eCamino

About eCamino Android App

El Camino is a well known pilgrim route that leads to Santiago de Compostela (Spain) and beyond. You may read well edited preparation tips, pilgrim stories, spiritual guidance and browse among 1200+ POIs ( such as accommodation, food, things to see, etc…). Our application supports offline navigation on detailed maps and brings all the useful information which is necessary for a pilgrim on the Camino. Our app is based on the famous book of John Brierley, which splits the Camino onto 33 stages. on your way.

What is Camino?

During the past years the Camino has witnessed an amazing revival to regain its place as the most popular pilgrim route in the world – but this is no modern fad for this ancient path has been transforming lives for more than ten centuries.

John Brierley

John Brierley is the author of the famous A Pilgrim's guide to the Camino the Santiago book. In the last decades thousands of pilgrims used this paper based guide book finding the inner route and the track to Santiago. John Brierley’s contribution to the development was really special, since he put all his experience, passion and knowledge to this project to have a perfect smartphone app for Camino pilgrims.

This is a reliable mobile companion on the road, and its main functions (such as maps and POIs) are working without mobile internet connection.

Navigation:
• 1200+ categorized POIs (including hotels, albergues, restaurants, cafes, etc) with detailed description, such as opening times, amenities
• John Brierley’s walking routes with suggested and alternative routes
• Detailed, high resolution maps of Camino
• Selecting favorite POIs
• Rate and review POIs

Your Camino diary
• Record and share your track with friends, family
• Add friends
• Add notes, voice notes
• Add photos
• Contribute a new POI
• Your performance statistics

Additional contents, functions
• General information on Camino
• Detailed descriptions of 33 stages
• Pilgrim stories
• Preparation tips
• On the way tips
• Spiritual guidance
• Emergency

If you register you also get access to the eCamino Community, which is available at the eCamino website (http://ecamino.eu)