A guidebook to cycling the Camino de Santiago (Camino Frances or Way of St James) pilgrim route from St Jean-Pied-de-Port in southern France to Santiago de Compostela. Covering 770km (479 miles), this pilgrimage route through northern Spain can be completed in 2 weeks and is suitable for any reasonably fit cyclist.
Two routes are described, the first is suitable for mountain/trail bikes and is mainly off-road, and the second is a parallel route suitable for touring cycles that uses quiet asphalt roads. The routes are described east to west in 18 stages, each between 28 and 55km (17-54 miles) in length.
1:100,000 maps and profiles included for each stage?
GPX files available to download?
Refreshment and accommodation information given for each stage
Information on cycle shops with repair facilities along the route
Advice on planning and preparation
Auflage
Sprache
Verlagsort
Editions-Typ
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
over 90 colour photos, 18 stage maps, 28 town maps, 36 stage profiles
Maße
Höhe: 172 mm
Breite: 116 mm
Dicke: 15 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-78631-306-5 (9781786313065)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Mike Wells has been a keen long-distance walker and cyclist for over 20 years. He has cycled the C2C route across northern England as well as the Camino and Ruta de la Plata to Santiago de Compostela. He has completed an end to end traverse of Cuba, a circumnavigation of Iceland and a trip across Lapland to the North Cape.
Map key
Overview map
Route summary table
Introduction
History
The Camino
The routes
Natural environment
Preparation
Pilgrim credentials and information
Getting there and back
Navigation
Accommodation
Food and drink
Amenities and services
What to take
Safety and emergencies
About this guide
The route
Navarre and La Rioja
Stage 1 St Jean-Pied-de-Port to Roncesvalles
Stage 2 Roncesvalles to Pamplona
Stage 3 Pamplona to Estella
Stage 4 Estella to Logro and amp;ntilde;o
Stage 5 Logro and amp;ntilde;o to Santo Domingo de la Calzada
Le and amp;oacute;n y Castile
Stage 6 Santo Domingo de la Calzada to Villafranca Montes de Oca
Stage 7 Villafranca Montes de Oca to Burgos
Stage 8 Burgos to Castrojeriz
Stage 9 Castrojeriz to Carri and amp;oacute;n de los Condes
Stage 10 Carri and amp;oacute;n de los Condes to Sahag and amp;uacute;n
Stage 11 Sahag and amp;uacute;n to Le and amp;oacute;n
Stage 12 Le and amp;oacute;n to Astorga
Stage 13 Astorga to Ponferrada
Stage 14 Ponferrada to O Cebreiro
Galicia
Stage 15 O Cebreiro to Sarria
Stage 16 Sarria to Palas de Rei
Stage 17 Palas de Rei to Arz and amp;uacute;a
Stage 18 Arz and amp;uacute;a to Santiago de Compostela
Appendix A Facilities summary table
Appendix B Tourist information offices
Appendix C Cycle shops
Appendix D Pilgrim information
Appendix E Useful contacts
Appendix F Language glossary
Appendix G Spanish architectural styles
