• For 2024 Pilgrims: €50,- donation = 1 year with no ads on the forum + 90% off any 2024 Guide. More here.
    (Discount code sent to you by Private Message after your donation)
  • ⚠️ Emergency contact in Spain - Dial 112 and AlertCops app. More on this here.
  • Get your Camino Frances Guidebook here.
This is a mobile optimized page that loads fast, if you want to load the real page, click this text.

Question: camino frances

VictoriaAria

New Member
Time of past OR future Camino
October 2023
We are doing the camino frances from Sarria in October but I can't find a guidebook to buy in Greece and the online price for delivery here is double it's value. Does anyone know if I'll be able to buy a guide in Madrid? Or Sarria
 
Altus ANDES 400 H30 sleeping bag
Down bag (90/10 duvet) of 700 fills with 180 g (6.34 ounces) of filling. Mummy-shaped structure, ideal when you are looking for lightness with great heating performance.

€149,-
I wouldn’t worry to much but you might find a guidebook in Sarria. Madrid? Maybe but you’ll spend a day finding it. You could try getting Amazon to deliver to your first nights accommodations, with the hosts agreement, but why bother. The way marking, indeed the groove in the surface of the planet from Sarria to Santiago makes a guidebook superfluous. www.Gronze.com will provide you with all the accommodation information you might need and if you want restaurant recommendations you’re walking the wrong bit of Camino

Happy planning, and buen Camino
 
No need for a paper guide.

Everything here: https://www.gronze.com/camino-frances#localidad-393

Sarria has a really good camino bookshop... if you need a paper guide...

Peregrinoteca.com: Tienda ropa montaña y para Camino Santiago

Tienda online:1000 prendas montaña Trango en stock, 140 sandalias trekking Teva, calzado ligero Goretex de alpinismo, forro polar windstopper, soft shell, camisetas térmicas, pantalones trekking, guías Camino Santiago, polainas, saco, mochila, poncho
www.peregrinoteca.com
 
Camino Inspired & Tested Gear!
New Original Camino Gear Designed Especially with The Modern Peregrino In Mind!
EXPRESS BOURRICOT - Transport
Transport luggage-passengers.
From airports to SJPP
Luggage from SJPP to Roncevalles
There are several good apps that I find more useful than a guidebook.

The two that I like best are Wise Pilgrim

A Complete Guide to the Caminos to Santiago de Compostela

A complete guide to the Camino de Santiago, including accommodation on the Camino Francés, Camino del Norte, Camino Portugués, Camino Primtivo, Vía de la Plata, Camino de Invierno, Finisterre & Muxía, San Salvador, Camino Olvidado, Caminho Nascente, Camino da Geira, Camino Inglés, Vía Podiensis...
wisepilgrim.com

And Buen Camino

APP del Camino de Santiago Buen Camino 2014 - 2024

Aplicación del Camino de Santiago profesional, con mapas, perfiles, alojamientos, planificador de etapas, a pie o en bici (Btt), en idiomas y actualizada.
www.editorialbuencamino.com
 
If you have any difficulties opening Gronze, open it in Chrome and it will translate (machine) into English (or Greek) based on your preferences.
 
You don’t need a guidebook from Sarria. Just follow the people. Or get Wise Pilgrim app.
 
Camino Jewellery
A selection of Camino Jewellery
VictoriaAria said:
We are doing the camino frances from Sarria in October but I can't find a guidebook to buy in Greece and the online price for delivery here is double it's value. Does anyone know if I'll be able to buy a guide in Madrid? Or Sarria
Click to expand...
The issue I had in buying a guide book was finding one in English.
If you have your phone with you, apps and following the arrows will get you to Santiago.
 
I did the Sarria to Santiago walk a few months ago and didn’t have a guidebook. But if you want one, there is a shop in Sarria that sells everything the pilgrim might need. I think it’s called Peregrinoteca. Anybody in the place where you’re staying the first night can direct you there. What I used instead of a guidebook were two apps, “Wise Pilgrim” (the developer is a member of this forum and is pretty quick to respond to any questions), and “Buen Camino” and a website Gronze dot com. Between these 3 sources, I was able to find lodging, learn about interesting things along the Way, and decide whether to take the left or right forks (GO RIGHT ON THE ROAD TO PORTOMARÍN!!). Still, I am a history and map nerd so I am probably going to get one for my next Camino. Buen camino, fellow pilgrim!
 
VictoriaAria said:
We are doing the camino frances from Sarria in October but I can't find a guidebook to buy in Greece and the online price for delivery here is double it's value. Does anyone know if I'll be able to buy a guide in Madrid? Or Sarria
Click to expand...
First, I think lots of people are very reliant on Guidebooks, but would find that they don't necessarily need one, and that not having one also prompts you to engage with others more often.
Second ... If you feel you really need a guidebook, ask at the first or second albegue you stay in. Someone else has surely left behind one that is now waiting for the next pilgrim to make use of it.
 
Promote your Camino Project on the forum
€2,-/day will present your project to thousands of visitors each day. All interested in the Camino de Santiago.
Thank you so much! This is excellent!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Latest Camino Photo

Most read last week in this forum

Similar threads

D
Overcrowded Camino Frances
Replies
65
Views
6K
trecile
L
Lost & Found Camino Frances lost sunglasses
Replies
0
Views
291
LilySpring
L
T
A question for camino historians or those who walked the Francés a long time ago.
Replies
5
Views
1K
Takahiwai
T
Menu
Log in
Register