There are several routes and several points of interest that we cannot miss under any circumstances, so the smartphone can serve as a pocket guide so as not to leave behind any iota of this national attraction.
CAMINO DE SANTIAGO GUIDE
With this application you will not need to carry the map on paper; Here you can find points of interest updated by other walkers and cyclists on the road, as well as you can also share your experiences with the rest and make comments. From this app you can call accommodations and check if there is availability, book a luggage transport or it can even help you cheat a bit … helping you to skip a stage.
App of the Way of Santiago in Galicia
The Xunta de Galicia makes the Camino App available to pilgrims, a complete pocket guide available in Spanish, Galician and English that offers information about the official network of hostels, alerts for offers or a diary to save notes and photos, among many other functionalities.
Santiago’s road
Use the web mapping services of the National Geographic Institute and data from the Spanish Federation of Associations of Friends of the Camino de Santiago. In it you can find information about the hostels and monuments, make a record of the route or obtain a pilgrim’s guide, which also works both online as offline.
The good way
Offers Payment information on the routes and their variants or a functionality to plan the stages, is another option for the most popular mobile operating systems. Includes the route layout and all its possible variants, on foot and by bike, detailed profile, maps and your position on them, real-time problem alerts, geolocation points.
Jacostamp
It has a different goal: geolocate the different stamps that the pilgrim you will find so you can get your favorites. At the end of the day, the Camino de Santiago credential, full of the stamps that you will collect as you pass through hostels, shops or town halls, is one of the most iconic memories of your journey along any of the Jacobean routes.
MY WAY TO SANTIAGO MOBILE
It is one of the applications that helps you discover, know, share and live the experience of doing the Camino de Santiago. You will be able to see the different routes that compose it (French Way, Portuguese Way, Fisterra Way, Muxía Way, Primitive Way, North Way). The miCamino tool provides you data of the towns and shelters.
Pilbeo
It allows to collect the luggage of a pilgrim to leave it in the next stage. It can be paid through different methods and allows you to manage the exact point of collection of the belongings. It has a search engine to select the collection and delivery points for each stage. In addition, it notifies you of the status of your luggage so that you know where it is at all times.
AR CAMINO DE SANTIAGO
This application what stands out is the use of the augmented reality, we can point our Smartphone’s camera anywhere along the way, it goes through towns and mountains and it will show us the different most important points of interest, such as hostels, hostels, restaurants, monuments and much more. As a disadvantage, it is worth noting its high battery consumption.
EROSKI CONSUMER path
The Practical Guide to the Camino de Santiago from CONSUMER EROSKI, world leader in information on the pilgrim route, has launched this application that will help you while you do the Camino de Santiago, both in the preparation of the route and along it.
TrekRight: Camino de Santiago
This application is ideal for anyone who either chooses to walk or prefers to go by bicycle on the Camino de Santiago, specifically, the French Way and the extension from Santiago to Finisterre. Includes detailed maps, provides information tailored to your location. It tells you where you are, what you still have to see, what you have around, where find a water source. All in real time, although the app is exclusively paid.
