30 Days to Santiago.com = A website dedicated to the Camino de Santiago!
To read about the history, the different routes, to buy guides and books on line:
To plan your trip, with a print out of daily mileage, sunrise and sunset, the profile and topography of the route:
To work out your budget:
To find out about the weather, transport, maps, albergues etc.
A Spanish site with lots of info in Spanish and English
To read pilgrims’ diaries:
Forums and Groups: Pilgrim Chat sites:
www.groups.yahoo.com/group/Santiagobis
www.groups.yahoo.com/groups/Saintjames
www.pilgrimage-to-santiago.com [Click on ‘FORUM’ ]
Camino Associations (English sites):
America: American Pilgrims on the Camino: www.americanpilgrims.com
Canada: The Canadian Company of Pilgrims: www.santiago.ca
England: Confraternity of St James: www.csj.org.uk
Ireland: The Irish Society of the Friends of St James: www.stjamesirl.com
How to use the www.godesalco.com/plan website to plan your daily schedule:
- Once connected to the site click on English
- Click on the route you are doing – Camino de Santiago for the Camino Frances
- Click on the circle to the left of the town where you are starting, eg: Roncesvalles
- Scroll down to the town where you will finish, Santiago, and click on the right circle.
- You can write your name in the space provided, then click on SEND THIS FORM
- In the new page, the mileage between each village and town will be displayed. Click on each place where you would like to stay. If you are planning on walking 20km per day, click on the town closest to the 20km distance displayed to the left of the town. Eg: Roncesvalles is ticked. Click on Zubiri – 21,8km will be displayed.
- Then click on Pamplona and 20,5km will be displayed.
- Continue choosing your overnight stops until you have reached Santiago.
- Enter the dates of your pilgrimage in the space provided.
- Click on SEND THIS FORM
- The next window will offer you different documents to download with your daily schedule, profile of the route etc.