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How to Plan Your Camino de Santiago

How to Plan Your Camino de Santiago

by | Apr 20, 2025 | ,

1- How to Plan Your Camino   It's become an increasing trend these days, to use Travel Agents for the Camino de Santiago. But it really isn't necessary. Just like any trip these days, with access to so many online booking platforms, there is really no need for...

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Planning Your First Camino

Planning Your First Camino

by | Aug 26, 2024 | ,

Camino de Santiago Planning Tips I thought it might be of interest, if you are planning your first Camino, to describe the process I go through.   I confess I'm a bit of an over planner, but hopefully you'll see some merit in the process.  And the planning can be...

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Pack Weight on the Camino de Santiago

Pack Weight on the Camino de Santiago

by | Aug 26, 2024 | ,

How Much Should my Camino Pack Weigh? Pack weight for the Camino must be one of the most often discussed topics and frequently asked question! You will hear all kinds of advice and 'rules', such as the 10% of bodyweight rule.   But what is a realistic pack weight? ...

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    Reading Material on the Camino

    I read a lot. On buses, trains, flights, in doctor’s waiting rooms, before I go to sleep at night . . Nothing too heavy, just murder mysteries, light entertainment, etc. [...]

    Help us decide on the new "User Title Ladder"

    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 [...]

    Distances

    Hi, A friend and I are thinking about doing it in March 2027. Just curious, are you tied to stay in the various towns listed for stages or are there [...]

    A personal objective. Help needed.

    I consider myself an objective oriented man. The first time I finished the Camino de Santiago in 2010 (when I was 51), and obtained the long-awaited Compostela (as you can [...]

    BETA Testers for Trail Walking App (Apple and Android Watches)

    I have created an app for walking hiking trails around the globe. It was developed for the Camino Frances at first, which I walked this spring (Apr-May 2026), but I [...]

    Sheep wool /hikers wool for toes & feet - how do you keep it where it’s needed?

    Hi forum friends. I’ve had this on my mind for years. In the past ., I’ve packed the hikers wool between where I’ve had blisters on prior caminos (mainly heels); [...]

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