Camino de Santiago: Comprehensive Guide

Everything you need to know about Camino de Santiago in one video. What is Camino? Budget? Equipment? Travel? There are lots of questions and answers needed to walk the pilgrimage. Get all of those answers on how to start your Camino pilgrimage.
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[@CaminoGuide]

Learn more and register for one of my pilgrim groups over on my website! www.caminoguide.info/guidedgroups

[@williamgiovinazzo8523]

Just a note to prospective first-time pilgrims -- Listening to this channel was integral to my successful completion of the Camino last year. I was worried and stressed before I found this channel. I listened to the advice on this channel and was able to relax and enjoy my entire time. I would subscribe and go through all the videos. They are very helpful.

[@CaminoGuide]

Thanks so much for your ongoing support Bill. It was great to journey with you and hear all your encouraging stories from the Way. I hope that you are able to make it again soon!

[@MoiSansPay]

Thanks for sharing William!

[@melindajudy8742]

I walked from Porto Portugal to Santiago at the end of September to the middle of October 2022. I took a small backpack with 2 changes of clothes and something to sleep in. The Alburgues and hotels along the way ranged from $8 to about $20 per night One night I stayed at a monastery for tips. A dinner of soup, salad, and wine was included At dinner we each sang a song from our country.

[@yarinya13]

Great video. Very comprehensive!

[@jehsom]

This is my favorite video on the Camino. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience!

[@reno5964]

This answered some of my questions I texted you. :)

[@Jessmaigam]

Your videos are helping my planning, thank you!

[@reed0199]

Nicely Done . Thank You. Buen Camino !!!

[@jrm2254]

Thanks for sharing the info. Hoping to take the leap onto the Camino trail sometime soon

[@francespyne7316]

Thank you so much. This was exactly the information I have been looking for to start planning.

[@rogeryf4848]

Great info, hope to join you in the near future

[@menchiequinal8794]

Watching your video for my Camino next month . Thank you ! This will help me plan ! God bless!

[@douggurtzweiler5039]

thanks for the information....Planning our Camino in April 2024 arriving in Porto taking duel coastal and central combined, both of us are in 70's so looking forward to this .

[@MoiSansPay]

Thank you for your guidance my friend. I am not exactly physically fit for this long journey, but I am determined to take on the challenge in Sept for the first time, starting from Porto as it is the shortest route, plus I only have two weeks for my entire trip. If everything goes as planned, I will be looking to do other routes in the future. I've done quite a bit of research and watch numbers of KZbin videos people shared, but this one seems to suit my plan the most, with all the contents you shared. Again, thank you so much! I will update after my trip.

[@annsilva1506]

Thank you so much for your very helpful, informative videos. Very much appreciated.

[@villiawalker]

Thankyou Jeremiah very informative. You're the only one I've heard talk about data wifi and calls needed to use the phone

[@lydiarubli5603]

appreciate very much 😊 planning to do it with my friend in September 2024 from Porto😊

[@JR-yo1fu]

Thank you Jeremiah. Great video!

[@CaminoGuide]

You are welcome! Glad to be helpful!

[@gstefanof]

Nice Quechua hoodie, i have it too, love it. See you on Camino in September :)

[@wowzieee]

Hello, having just walked from Le Puy en Velay, 1500 km, I can say all you advised me prior to my walk by watching your videos and this video is all accurate. Enjoyed every adventure I experienced. Bien Camino.

[@CaminoGuide]

Thank you so much for your encouragement! I love that the videos have been helpful!

[@JasonBrownafewmomentsl8er]

Doing the last 120km of the Camino Portuguese central route in march ( I'm from the Pacific Northwest so the weather will be normal for me) the videos you make have been very helpful both in planning but also in confidence in my ability to do it as i am a large man who does lots of walking

[@CaminoGuide]

I’m so glad it’s been helpful to you! The Way is waiting for you. Buen Camino!

[@geraldinelau2806]

Thanks for the video. Really helpful. I'm currently preparing for my 1st Camino from Sarria to SdC which I'm targeting end of May.

[@CaminoGuide]

So exciting! Buen Camino!

[@corwynoneil]

Great Job Jeremiah. Thanks for the content you create and the work you're doing.

[@CaminoGuide]

You’re welcome! It’s truly a privilege to help people walk.

[@corwynoneil]

@@CaminoGuide I see that. You, Nadine, Ricky and Rob are 3 of my favorites. I'm what Ricky calls an enthusiast. I've been planning my first Camino for along time now... This year's the year, shooting for October or September. Hoping to firm up plans in the next 2 or 3 weeks.

[@seabeelarry]

Thanks!

[@CaminoGuide]

Very generous…thank you!

[@AnnaPaccione]

THIS RIGHT HERE!!! Although I've joined a few facebook groups, I still didn't quite get the information I was looking for until I decided to go to KZbin and stumbled upon this gem. Thank you very much.

[@CaminoGuide]

Thanks Anna! I’m glad it’s helpful. For your pilgrim passport (not really a passport, but a credencial)…you can join the Canadian Company of Pilgrims and get the official Canadian passport. You can also order the generic passport on Ivar’s forum. Or you can get it in the municipal albergue wherever you plan to start your pilgrimage.

[@jonielvillanueva20]

yes i bought a lot from Amazon for the preparations 😊😊

[@AnnaPaccione]

Like what? I'm planning for summer of 2025 already. :)

[@ronashman8463]

First viewing for me. Thank you for trying to include kilometers as you speak. From New Zealand.

[@CaminoGuide]

Welcome to the channel and Buen Camino!!

[@solmma]

Hi! Thanks for the video!

[@CaminoGuide]

Thanks for the encouragement! It’s an honor.

[@wdsanchez5]

Do i need a travel visa and how do i get my Camino passport

[@andrewnorgrove6487]

self propelled Wheelchairs are ok on most of the tracks ? Actually does anyone do a map that's for wheelchair users

[@gh1214]

Hello from California…ai want to start form St. Jean Pied de poet…I will be flying out from USA…What airport or city should I land…Ground travel recommendation and a good a good hotel for my first night…..

[@CJ17776]

Where do you start with your students?

[@thelifestyledigs]

Thanks for the info! I think a lot of people want to know where to get a camino passport. And a clam shell!

[@CaminoGuide]

The shells can be purchased any craft shop, but lots of folks just buy them at any gift store along the Way. The passport comes from a pilgrim association. In America you can go to the American Pilgrims on the Camino website and get it for free. In other countries, search to see if you have a pilgrim association.

[@CarlosGarcia-gs1wd]

De vieira, como, de vieira

[@thelifestyledigs]

@@CarlosGarcia-gs1wd Gracias. A mí me parece una concha de almeja. Aquí tenemos almejas en nuestras playas, no vieiras.

[@CarlosGarcia-gs1wd]

@@thelifestyledigs pues aquí tenemos almenas, berberechos, vieiras, mejillones , ostras... y cada especie tiene su tipo de concha. In Galicia we have CLAM, SCALLOP, COCKLE, MUSSEL OYSTERS..., and each species has is type of selle. The shell of Santiago is the scallop, Pecten jacobaeus, scientific name. The scientific nace of the clam is Ruditapes decussatus

[@AnnaPaccione]

I didn't even know there was such a thing as the Camino Passport. I'll have to check where to get one in Canada. Thank you.@@CaminoGuide

[@meriselvi672]

I'm interested to come please par for me to come there.

[@HediSalm]

Hi, unfortunately the amazon link does not work.

[@solmma]

When are your next group leaving and from where? I need to find some courage yet, but I have that in the back of my mind. The cost in Reais is kind of heavier than a fourty liters back pack lol.

[@CaminoGuide]

I have a church only group happening in May. But I am considering leading a group that is open to the people on the channel in mid-July. That will probably be about 9 days and will walk from Samos to Santiago! Comment here with interest. I’ll be putting a registration page together if I decide I can make it.

[@solmma]

@@CaminoGuidesory for asking you again ' cause I forgot your answer: is it hard tô find public posadas if one decide tô go with no planning of any sort ? (Out of the high season)

[@forbillian11]

Thanks

[@CaminoGuide]

Thanks so much Wayne!!

[@dougw63]

I want a longer hike. What are some longer options. Sailor Jack

[@CaminoGuide]

You should check out the route from Le Puy. You could walk from there then switch over to Camino Norte when you get to Spain. That’s a good long walk.

[@jeffcgardner]

Jeremiah, any word on the bedding situation in alburgues after COVID? That is, are pilgrims having to bring sheets &c?

[@CaminoGuide]

Hi Jeff, the albergues have always supplied paper sheets. They did provide blankets that were occasionally washed. During COVID these were eliminated. But in May 2022 I saw a lot but not all return to having blankets. In short, I will take a silk sleeping bag liner in June through August (I hate the paper sheets!) and a light sleeping bag outside of those months.

[@jeffcgardner]

@@CaminoGuide Jeremiah, thanks so much for your experience and guidance, and the time you spent to share it. It is invaluable info for our mid-April start, and just as valuable for everyone on Camino Guide. // Jeff Gardner

[@KT-ml1sy]

​@CaminoGuide what about bed bugs? How prevalent, and how can one protect oneself?

[@tenntybobo]

Got any videos about taking baby’s on the camino

[@jonielvillanueva20]

Hi can i start from Saint Jean Pied de Port to Santiago . But i plan to take a bus from Roncasvalles to Pamplona and bus again to Burgos and bus again to Leon and bus to Sarria and from there walk 100 kilometers to gain the certificate

[@gingerwilliams2092]

Hi, i am looking to join a St. Jean Pied to Santiago Is this a group and do you accept seniors? Many thank yous. Ginger

[@seabeelarry]

This Camino, We are starting in SJPDP to logroño then taking a train to Sarria to walk to Santiago…. So what ever you can, it’s your Camino

[@CaminoGuide]

Are you interested in joining one of my groups on Camino? Submit your email here to be notified when my next group is announced: www.caminoguide.info

[@seakyle8320]

i just startet to watch all your videos. strongly underrated channel :) Du you have a discord server?

[@paullandman]

$300 for ground transportation? Thanks for pointing that out, I did not expect it to be so much!

[@CaminoGuide]

Definitely will depend on where you are starting and how early you get your tickets. They go up closer to date. And there is no easy way to get to St Jean. So you could get it for 100. But don’t be surprised by 300

[@williamgiovinazzo8523]

450,000 WOW!!!

[@CaminoGuide]

I just saw an unofficial number yesterday of 438,000. That is about 100,000 more than the previous high!

[@williamgiovinazzo8523]

@@CaminoGuide I guess it is a good thing I walked it last year. Otherwise, they would have to report 437,999! :-) All kidding aside, I can see how this can get into your blood. I just can't wait to get back. I didn't make it to Fistera last year, but will definitely do so this year.

[@wowzieee]

@@CaminoGuide we were two if them :)

[@lorena9021074]

Is it the portugués way too hard?

[@jacquistaben8999]

I enjoy your KZbin’s on the Camino. However, as a non-American I find it difficult when you talk distances and weights without having at least a quick conversion to metric on the screen for me to see. If you’re willing to bear in mind that much of the world is metric, you may have even better audience views.

[@CaminoGuide]

Most of my audience is American, but I have more and more international. So I’ve been trying to include conversion. But I don’t do then well on the fly (I said 32 was in the 90’s in this video…should have been 34-35). I may need to just stick with English in my speaking and do conversions on screen text. Thanks for the feedback!

[@gingerwilliams2092]

Using the name of "Patty" I signed up for your guide group. but have not heard from you can you please get back with me. Thank you so muchl

[@CaminoGuide]

I don’t plan to contact anyone until I have a group established to invite people to. I’m currently considering a group in Sept/Oct of 2024, but I won’t send that out until it’s solidified. I have an earlier group going in 2024 that will not be an open registration, so likely that Sept/Oct group will be the only open group next year.

[@katarinadzalesoulfashion4269]

Thanks!

[@CaminoGuide]

Thank you for your generosity and support!!

[@katarinadzalesoulfashion4269]

Thank you for the content.