Updates
New 2026 editions for the two main guidebooks (Francés and Portugués) coming soon
We continue to inhabit a world where change seems to be the only constant. The number of pilgrims on the caminos continues to increase dramatically each year, encouraging investment in new infrastructure and the opening of new albergues and other services. However, the current economic climate continues to impact businesses and in places pilgrim infrastructure and albergues that took decades to put in place are struggling to survive.
In this constantly changing situation we beg your patience and understanding for any updates that may come to us after the books have gone to print or for anything we may have missed. We also trust that despite the inevitability of change the information in our books will be more than ample to guide you to Santiago. Along the way you will meet fellow wanderers and the locals who call this land home. But above all you may meet your Self – and that may make all the difference.
E BOOKS
New 2026 eBook editions of our full guides to the Camino Francés and Camino Portugués will be available from November 25, 2025. These will be available on Apple Books, Kobo, Nook, etc. as well as the Kindle.
SANTIAGO CITY PLAN
You can download the updated 2026 city plan and accommodation information for Santiago de Compostella here.
CAMINO FRANCÉS
As the popularity of the Camino Francés continues to grow so too does pressure on the final stages into Santiago. For those seeking a quieter end to their pilgrimage we have created a guide to the Camino de Invierno (The Winter Way). This largely overlooked route allows an alternative ending to the Camino Francés by branching off at Ponferrada and entering Santiago via the stunning Las Medulas (World Heritage Site) and the largest gold mines of the Roman Empire.
While the latest edition of our guide contains detailed updates throughout, this route is now so well established that re-routing is rare and waymarking so clear that you should not have trouble navigating even with an older edition of our guide. If you are travelling with an older guide, however, you may appreciate the increased information on the alternative routes along stage 26 available to download here.
CAMINO PORTUGUÉS
Our guide continues to feature options for the Camino Central, Camino da Costa, Senda Litoral and Variante Espiritual.
Waymarking along all route variants is now clear and plentiful, meaning any route changes are easy to navigate on the ground, even with an older version of our guide. However, if you are traveling with an older edition, it may be helpful to download the most up to date maps for the following stages:
Coastal: 20a
CAMINO FINISTERRE
The only camino to depart from Santiago continues to be available as a full guide. Featuring options to walk the route from Santiago to Finisterre, to continue on to Muxía and to walk the route as a circuit to and from Santiago, a distance qualifying the pilgrim for a compostela.
CAMINO INGLÉS
The Camino Inglés also continues to be available as a full guide, covering both the routes from Ferrol and A Coruńa to Santiago.
CAMINO SANABRÉS & CAMINO DE INVIERNO
This combined edition features two routes. Both being over 100 km, entitle a bona fide pilgrim to a Compostela and both avoid the relative overcrowding of the routes into Santiago via the Camino Francés through Sarria and the Camino Portugués via Vigo or Tui.
The Camino Sanabrés begins in Ourense, which is very accessible with direct rail and bus services every hour throughout the day from Santiago and there also direct bus services from other main cities with airports including Madrid.
The Camino de Invierno (or Winter Way) can be walked as a route in its own right or as an alternative to the crowded final sections of the camino Francés (see Francés updates above).
Updates to the 2022/3 edition
There is a new albergue in Chantada:
TITHING
The tithing from royalties of the sale of these guidebooks continues to support various initiatives that seek to preserve the physical and spiritual integrity of the Caminos de Santiago. Thank you for buying these guidebooks that help support and promote the caminos.