Camino Francés resources for pilgrims
The Walking Guide to the Camino de Santiago has been fully updated for 2025
Download the guide as a PDF
If you're going to have limited internet access along your Camino, or you just prefer to work offline, then download the guide as a PDF file you can print it out or save on your phone. All you have to do is enter your email address and name and wait a couple of minutes to get the link to download.
The online guide
The online version of the guide has all the same information in the PDF, it's handy if you'll have internet access along the way and you don't want to be bothered with downloads. You can access it from the ONLINE GUIDE homepage.
The guide as a free app
We call it the Camino Devil App and it's been fully updated for 2025.
It's got a funny name but it's a serious app! It's our new Camino Francés app and it's free! Download it from the ANDROID PLAY STORE.
Unfortunately currently only available on Android.
Resources on our website
Frequently Asked Questions
Our FAQ is basically:
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Camino de Santiago but were afraid to ask!
It was updated in March 2025.
Altitude profile
The highs, the lows, it's all there on the ALTITUDE PROFILE!
Packing page
Packing, believe ot or not it's often the hardest part! If you get this wrong your whole Camino can turn into a rearguard action to compensate for your poor packing decisions. Of course the most common mistake is bringing things you don't need. This and other words of wisdom here.
If you need some more inspiration check out our Ten useful things which weigh almost nothing to bring on your Camino page.
Camino Spanish
How do you say Where is the pilgrim hostel? in Spanish? This and many more questions are answered in our Camino Spanish guide.
Other paid resources
We make all of this information available for free from our website thanks to the support and generosity of pilgrims like you.
Besides buying an app or a book there are lots of ways you can support us, scroll down to the bottom of this page to see how.
The guide as an old-fashioned printed book or as an ebook
As a book, printed on paper, or on your Kindle. It's got all the information and maps and altitude profiles.
It's available from your THESE ONLINE RETAILERS.
iPhone app
Android app
GET IT ON THE ANDROID APP STORE
The info in both apps has been updated for 2025.
Background preparation guide
If you're new to this whole Camino thing (or you know someone who is) this may be the book for you (or them). It was written with the absolute beginner in mind and tells you everything you need to know to help you along the sometimes rocky road from novice to natural.
It's called Camino de Santiago - Practical Preparation and Background and it's available from here:
Camino de Santiago Practical Preparation and Background
Amazon links for the following countries:
Australia
Canada
Germany
Spain
United Kingdom
United States of American
Ways you can support us financially
We've been providing free guides to Camino pilgrims since 2012 and updating them every year. This is part of our commitment to supporting the Camino community.
This all costs time and money.
If you've used our free resources and you'd like to help us financially and ensure that we'll still be able to provide this service in the future you can do so in several ways.
1 - Donate
If you found these resources useful and you'd like to support our work so that we can continue supporting pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago in years to come then please consider making a small donativo: CLICK HERE TO DONATE
When you donate you'll be able to download the full guide in PDF format as well as GPS tracks for the whole route which I created while walking and which are updated every year to reflect latest route changes.
2 - Use our Booking.com links
When you use our Booking.com links, either from one of the apps or from the online guide, we earn a commission for every night you stay. It's a win-win, it costs you nothing, the Camino Guide benefits, and a major muntinational company loses some money (that should probably be "win-win-win")
We've organised our booking tool so it's easy to see what accommodation is available along the Camino. Have a look by clicking here Vía de la Plata and the Camino Francés.
3 - Use our Amazon links
By using our Amazon affiliate link. Every time you go to an Amazon website using this link we get a small percentage from every purchase you make. Click here to go to Amazon USA and here to go to Amazon UK. (Sorry, we don't have them for other countries)
The Amazon links on our Packing Page also earn us a commission on any purchases you make. This is the PACKING PAGE.
Just to be clear, we get money and it costs you NOTHING!
4 - Spread the word
All you have to do is share a link to our website wherever you're active on social media.
You can help us greatly by telling other pilgrims about the services we offer!
A short rant...
The Caminos have become increasingly commercialised in recent years with many companies offering package deals for exorbitant prices.
On this website we try to offer an alternative to all the money-grubbing by giving people impartial information for free and telling them that it's perfectly possible to walk the Camino independently, staying in modest pilgrim accommodation, without the help of tour companies, luggage transfers and taxis.
In fact, if you want the experience of walking a Camino then the best way to do it is still to put your bag on your back and start walking and trust to the Camino that it'll take care of you (as people have been doing for almost a thousand years).
Thanks! Gracias! Merci! Danke! Hvala! Buíochas! Merci!
And Buen Camino!
Gerald Kelly
Copyright © Gerald Kelly 2025. All text and photos.