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46Sale: The 2021 edition is now on sale for €1,-. Please select the "2021 edition" to get this edition. The 2021 edition at this price does not include a credential.
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
Excellent 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.
SwitzerlandGuide Books
I bought the Camino Sanabres & Camino Invierno (John Brierley) and the Camino del Norte (Wise Pilgrim) at an incredibly low price. Excellent books and a very fast service. The books were delivered to France in record time. Many thanks.
FranceWell satisfied
Great service from Ivor. All ready for 2024 adventure.
United KingdomInvierono
Everything perfect
AustraliaGood value books not so postage
The guide is fine....does what it says .....however the postage costs seemed higher than I would have thought necessary even in these days of inflation
United KingdomExcellent
Very niece overview
NetherlandsIvar shop
Verry good and fast delivery
FranceExcellent as usual with Brierly
Easy to plan your own stages if set ones are too long. My dream book!
CanadaUseful before the Camino.
Finland2021 & 2023 edition: Camino Invierno & the Camino Sanabrés
I purchased this because it is the only guidebook available for the Invierno. I particularly like the maps, the alternative routes and the details of walking surfaces along with the elevation charts. The accommodation references are concise and detailed and are probably the best of the guidebooks I have used. One area which is not for me is the number of pages devoted to the spiritual aspect. While I appreciate this is important it does add to the weight on the trail. It would be good if this was as a sectional appendix or another accompanying book. I see the more popular routes have separate map books which would address this but also I appreciate that this is probably not a best seller therefore a print run is not feasible for a maps only version. However overall very good thank you
DenmarkCamino Invierno
Very good service and delivery
United StatesQuick
Wederom en zeer snelle levering, top.
NetherlandsAs always: Quick and easy delivery to US
The guidebooks arrived quickly and were well packaged.
United StatesVery 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.
NorwayCamino Guide purchase
Very good. I prefer Brierley guides to the others on the market
AustraliaCamino 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.
CanadaGuide 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.
United StatesSpeedy 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
AustraliaPrecise and portable
PortugalCustomer Reviews
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Excellent 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.
SwitzerlandGuide Books
I bought the Camino Sanabres & Camino Invierno (John Brierley) and the Camino del Norte (Wise Pilgrim) at an incredibly low price. Excellent books and a very fast service. The books were delivered to France in record time. Many thanks.
FranceWell satisfied
Great service from Ivor. All ready for 2024 adventure.
United KingdomInvierono
Everything perfect
AustraliaGood value books not so postage
The guide is fine....does what it says .....however the postage costs seemed higher than I would have thought necessary even in these days of inflation
United KingdomExcellent
Very niece overview
NetherlandsIvar shop
Verry good and fast delivery
FranceExcellent as usual with Brierly
Easy to plan your own stages if set ones are too long. My dream book!
CanadaUseful before the Camino.
Finland2021 & 2023 edition: Camino Invierno & the Camino Sanabrés
I purchased this because it is the only guidebook available for the Invierno. I particularly like the maps, the alternative routes and the details of walking surfaces along with the elevation charts. The accommodation references are concise and detailed and are probably the best of the guidebooks I have used. One area which is not for me is the number of pages devoted to the spiritual aspect. While I appreciate this is important it does add to the weight on the trail. It would be good if this was as a sectional appendix or another accompanying book. I see the more popular routes have separate map books which would address this but also I appreciate that this is probably not a best seller therefore a print run is not feasible for a maps only version. However overall very good thank you
DenmarkCamino Invierno
Very good service and delivery
United StatesQuick
Wederom en zeer snelle levering, top.
NetherlandsAs always: Quick and easy delivery to US
The guidebooks arrived quickly and were well packaged.
United StatesVery 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.
NorwayCamino Guide purchase
Very good. I prefer Brierley guides to the others on the market
AustraliaCamino 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.
CanadaGuide 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.
United StatesSpeedy 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
AustraliaPrecise and portable
Portugal