Camino Directory

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Walking

Confraternity Sites

Main information sites

Most of these web sites are personally owned.
It is a lot of work keeping them up to date – most webmaster would like you to link to their site. So if you find a favourite and have your own site or blog give them a link. Thanks.

  • Backpack45 – Good site on Camino also other long distance walks.
  • Camino de Santiago – the best Dutch site on the Camino
  • Santiago-Compostela – Santiago Compostella
  • O Camino Portugues de Santiago – O Caminho Portugues de Santiago – Southern route in depth
  • Pilgrims Progress – Huge site
  • Camino Links – As it says, largest English list of links.
  • Santiago Today – A great forum Camino site.
  • Mundicamino – A great site in six languages.
  • Caminho de Santiago de Compostela – The Begining of the St James Way in the web. All of the informations you need to cross the “Camino de Santiago”. In portuguese, english and spanish language. Strong site, started in Brazil.
  • Camino Santiago Compostela Pilgrimage – Good info on different Camino routes.
  • Camino to Santiago de Compostela – Good site, a few languages, many link and loads of info.
  • The Roads to Santiago – A list of all walkable routes to Santiago from all over Europe. Also an excellent weather page covering the whole year.
  • El Camino de Santiago – Good site in four languages. information on art, history, advice, forum, webcams, natural warehouses, museums, places, ecosystems, transport, the horse route, the route in bicycle, restaurants…
  • Xacobeo – Good site, seven languages.
  • Norwegian Camino site – only in Norwegian.
  • Pilgern – Information on the camino and of the pilgrimage. Pilgrimages for groups on the camino by foot through Switzerland, France and Spain. In German, French and Spanish.
  • Asociacion de Amigos del Camino de la Comunidad Valenciana – Good Spanish site.
  • Pilgrims Tales – Articles about walking the Camino, Via Francigena, and St. Olav’s Way. I’m currently walking from France to Jerusalem; info about that trip is also included, as well as a pilgrimage trek across Tibet.
  • Asociacion Amigos del Camino de Santiago – Spanish language site
  • Jakobswag – In this web-site the routes of St. James in Switzerland are described and illustrated. Starting at the German boarder (Konstanz and Rorschach) this historic route leads the pilgrim via St. Gallen – Einsiedeln to the lake of Lucerne and from there via the Bernese Oberland to Fribourg and further down to the lake of Geneva: There it connects with the Route of St James in France.  The well maintained and marked pilgrim path crosses fields and forests and passes along beautiful lakes. In the Bernese Oberland the pilgrim is exposed to the snow covered Swiss Alps.
  • Jakobswage.net – In this web-site the lately started international project  “Europäische Jakobswege” (European Routes of St. James) is described.  Germany, Austria and Switzerland participate in this project and other  partners from different European countries, e.g. France, Poland a.s.o,  are connected in a common network.  The goal of the project is to activate and promote the Route of St James in all the regions.
  • The Camino de Santiago by Alex Paterson – A very interesting site illustrating Alex’s observations, worth a read even if not going on Camino.
  • Santiago Route – Camino de Santiago pages from the Hiking in Europe web site.
  • La web de la Asociación Galega de Amigos do Camiño de Santiago – Spanish site.
  • The trails of St. James in Switzerland – Swiss hiking website with an own site on the several pilgrims ways through Switzerland.
  • Hiking the Camino de Santiago – Good information and their own Camino book.
  • Shine a Light – Shine a light for peace site, information on pilgrimages and the connection with peace.
  • About the Camino de Santiago and the Pilgrims who walk it – by Paradox Place.
  • Compostela.se – a new site about the Camino in Swedish.

Groups, Blogs, own pages, etc

By Bike

  • Camino de Santiago – by bike
  • Bravo Bike Tours – Bike tours.
  • Magfos – Good list of cycle rides all over Europe and some world wide. However the Cyclist decided to walk the Camino de Santiago – read how they got on. A well written journal.
  • Goxploring – Cycling and walking holidays all over Europe and the US. Cycling trip on the Camino de Santiago.

Other Interesting Links

Accommodation

  • Albergue – just past Astorga. Only in Spanish. But gives good idea of what an Albergue is like.
  • Albergue in Portomarin – Only in Spanish.
  • Albergue in Portugal – Site is also in English!
  • La Maison Blanche – Chambre d’hotes/bed and breakfast in Creuse on the Vezelay route de St Compostela, an ideal stopping point half way between Benevant l’Abbaye and St Leonard de Nobelat.
  • St Jean Gite – Gite in St Jean Pied de Port
  • L’Esprit du Chemin – Hostel in St Jean Pied du Port, see the site for details, great hostel.
  • Orisson – On my first Camino I stayed here, it is between St Jean and Roncesvalles in the Pyrenees. The views are great, it was not cheap, but it was well worth it; and I don’t know if I could have made it to Roncesvalles on my first day anyway.

Spanish Information Sites

  • Majorca Tourist Information Guide Tourist information on the island of Majorca, with maps and guides to the bars, hotels, restaurants, and other visitor attractions in the larger resorts.
  • Tenerife Tourist Information Guide Tourist information on the island of Tenerife, with street maps and guides to the bars, hotels, restaurants, and other visitor attractions in the resorts of Playa de las Americas, Los Cristianos, Los Gigantes and Puerto de la Cruz.
  • Lanzarote Tourist Information Guide Tourist information on the island of Lanzarote, with street maps and guides to the bars, hotels, restaurants and other visitor attractions in the larger resorts.