Here you will find a variety of resources to help with preparing for the Camino de Santiago.

Jump to: Packing List | Podcasts |  Planning Apps | Camino Tours | Websites | Facebook Groups | Newsletters |  Practicing Spanish | Recommended Reading  | Patches

Packing Lists

• 21 Pilgrims Share How They Pack for the Camino de Santiago
• My Camino Packing List Part 1: Apparel
• My Camino Packing List Part 2: Gear and Accessories

Podcasts

• Finding new purpose on the Camino de Santiago
• Project Camino by Brendan Bolton
• The Camino Podcast by Dave Whitson
• Camino Ways Podcast
• Pilgrim Story Hour with Mony Dojeiji

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Planning Apps and Guides

• Booking.com
• Rome2Rio
• Walk Your Way – The Camino Experience
• Wise Pilgrim Guides

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Guided Camino Tours

• Camino Ways
• Follow the Camino
• Hillwalk Tours
• Spanish Steps

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Websites

• Camino Francés Accommodations caminosleeps.com
• Camino Weather Map www.followthecamino.com/camino-weather-map
• American Pilgrims on the Camino (English) www.americanpilgrims.org
• Confraternity of Saint James (English) www.csj.org.uk
• Camino de Santiago (English) www.santiago-compostela.net
• Camino Adventures (English) www.caminoadventures.com
• Pilgrim’s Welcome Office peregrinossantiago.es/eng/
• Gronze Camino de Santiago (Spanish) www.gronze.com
• Eroski Consumer (Spanish) caminodesantiago.consumer.es
• Albergues (Spanish) caminodesantiago.consumer.es/albergues/
• Santiago de Compostela Cathedral www.catedraldesantiago.es/en
• Camino de Santiago Forum www.caminodesantiago.org.uk/
• Camino Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino_de_Santiago

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Facebook Groups

If you’re not on Facebook, you’re missing out on a lot of up-to-date Camino news and pilgrim assistance that you can tap into 24/7. There are regional groups for APOC chapters and a variety of specialty groups. Just search groups for “Camino” or “Pilgrim” and click to join. Every group has different rules, so check the rules before posting.

• Camino de Santiago Planning
• Pilgrims Helping Pilgrims
• Camigas: A Buddy System for Women
• Camino Marketplace
• Confraternity of Saint James
• American Pilgrims on the Camino (APOC)
• Peregrinos Northern California (NorCal APOC Chapter)

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 Newsletters:

• La Concha newsletter from American Pilgrims on the Camino (APOC)
• Camino Newsletter from Leslie Gilmore (To subscribe, scroll down until you see FREE Camino Newsletter
• Susan Alcorn’s Hiking & Backpacking Newsletter at www.backpack45.com
• Subscribe to my blog to receive monthly Camino & Hiking Events

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Recommended Reading

• The Camino de Santiago – An Introduction to the Ways of the Way (PDF)
• Pilgrim Prayers and Blessings (PDF)
• Leave No Trace: Outdoor Ethics for the Camino
• Everything You Need To Prepare For Camino de Santiago
• How Hiking 500 Miles Changed the Way I Relate to My Mind And Body
• Walking the Way by Michael George, National Geographic May 2015
• 45 FAQs on the Camino de Santiago
• Walking the Camino: our tips Lonely Planet
• 20 truths about walking the Camino de Santiago
• Walking the Camino de Santiago: A Beginner’s Guide Outside Magazine
• Santiago de Compostela Travel Guide Afar Magazine
• Camino Planning Series:
  Part 1: The Pilgrimage to Santiago
  Part 2: Camino Routes
  Part 3: Route Stage and Season
  Part 4: Camino History and Symbolism
  Part 5: Hospitaleros, Volunteers of the Camino
  Part 6: Training and packing for the Camino
  Part 7: What inspired me to want to walk the Camino
  The Pilgrimage to Santiago (PDF) Excerpt from Camino Planning series above

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Practicing Spanish

• Yabla: The Authentic Way to Study Spanish
• News in Slow Spanish
• Cuéntame Spanish Conversation Cards

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Patches

• The Camino Provides Shop on Etsy
• Camigas Shop on Etsy

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