Guidebook needed?

[Kiwi-family]

I have the Camino Madrid route on maps.me and a self-compiled spreadsheet of distances, elevation profiles, accommodations, phone numbers, prices, supermercados, opening hours of castles and notes about when there is no food in which place or when to take the road to avoid a pine forest etc
Do I need a guide?

 

[Hiawatha]

Seems to me that you could become a 'guide' your self Kiwi

 

[C clearly]

I think you might need one to weight you down, as otherwise you seem likely to take off in excitement!

 

[Deleted member 67185]

I have the Camino Madrid route on maps.me and a self-compiled spreadsheet of distances, elevation profiles, accommodations, phone numbers, prices, supermercados, opening hours of castles and notes about when there is no food in which place or when to take the road to avoid a pine forest etc
Do I need a guide?

No.

 

[jsalt]

I bought the Kindle version of the CSJ guide, and have it on my phone.
This link might take you there:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0777N51P5/?tag=casaivar02-20

It's worth the donation
Jill

 

[camino07]

I have the latest CSJ guide and have added notes from blogs etc.

 

[timr]

@Kiwi-family
I agree with @jsalt
I walked last year. I had the CSJ guide on Kindle on my phone, and it has been updated since, just before Christmas. That certainly has enough to get you there and helpful in finding albergues. You often have to find the albergue under your own steam, and then find the key holder, and sometimes phone the keyholder. CSJ guide has these useful details. The route is EXTREMELY well waymarked. I don't think you would ever get lost. And the infrastructure in terms of albergues is excellent - as long as there are not too many of you in a group.
Along the entire way, in May and November, I met one Italian man and a group of five Belgian ladies. No one else.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Do I need a guide?

Another thing a guidebook is useful for is to tell you about sights along the way. There's an app for that. Please see my post at the thread iOS apps for history guide (the app is available for Android too.)

 

[gittiharre]

I have the Camino Madrid route on maps.me and a self-compiled spreadsheet of distances, elevation profiles, accommodations, phone numbers, prices, supermercados, opening hours of castles and notes about when there is no food in which place or when to take the road to avoid a pine forest etc
Do I need a guide?

Hi. That sounds super organised. I wonder if you would mind sharing your spreadsheet with me? I would invite you for coffee in the village? You could pm me or call me, if you still have my number. Thank you!

 

[Kiwi-family]

Hi. That sounds super organised. I wonder if you would mind sharing your spreadsheet with me? I would invite you for coffee in the village? You could pm me or call me, if you still have my number. Thank you!

It would be my pleasure! I’ll be in touch.