Welcome to the: Way of St. James or St. James Way ( Camino de Santiago) or Camino a Santiago

We distinguished between: Way of St. James or St James´Way (Camino de Santiago) and Way to St. James (Camino a Santiago.) The Way of St. James (Camino de Santiago), we will use it for strictly deals with subjects Pilgrimage and the Way to St. James when one talks about tourist and esoteric subjects.
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Now, you can acquire all the necessary one, to carry out the Way of a satisfactory form. Always, you must differentiate and have in the mind, if you go of: Pilgrim or Tourist
We always have presents to ills, for being they, the travelling ones more perhaps needed aid and with greater fervor in Peregrinating to St. James (Santiago de Compostela). We valued the Faith, not the physical force.
Before initiating the Way, it remembers: Advice, Plan the Way, Physical training, Credentials, Luggage, we have not forgotten magical history, that he surrounds this route: The Way of Stars, the Way of the Goose, Templarios, Maria Magdalena, Merovingios, Game of the Goose, Legend, Esoteric, Bestiario, Calixtinus Codex, In these pages, we will help to decipher some you of the enigmas, as well as to know the Origins.

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Before Initiating the Way of St. James: It plans the Way

Before initiating the Way, it remembers: Advice, Plan the Way, Physical training, Credentials, Luggage.
We have not forgotten magical history, that he surrounds this route: The Way of Stars, the Way of the Goose, Templarios, Maria Magdalena, Merovingios, Game of the Goose, Legend, Esoteric, Bestiario, Calixtinus Codex, In these pages, we will help to decipher some you of the enigmas, as well as to know the Origins.

CAMINO DE SANTIAGO

Pilgrimages of Europe: Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Chemin de Saint Jacques de Compostelle du Puy à St Alban

The experience of the Way of St James or St. James´Way.

Congratulations, you are going to initiate an unforgettable experience, that marked your life. We will try help, to make it easiest.
At the moment, in the Way coexist Pilgrim and Tourists. Of both, we hoped: respect by the traditions and culture, as well as the perpetuity of a Way of Peace.

Fast advice to make the Way of St. James or St. James´Way.

Before planning the route and deciding the list of luggage, you must know the following questions:

1. How long you arrange to make the way.
2. As you are going to make the way: On foot, to horse, in bicycle?
3. In which time of the year you are going to make the Way.
4. As it is your age and state of physical training.
5. You are a personage VIP, you have some disease, discapacidad, third age,…
6. Olvídate of great Knapsacks. Advisable of 3 to 5 kg, maximum 10 kg. In the Way you found all the necessary one.
7. You do not forget: Documentation, isotónica water or drinks, sun hat, glasses, raincoat, very comfortable boots, very neat feet and wood cane.
8. Credential or Newspaper of Route.

Requirements of Pilgrimage Route and Compostela.

So that a Pilgrimage is considered and you can obtain the Compostela, it is necessary

• 100 km Walking on foot.
• 200 km to Horse.
• 200 km in Bike.

Decided the Departure Point and the one of Beginning, you must BE CREDITED with a CREDENTIAL.
The Credential is basic, to be welcomed in the Refuges. You can obtain it in: In the Refuges, the Associations or Brotherhoods of the Way of Santiago, certain Churches.

Le Chemin de Compostelle

Physical requirements to make the Way of James or St. James' Way

The Way, requires a Physical effort, before initiating you must it:

1. To evaluate your physical state, as of the 40 - 50 Years, are recommendable, to carry out medical Chequeo, that I evaluated the possibilities of making it without risk for the Health.
2. It prepares your Feet: it eliminates the cut and short callosities, nails affluent. We advised to you, to use separator of fingers.
3. If you suffer some disease or you need medication, you do not forget the previous planning. It contracts our Services of Planning, Insurance of Travelling and the Transport of Luggage and Aid to the Travelling one.
4. It carries out a plan of physical training, that allows you, to support the long walks without risk for your health.
5. Unloading our Newspaper of Route and writes down all corresponding data a: Necessary medications, farmacológicas incompatibilidades and Allergies. We advised to you, that you take prescriptions to obtain them easily.
6. Olvídate of great Knapsacks. Advisable of 3 to 5 kg, maximum 10 kg. In the Way you found all the necessary one.
7. You do not forget: Documentation, isotónica water or drinks, sun hat, glasses, raincoat, very comfortable boots, very neat feet and wood cane.
8. Credential or Newspaper of Route.

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Hygienic requirements to make the Way of Santiago

It is essential: Comb, nail clippers, Toothbrush, Dental Cream (advisable to replace by Dental Silk), clamps to shave, champú, soap, fresh colony, soapy toallitas and the women must plan the necessity of compresas.

Chemin de Compostelle

Other Precautions and Recommendations to make the Way of St. James or St. James´Way and the Way to San James.

The Way, at the moment, does not present/display dangers, despite you must cuidarte and be cautious:

1. You do not drink in sources, if you do not have, the certainty that they are Potable.
2. It always takes to Water or Isotónicas drinks. We recommended, to take to a small ration of salt and bicarbonate to you, in case of anomalies acquires physiological serum.
3. Taken care of with the Dogs. You do not have acercarte nor to caress to any. In case of possible quiet attack quédate.
4. Not to touch to the bats and rats, they can present/display I infect of Rage. In case of mordedura, you do not kill the animal, tries to urgently capture it and ponte in contact with the medical services.
5. It turns out advisable to wear to Clothes and Knapsacks with Reflecting material. The matinales long walks or to the dusk usually are dangerous by lack of visibility.
6. You do not forget: Documentation, isotónica water or drinks, sun hat, glasses, raincoat, very comfortable boots, very neat feet and wood cane
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Fast planner of the Way of St. James French.

Fast planner of the Way of St. James French

Way	Time to use	It forms To do it	Population	Seasons
FRANCE
French	32 days	A pie	Saint Jean Pied de Port	Spring-Summer
French	13 días	Horse	Saint Jean Pied de Port	Spring-Summer
French	13 días	Bike	Saint Jean Pied de Port	Spring-Summer
French	22 days	Walk	Nájera	Spring-Summer
French	22 days	Walk	Sto. Domingo de la Calzada	Spring-Summer
French	21 days	A Pie	Belorado	Spring-Summer
French	16 days	Walk	Carrión de los Condes	Primavera-Verano
French	15 days	Walk	Sahagún	Spring-Summer
French	7 days	Walk	Villafranca del Bierzo	Spring-Summer
French	6 days	Walk	Vega de Valcarce	Spring-Summer
French	5 days	Walk	O Cebreiro	Spring-Summer
French	4 days	Walk	Sarria	Spring-Summer
Mín. Recomen.	7 days	Walk	Villafranca del Bierzo	Spring-Summer
Mín. Recomendable	6 days	Walk	Vega de Valcarce	Spring-Summer
Mín. Recomendable	5 days	Walk	O Cebreiro	Spring-Summer
Mínimo: 100 Km. Compostela	4-5 días	Walk	Sarria	Spring-Summer

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