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This approach has the advantage of being able to throw away pages after you've done that bit of the route so your pack gets ever so slightly lighter each day! T
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Very interesting Bradypus. Thanks for that link.I walked the Primitivo last year. Liz's guide was excellent and all the practical information you might need - though of course some may inevitably now be outdated. I like to have a little cultural and historical background when I walk too. Before I set off I came across this free PDF guide to the northern caminos, including the Primitivo. A government tourist brochure with some fascinating information. You might find it interesting:
http://tourism.euskadi.eus/contenidos/recurso_tecnico/aa30_folletos/en_def/folletos/2011/santiago/Caminos del Norte INGLES.pdf
Hi casterapple,Hello! I'm walking the Primitivo in July, and I'm trying to determine what kind of guide I should take. I found Liz's guide, and I'm happily going through it and reworking it for my route. Do you think this is enough? I'd like to take as little paper as possible.
Thank you in advance!
Completely agree. I'd just add that I walked alone and it was the first time on the Via for me and I found the guide invaluable.If you are walking a new (for you) route, and are walking solo, a good guide is important. It helps you to know what to anticipate to plan the next day's walk, to know what is located slightly off route, and to plan for alternatives, for times when life happens.
If you are in a group, at least one member should have the guide book, accessible to all. All of the above reasons apply IMHO to each member of the group.
If you have walked the route before, then I recommend one of the Wise Pilgrim Guides for your smart phone. They are available in the Apple iTunes store, and I believe are also available through Google for Android devices. They are the best electronic Camino Guides I have yet seen. I believe they are available for most all Camino routes in Spain and Portugal EXCEPT for the Madrid Route.
If you are carrying the phone or tablet anyway for other reasons, these apps add ZERO weight. They also link to your on-board mapping apps. So, they are fully featured. Finally, the fellow who developed these apps pushes regular updates, both off and in-season.
With regards the Camino Frances, the most popular route, there is even a Wise Pilgrim app for "The Last 151" (km), incase you do not care about the previous 324 km...
I hope this helps.
De nada...Buen caminoThank you to those of you who suggested the Wise Pilgrim app! I downloaded the Primitivo version and it looks so helpful.
Hello! I'm walking the Primitivo in July, and I'm trying to determine what kind of guide I should take. I found Liz's guide, and I'm happily going through it and reworking it for my route. Do you think this is enough? I'd like to take as little paper as possible.
Thank you in advance!
Do you mean guidebook or human guide ?
Hello! I'm walking the Primitivo in July, and I'm trying to determine what kind of guide I should take. I found Liz's guide, and I'm happily going through it and reworking it for my route. Do you think this is enough? I'd like to take as little paper as possible.
Thank you in advance!
Hi,
Am I the only one using the Eroski guide...? (In paper, not human...) It's in Spanish, but you don't speak Spanish?
Last time I checked, the second stage of the Primitivo was MISSING from the pdf version of Eroski. But it's there if you choose the other version.
I will be on the Primitivo in July as well, although I don't know exactly when since I'm starting in Madrid! Do you know when you will be starting?
/BP
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