Before the Camino
This Camino community is great for planning your Camino de Santiago. Many uses this forum as their only source for information before walking, and nothing else is needed.
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An article from the Diario de Navarra about a local man's project to preserve and digitise a collection of detailed photographs, negatives and glass plates made by two English brothers who walked the Camino to Santiago in 1913, 1919 and 1920. And also to transcribe and publish their handwritten diaries of that journey which was interrupted by the First World War. A gallery of six large images accompanies the article...
for those who are seeking accommodation in past or present monasteries, convents, churches, pilgrim hospices, at religious communities, or at albergues offering spiritual experience.
To download the pdf, click the yellow "Download" button towards top right (you need to be logged in).
If your Pilgrim Associations or Confraternities need a place to create discussions and interact with your members, this is the place. Please contact me for setup. ivar.rekve at gmail. com
Hola all,
I recently changed the default titles that show up under a users avatars. This changes based on the number of post a user had made (not by how long they have been a member).
I don't like the new titles that I applied a while back, so I wanted to ask all of you for some help. What...
Hi all - I know that this may seem a silly question - but here goes.
I am fit and active but do have an ancient knee trauma (and am ageing a bit now) so when I walk (and I walk slow and relaxed), in my head I am set for a 5 to 10kms a day but the actuality is always different.
I offer first...
Hi everyone- I walked the Francés in 2012. I was so underprepared and am nervous to go back as it is bound to be different. I will be 69 next summer, am diabetic, and unsure if I now have to prebook rooms or can I take it day by day as before? I want to be back on the Camino but think I’ve lost...
for those who are seeking accommodation in past or present monasteries, convents, churches, pilgrim hospices, at religious communities, or at albergues offering spiritual experience.
To download the pdf, click the yellow "Download" button towards top right (you need to be logged in).
Save this file to your photos on your phone and check it each time you need to withdraw money at a Spanish ATM. It's sure to save you quite a bit over the course of your camino!
YOU WILL FIND THE LATEST VERSION OF THE FILE UNDER THE "updates" TAB (above).
If possible access and save it using your phone. You'll need to be logged into the forum on your phone to do that. If you can't log into the forum from your phone, open the file on your computer and photograph it instead, or else e-mail...
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