Description
37This is the 2022/2023 edition, published August 2022 (mid-year). This is the book that will be available for the 2023 walking year.
144 pages paperback in full colour including:
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Overview route planners
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Daily stage maps
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Contour guides
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Alternative routes & detours
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Detailed town plans
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List of all pilgrim hostels & hotels
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Historical notes
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Myths and Legends…
This guidebook combines two ancient routes into Santiago that remain largely undiscovered despite their historic significance. Each route offers a very different camino experience but are combined in one volume as they join in A Laxe for the final stages. Each provides the minimum distance required for a pilgrim to apply for a Compostela; but that is not the purpose of this guidebook which seeks to off er alternatives to the busy routes through Sarria and Tui which account for over 80% of all pilgrims to Santiago; by contrast the Camino Invierno currently carries less than 1%.
Camino Sanabrés offers a link from the Via de le Plata. This guide offers the last 5 stages of that itinerary commencing in Ourense with its rich Roman heritage and extant thermal baths. Excellent rail and road links make the city highly accessible for pilgrims wishing to commence their journey from this point. The acorn would be a fitting symbol for this route that winds its way through ancient oak forest past the Pico Santo into Santiago.
Camino Invierno provides a link from the Camino Francés and a wonderful alternative to the routes through Sarria which carry such a large volume of pilgrims. The ‘Winter Way’ is a camino in its own right as it snakes its way through the mystery of Las Médulas, the largest gold mines in the Roman Empire and now a World Heritage Site (see cover photo). It continues along the sacred banks of the río Sil, the incomparable Ribeira Sacra with its vineyards and chestnut forests. Its remote location and limited facilities make this a demanding route, well suited for the seasoned pilgrim with an adventurous spirit, seeking a quieter way.
This guidebook also seeks to find a balance between the outer and inner journey, between the physical and spiritual, which is why it is subtitled A Practical & Mystical Manual – that we might find a place to eat and sleep at the end of a hard day’s walk but also, and crucially, that we might find the courage to dive into the mystery of our own soul awakening.
Each guidebook comes with a free Camino Credential from the Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela.
My talk with John Brierley early in 2020
Customer Reviews
United States
Camino Invierno
Very good service and delivery
NetherlandsQuick
Wederom en zeer snelle levering, top.
United StatesAs always: Quick and easy delivery to US
The guidebooks arrived quickly and were well packaged.
NorwayVery good
I will be using this in 2023, but I have experience with most of the other camino guides from John Brierly. They are all very good, and I expect this one to be up to standard.
AustraliaCamino Guide purchase
Very good. I prefer Brierley guides to the others on the market
CanadaCamino Sanabres Guidebook
In typical John Brierley form, this is an excellent book. The book was received, very quickly and in excellent condition! Thank you!!
CanadaGreat products, great service
Am looking forward to using the guides on my next Camino.
United StatesGuide for Planning
I appreciated getting some older guides for a sale price so that I can do some dreaming/planning for my next Camino’s! Purchasing from the Forum is always easy and I appreciate what is available.
AustraliaSpeedy delivery to Australia.
Prior to receiving the book I was using information from various sites on the internet. These sites were useful, but I found using the book provided ease of use as all the information was in one place. Overall I find John Brierley’s guides the best of the English language guides. I
PortugalPrecise and portable
United StatesCamino invierno y camino sanabrés
Excellent. Full of information. EEasy to follow
CanadaHappy Pilgrim
The Brierley guide for the Invierno is a great resource for planning my next Camino; hopefully in 2022.
United StatesOrder
Ivar is always really nice and helpful with the products and with shipping!
United KingdomGuide Book Purchase
I recently purchased J Brierley’s new C.Sanabres/Invierno book by mail order from Casa Ivar. The process was faultless, and I can highly recommend.
United StatesHaven't used it yet, but I like Brierley's guides.
JapanVery speedy delivery !
When I had placed an order of the Pilgrim's Guide to the Camino Invierno, I thought it would take about 2 weeks, but I received it much faster. I've just started planning my Camino. I hope I can do it early next year.
United StatesFirst steps to my next camino
I bought some guides through the website. Very simple process, nice selection of guides, and another way to support the forum. Thanks!
NetherlandsWell delivered
No problems ! Nice to receive the 2021 credential to collect the stamps on the way.
SwitzerlandExcellent Guide and Outstanding Service
I haven’t used the guide yet on Camino, but I’ve read it and am currently considering walking this route later in 2021. The guide is excellent! The ordering and shipping service Ivar provides is outstanding. I will always buy Camino guides from this website! Thank you John Brierley and thank you Ivar Rekve.
United StatesAs promised!
I received my items in a timely fashion at a fair price. I will use this again when needed.
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United StatesCamino Invierno
Very good service and delivery
NetherlandsQuick
Wederom en zeer snelle levering, top.
United StatesAs always: Quick and easy delivery to US
The guidebooks arrived quickly and were well packaged.
NorwayVery good
I will be using this in 2023, but I have experience with most of the other camino guides from John Brierly. They are all very good, and I expect this one to be up to standard.
AustraliaCamino Guide purchase
Very good. I prefer Brierley guides to the others on the market
CanadaCamino Sanabres Guidebook
In typical John Brierley form, this is an excellent book. The book was received, very quickly and in excellent condition! Thank you!!
CanadaGreat products, great service
Am looking forward to using the guides on my next Camino.
United StatesGuide for Planning
I appreciated getting some older guides for a sale price so that I can do some dreaming/planning for my next Camino’s! Purchasing from the Forum is always easy and I appreciate what is available.
AustraliaSpeedy delivery to Australia.
Prior to receiving the book I was using information from various sites on the internet. These sites were useful, but I found using the book provided ease of use as all the information was in one place. Overall I find John Brierley’s guides the best of the English language guides. I
PortugalPrecise and portable
United StatesCamino invierno y camino sanabrés
Excellent. Full of information. EEasy to follow
CanadaHappy Pilgrim
The Brierley guide for the Invierno is a great resource for planning my next Camino; hopefully in 2022.
United StatesOrder
Ivar is always really nice and helpful with the products and with shipping!
United KingdomGuide Book Purchase
I recently purchased J Brierley’s new C.Sanabres/Invierno book by mail order from Casa Ivar. The process was faultless, and I can highly recommend.
United StatesHaven't used it yet, but I like Brierley's guides.
JapanVery speedy delivery !
When I had placed an order of the Pilgrim's Guide to the Camino Invierno, I thought it would take about 2 weeks, but I received it much faster. I've just started planning my Camino. I hope I can do it early next year.
United StatesFirst steps to my next camino
I bought some guides through the website. Very simple process, nice selection of guides, and another way to support the forum. Thanks!
NetherlandsWell delivered
No problems ! Nice to receive the 2021 credential to collect the stamps on the way.
SwitzerlandExcellent Guide and Outstanding Service
I haven’t used the guide yet on Camino, but I’ve read it and am currently considering walking this route later in 2021. The guide is excellent! The ordering and shipping service Ivar provides is outstanding. I will always buy Camino guides from this website! Thank you John Brierley and thank you Ivar Rekve.
United StatesAs promised!
I received my items in a timely fashion at a fair price. I will use this again when needed.