How to plan your Camino using favourite towns
Don't like the result? Try again with different towns.
What are favourite towns?
Favourite towns are simply towns you have saved to a shortlist to aid you with planning your Camino. You can shortlist up to 10 towns when you sign up for a free account.
Why use favourite towns?
Save a town as favourite when you definitely want to stop there while on your Camino, no matter what. Additionally, a free Pilgrimate account also enables you to plot favourite towns on the Camino.
You can also leverage your favourite towns when using the Planner.
How to use favourite towns for planning your Camino
First, you'll need an account to be able to track your favourite towns. So sign up if you haven't yet, and make sure you're logged in.
When you are signed in, you will notice a button on town pages (on pages of towns with pilgrim accommodation options, to be precise).
Click it to save the town, or click it again to remove it from your favourite towns.
If you don't see this button, you're either not logged in, or the town doesn't have any accommodation options for pilgrims.
Go to My account › My favourite towns. Your favourite towns are always there, grouped by the route they are on.
Click the Plot towns on route button.
Pilgrimate will display your favourite towns in order, with the distances between them indicated in kilometres.
If you're not happy with the distances, you can always change some of the towns on your shortlist, come back to this page and see what difference your changes make.
Please note that towns on alternative routes (for example, Samos on the Camino Francés) will be ignored.
Example
The short Camino Inglés, which doesn't offer as many accommodation options as the 'bigger' Caminos, still allows you to have shorter or longer days in your itinerary.
By using favourite towns, you can compare alternative ways of splitting up the same route into days. Check out two different itineraries from Neda to Santiago de Compostela, using two sets of completely different towns to stop in. Both come with their pros and cons – this is what walking your way means!
More sightseeing, and even more varied daily distances.
The distances are more even (keep an eye on that final leg though!), but you'll pass through Pontedeume and Betanzos, two of the highlights along the route.
