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.
For those that don't have the time, or would like some help in planning it. We can help. Let us organize your Camino:
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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
A 75 year old Belgian pilgrim died yesterday morning from natural causes while walking through Nájera. Although medical services came to the scene they were unable to revive the woman.
https://nuevecuatrouno.com/2026/09/28/una-peregrina-fallece-mientras-hacia-el-camino-de-santiago-en-najera/
I am really just curious.... I worked in digital stuff for a long time but got fired in 2019. Then Covid. Then Ai. Now I feel like a dinosaur.
Just for fun I tried to use google AI to plan my next camino trip (flights already purchased through miles and miles and miles...)
Here's what it...
My wife and I want to visit some Spanish cities on the way back to Madrid. Avila has Catholic significance (St. Teresa). We've been there twice but would enjoy a third visit. Salamanca is beautiful and has historical significance. We visited there 40 years ago and don't remember much about it...
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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