Camino Francés Getting Started Audio Guide

Camino Planning Kit

(formerly known as the Camino Francés Getting Started Audio Guide)

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Planning Kit Modules

1. Welcome to your Camino Planning Kit!
2. Content outline for this audio guide
3. Meet Your Guide, Nancy Reynolds
4. Before we go any further . . .
1. Module overview
2. Introduction to Spanish Culture
3. Regions, towns, and villages on the Camino Francés
4. Natural Beauty & the Trail Markers
5. Seasonal variations, festivals, and holidays
6. Transportation along the Camino Francés, plus excursions and diversions
7. Favorite guidebook, plus options for planning . . . or not
8. The good stuff on the Camino Francés
1. Module overview
2. High level overview: starting in Saint Jean Pied de Port
3. All about the "high" road from Saint Jean Pied de Port
4. All about the "low" road from Saint Jean Pied de Port
1. Module overview
2. Decision points for your big picture planning - audio session
3. Decision points for big picture planning, PDF to accompany the audio session
4. Questions for reflection
5. Questions for reflection - PDF
6. Guidebooks and apps for the Camino Francés
7. How much time in Saint Jean Pied de Port?
8. How many days for the first stage, one or two?
9. How to plan your stages after Roncesvalles
10. How to plan your entire trip itinerary - Part ONE
11. How to plan your entire itinerary - Part TWO
12. All about booking accommodations, part ONE: Introduction
13. All about booking accommodations, part TWO: The Booking App and booking.com
14. All about booking accommodations, part THREE: What else you need to know
15. Spanish phrases for booking accommodations
16. Nancy's Camino training guide - BONUS!
17. An introduction to travel insurance
1. Additional planning tools: Godesalco and Gronze
2. Camino planning resource list
3. Albergue list from the pilgrim's office in Saint Jean Pied de Port
4. Camino Francés trail information
5. The good stuff on the Camino Francés
6. Planning calendars
1. Module overview
2. Worksheet and checklist for planning travel
3. Preview: Let's look at the map!
4. How to get to Saint Jean Pied de Port from MADRID
5. How to get to Saint Jean Pied de Port from PARIS
6. How to get home from Santiago
1. Introduction to travel planning and research
2. Finding flights TO Europe
3. Finding flights WITHIN Europe
4. How to go by TRAIN from Madrid to Pamplona
5. How to go by BUS from Madrid to Pamplona and from Pamplona to Sant Jean Pied de Port
6. How to go by TAXI from Pamplona to Saint Jean Pied de Port
7. How to go by TRAIN from Paris to Bayonne and on to Saint Jean Pied de Port
8. How to go from Biarritz to Saint Jean Pied de Port, by TAXI/VAN or by TRAIN via Bayonne
1. Module overview
2. Safety and security on the Camino
3. Albergue etiquette
4. For directionally challenged pilgrims
5. For the directionally challenged, to accompany the audio session
6. Smartphones on the Camino: your Camino communication plan - NEW!
1. Module overview
2. An introduction to packing for the Camino, plus Travel Days
3. More resources for packing for the Camino
1. Module overview
2. Arrival in MADRID to Pamplona by BUS
3. Arrival in MADRID to Pamplona by FLIGHT
4. Arrival in MADRID to Pamplona by TRAIN
5. Arrival in PARIS to Bayonne and Saint Jean Pied de Port by TRAIN
6. Arrival in PARIS to Biarritz by FLIGHT
7. PDF - step-by-step from Paris to Saint Jean Pied de Port - NEW!
1. Here's what happens next . . .

Camino Planning Kit

Planning Kit Modules

Module 1: Welcome and Meet Your Guide (start here!)

Module 2: Overview of the Camino Francés

Module 3: What it means to start in Saint Jean Pied de Port

Module 4: Big Picture Planning

Module 5: Planning resources

Module 6: Overview of Travel to the Camino

Module 7: Details of Travel to the Camino

Module 8: Things to Know Before You Go

Module 9: Packing & Departure

Module 10: Arrival in Europe

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