The Way of St. James

Joan Fiol Boada

This guide to the Camino de Santiago includes the routes known to pilgrims as the French trail, from Roncesvalles, and the Aragonese trail, from Somport. It also describes the four stages from Santiago to Cape Finisterre and that of Saint Jean Pied de Port. The book starts off with a very well-documented introduction, with different chapters discussing the history of the pilgrimage, the modern-day trails, the hostels, equipment, physical training and a range of useful advice on taking the trail. A total of 40 stages are described in detail, each of them including two digital maps, a chart showing the differences in height, a summary of the stage, distances, the facilities available in each town or village, an outline of cultural aspects, a description of the route, information offices and a list of hostels and other accommodation together with their features. In addition, the website www.gronze.com includes a page with updates.

Joan Fiol Boada

Joan Fiol was born in 1965 in Terrassa, where he currently lives. He works in the financial sector. He has been linked to the world of walking for 20 years, and has been a member of the Centre Excursionista de Terrassa for 15 of them. Sant Llorenç del Munt, Montserrat and the Montseny region are the places he knows best, and where he goes walking regularly. The main long-distance paths he has walked include the Trans-Pyrenean trail and the Camino de Santiago from Roncesvalles and from Montserrat several times, the Plata trail from Seville, the Aragonese trail, the trail from Le Puy and some sections of the Portuguese trail and the Northern trail.