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  • Ultralight Packing List for Camino de Santiago [2023 Edition]

    Ultralight Packing List for Camino de Santiago [2023 Edition]

    It is not necessarily true that lighter backpack is easier to carry, and that you will enjoy the Camino more if you carry 4 kilos than 8 kilos. Each approach has some pluses and minuses, and more things mean more comfort on your pilgrimage. Having said that, I fully understand that most people who can…

  • Best Maps for Camino de Santiago – Top 3 Alternatives

    Best Maps for Camino de Santiago – Top 3 Alternatives

    With the constant growth of popularity of the Spanish caminos, people always come with new products and business ideas. Sometimes they try to help the pilgrims, and sometimes they simply hope to enjoy their fraction of this juicy pie, making some money from selling something to pilgrims. And since a modern man of 21st century…

  • Best T-Shirt for Camino de Santiago – My personal experience

    Best T-Shirt for Camino de Santiago – My personal experience

    Every detail matters, as long as you want to enjoy your pilgrimage to the fullest, and avoid any unnecessary injuries. Just as you will always carry your shoes and backpack (and no doubt you did your research, and didn’t buy the first model with colors you liked), you will also wear a t-shirt most of…

  • How to plan to walk the Camino de Santiago with Success

    How to plan to walk the Camino de Santiago with Success

    In a certain way walking the Camino is no different to pursuing any other big goal in life. As Benjamin Franklin famously said: “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” Sure enough, if you’ve walked five long distance hiking trails before in life, and run fifty miles a week on trails in your…

  • Walking stick(s) on Camino de Santiago – pros and cons, special tips

    Walking stick(s) on Camino de Santiago – pros and cons, special tips

    Walking sticks. Some people would hardy leave their house for a walk without them, whereas others hate to carry them. But should you take one, or two sticks on the camino with you? What are the real pros and cons, and what should you take into account when deciding about this piece of equipment? Last…