Buen Camino de Santiago App

Buen Camino SL

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About this app

You’ll find a practical and complete manual to the app in this video on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/icp96ZHXQAU?si=UvshBSxh7low8-jB

Save yourself the worries or extra kilometres that may lie ahead as you do your Camino de Santiago (Saint James Way) with this new app! A hostel that has just closed, unexpected road works or any other eventual complication hindering your Way… any eventual incident occurring in the Way is quickly reflected in this new app developed by Buen Camino. The information made available is constantly updated by the team of journalists of this leading publishing house specialising on the Way of St James.

Buen Camino, a leading publishing house, has sold tens of thousands of guides to the Way of St James, and continues to make available to pilgrims all the information required to complete the Way: maps, profiles, all types of accommodation and points of interest. Whether walking or cycling your Way - download this guide and check it offline!

What will you find here?
- The trajectory of the route, a detailed profile and thorough maps.
- Real-time alerts on eventual problems or changes along the route.
- Hundreds of geo-localized points, including all types of accommodation, points of interest and important pieces of information, all in full detail and with pictures!
- Elaborated by Carlos Mencos, a journalist and a pilgrim himself. He was awarded the 2015 Aymeric Picaud Prize for spreading the Way of St James.
- The guides in our Apps are not free (but still quite affordable), which means you will find no ads in them. No accommodation establishment, bar or restaurant has paid any money to get in our guides – these are professional, quality and updated guides.
- Updated information on the localities along the route, available services and real-time weather information.
- Whether walking or cycling, you will get the mode-specific information that is relevant to you!
- The guide is available in Spanish, English, French, German, Italian and Chinese.

What Routes are available?
- Right now you can download the Camino de Baztán - Baztán Route Guide, the Camino de Santiago Francés - French Route, the Camino Aragonés - Aragon Route, North Way - Camino del Norte, Camino Portugués from Oporto, the Camino Primitivo - Primitive Route, Vía de la Plata, Camino Sanabrés, Camino Inglés, Camino de Invierno, and the Route extension to Fisterra-Muxia, In full and at no cost!

Why does this app need foreground service permission? We explain it in this video: https://youtube.com/shorts/oapRdg-GezM?feature=share

All this is guaranteed by Editorial Buen Camino, a leading publishing house specialising on the Way of St James. So far we have published nine practical guides in hard copy to help you get to Santiago de Compostela. Tens of thousands of buyers in the last ten years attest to this!

Ratings and reviews

Update: I reinstalled the app and so far so good. The alternative routes are working as expected. Thank you for addressing the issue in such a short time. You guys are awesome! Initial report: Unless I missed it previously, it looks like BC app just added alternate option to switch from Coastal <=> Central on Camino Portugues. However, the app keeps on crashing (Android) when selecting those options. Please have a look.

Downloading the French Route doesnt seem to be possible for some people, including me and a couple of people ive met along tbe way. It loads 97% of the way and then stalls. Edit: I changed from a 1 to 5 star rating after I figured out how to download the maps. For some reason I couldn't download it the multiple times I tried in France or Spain, but randomly decided to turn on my VPN and spoof that I was back home in the USA. For some reason that worked.

Paid for the use of the 'Plan your daily stages' part of the app and now the app crashes every time I open that section of the app. Would be 5 stars if it worked, shame Edit: in fact, is there any chance of a refund, please? I've restarted my phone and also reinstalled the app and the bug still exists as soon as I edit one of the stages - the app keeps crashing upon entering the 'Plan your daily stages' section.

What's new

Bugs fixed and various other improvements