A very practical spiral-bound guide for discovering the Camino Francés.
The complete and 100% practical guide for a successful journey to Santiago de Compostela and the Cabo Fisterra.
The Way of St. James in Spain. The Camino Francés. The most famous, the most traveled of the routes to Compostela. Since the Middle Ages, the royal road to Galicia, the path of the great journey to which the whole world flocks, the one which in our Western culture gives all its meaning (and all its flavor) to the word pilgrimage.
Crossing the Pyrenees beyond Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, you will pass Pamplona, Logroño, Burgos, León… Tales of distant times, legends, infinite or swaying spaces, hospitaleros , montjoies, hermitages, statuary: geography, history and men intertwine their richness in a journey striving towards the tomb of James the Greater.
This fully updated pocket-sized guidebook presents the entire route in 36 stages: 33 to Santiago de Compostela, followed by three final days to reach Cabo Fisterra . In some places, the route deviates from the classic path, offering more varied and scenic sections. Includes a detailed description of the route and 1:100,000 scale maps . and stage profiles, maps of the main cities crossed, a qualified selection of accommodations at each stage, historical and heritage aide-mémoire: everything is brought together for a successful journey.
The Camino Francés will open up to you between solitude and the quest for meaning, between sharing and silence, between effort and contemplation.
