Site gencat.cat: a link with a huge library!

[GunnarW]

I don't think this info is already shared.
On the portal site http://www.gencat.cat, there is a lot of information. Also about the Cami Catalan.
Finding the right information is not so easy (for me) starting from the home page.
But within 24 hours, I got the info I needed from the Direcció General d'Atenció Ciutadana i Difusió
Generalitat de Catalunya.
This is a very interesting link. Scroll down over the table of contents (red text) and discover all kind of guides. The Ignation Way (#5) is the first cami guide.

http://www20.gencat.cat/portal/site/emp ... mt=default

Tip: The PDF-quality of the "Files in PDF of each part of the Way" is much better.

 

[Deleted member 3000]

Finding the right information is not so easy

Very true! Even using the translation feature of Chrome, navigating is very difficult. But you are right, it is a very informative site. Thanks.

 

[nospacebar14]

I used two of their guides -- one for the Camino Barcelona, and one for the Camino Catalan. I got them both in paperback from a little shop in the Gothic quarter of Barcelona (it was in an alley with a mosaic of St. James over it, I figured it was a good sign!).

Useful stuff, although only in Spanish and Catalan. I had to sit down with my dictionary and translate the next day's journey each night. Has anyone found any other guidebooks for the camino Catalan or Camino Barcelona?

If you're in Barcelona to prepare, buying the booklets in paperback is a lot easier than trying to navigate the website. They're light and flexible, I stuffed them in my pack no problem.

Edit: They've changed it since I tried to use the site -- here's a bunch of guides, even some in English! Apologies for the nasty hyperlink.

http://www20.gencat.cat/portal/site/emp ... mt=default

 

[GunnarW]

The huge link above from David is again broken.
But the page was archived by the internet archive "Way back machine"
Click on the enormous link under and go back to the 10th of May 2013.
Loading the page will take a while, something like 20 seconds

http://web.archive.org/web/20130510...ault#Blocfae3a1073cc31310VgnVCM2000009b0c1e0a____

 

[peregrina2000]

The huge link above from David is again broken.
But the page was archived by the internet archive "Way back machine"
Click on the enormous link under and go back to the 10th of May 2013.
Loading the page will take a while, something like 20 seconds

http://web.archive.org/web/20130510...ault#Blocfae3a1073cc31310VgnVCM2000009b0c1e0a____

Thanks, Gunnar, this looks great. This Camino is definitely on my wish list! Call me crazy, but I woke up at 4 am to try to get myself sleepy for tomorrow's flight to Spain, so this is a good way to pass the time. I don't have anything left to read about the Camino Olvidado, I just have to get out and walk it with Susanna! Buen camino, Laurie