occasionally. Also, I really liked the Primitivo...
 
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