Every Pilgrim S Guide To Walking To Santiago De Compostela

Every year, some 200,000 people set out on the world's most famous pilgrimage route - 'the Camino', designated a World Heritage Site in 1993. Actually a network of paths with numerous starting places in France and throughout Europe, all routes converge to lead along Spain's northern coast to Santiago de Compostela. Here the shrine of St James, the patron saint of pilgrimage, was discovered in the 9th century. 2010 is designated as a Holy Year for Santiago and this guide is co-published with the Confraternity of St James, the UK's leading organisation for promoting pilgrimage to Santiago. Already the preferred guide for German and Spanish pilgrims, this new English edition will be widely welcomed and officially recommended. A mix of practical information and spiritual inspiration for walkers, it offers a stage-by-stage guide pointing out places of interest along the way; practical tips for walkers; prayers, blessings and spiritual exercises to nourish the pilgrim spirit and deepen the pilgrimage experience. It is Illustrated throughout with maps and photographs and is conveniently pocket sized.

Every year, some 200,000 people set out on the world's most famous pilgrimage route - 'the Camino', designated a World Heritage Site in 1993. Actually a network of paths with numerous starting places in France and throughout Europe, all routes converge to lead along Spain's northern coast to Santiago de Compostela. Here the shrine of St James, the patron saint of pilgrimage, was discovered in the 9th century. Already the preferred guide for German and Spanish pilgrims, this new English edition is co-published with the Confraternity of St James, the UK's leading organisation for promoting pilgrimage to Santiago. A mix of practical information and spiritual inspiration for walkers, it offers a stage-by-stage guide pointing out places of interest along the way; practical tips for walkers; prayers, blessings and spiritual exercises to nourish the pilgrim spirit and deepen the pilgrimage experience. It is illustrated throughout with maps and photographs, and conveniently pocket sized.

Now updated to include newer maps and photos and weighing less to support carefree traveling, these comprehensive guidebooks to the Camino de Santiago and its offshoots contain all the information needed by modern-day pilgrims wishing to walk the sacred Way of St. James. Overview route planners plus daily stage maps and detailed town plans help sojourners with as much advance preparation as they need. The maps feature contour guides to help distinguish the terrain that will be crossed each day, while full information on all pilgrim hostels, as well as details for alternative accommodation, allow travelers to plot adequate nightly stopping points. All reference information is accompanied by helpful spiritual guidelines to support the seeker's inner journey as well as the outer pilgrimage. Otherwise known as the Camino Frances, the main route covered in this volume is the most popular sacred route through Spain, from St. Jean Pied de Port to Santiago.

Guide to walking the Camino Frances through northern Spain, the most popular version of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage or Way of St James, covering the 784km from St-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Santiago de Compostela. The guidebook is everything you need to plan your camino. It describes the route in 36 stages and lists 500 pilgrim lodgings along the camino, including public and private albergues, with a description of facilities available at each, allowing the route to be customised to suit your own itinerary. The accompanying map book is ideal for day-to-day use, with maps for the entire route showing the locations of accommodation and services, as well as over 100 useful town and village maps. Divided into 6 sections, the guidebook includes an additional section from Santiago de Compostela to Finisterre and Muxia on the Galician coast. Each section is broken down into detailed stages with easily customisable start and finish points due to the amount of accommodation available en route. This two-part guidebook and map book provide an abundance of advice on planning and preparation, sample itineraries and detailed information that allows complete customisation of the Camino, making this an ideal guidebook for all pilgrims walking the Camino Frances.

Now updated to include newer maps and photos, this comprehensive guidebook to the Camino de Santiago and its offshoots contains all the information needed by modern-day pilgrims wishing to walk the sacred Way of St. James.

The route of St Jean Pied de Port in the foothills of the French Pyrenees to Santiago de Compostela represents one of the most popular Christian pilgrimages in the world. Walked by millions over the millennia it represents a force for spiritual transformation. This title offers a guide to the pilgrimage, including a fold out map and route planner, 33 daily stage maps with contour guides, 10 town maps including Santiago, a Sun Compass, to orientate your direction and information on all pilgrim hostels along the way together with details of alternative accommodation.

Considering walking the Camino de Santiago? For a thousand years, pilgrims have made this journey across the north of Spain to the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela, where the bones of Saint James the Greater rest. Some go for the adventure; some go for spiritual or religious reasons; all are changed by the experience. This books covers everything you need to know to make informed decisions about your Camino journey, from when to go to how to get to there to what you'll need to pack. The focus here is on detailed advice learned from on-the-trail experience, things like different sock methods for avoiding blisters, how to pick out good hiking boots, and the myriad choices you'll have when buying a backpack. The Camino is a powerful and enriching experience. This book gives you all the information you need to get out on the trail.

Each year some tens of thousands of people from all over the world pull on their walking boots and head out on the Camino to Santiago pilgrimage trail. Once the domain of penitent pilgrims these days the Camino attracts 'pilgrims' for a diversity of reasons, some spiritual and others more worldly, e.g. to experience a different culture, to sort out personal problems, to escape the rat race, to embark on an adventure, to get fit. Whatever your reason for walking, Trish Clark's latest book is an invaluable guide to walking the Camino YOUR way. Guide to the Camino draws on her own personal experience of following the 850 kilometre Camino Frances from St-Jean-Pied-de-Port in France to Santiago de Compostela in north-west Spain. The book covers preparation for walking the Camino and includes a step by step guide to each day on the trail. Distances, maps, photos, local history, legends, fiestas and fairs, eating and drinking, things to see and do and the time of the pilgrims' Mass in each overnight location are covered. It offers details of more comfortable accommodation than the usual multibunk bed, dormitory-like albergues, and lists accommodation in hotels, hostels and pensions including those run by monks, nuns and religious orders. A day-to-day 'flashback' recalls the author's own experience of walking the Camino. This easy to use, easy to pack guide is the perfect travelling companion for those planning to walk the Camino and enlightening armchair reading for those contemplating it.