Before planning your route and deciding on your packing list, ask yourself the following questions:

• How much time you have available to do the Camino.
• How you are going to do the Camino: On foot, on horseback, by bicycle..
• What time of the year are you going to do the Camino.
  
• What is your age and state of physical preparation.
• If you have any illness, disability, old age..
• Luggage: Forget about large backpacks. Advisable from 3 to 5 kg. maximum. On the Camino you will find everything you need.
• Credential or Route Diary.
  
• Don't forget: Documentation, water or isotonic drinks, sunglasses, hat/cap, raincoat, comfortable boots, well-groomed feet and wooden walking stick.

100 kilometers on foot.
200 kilometers on horseback.
200 kilometers by bicycle
Once you have decided the starting point, you must be ACCREDITED with a CREDENTIAL. The Credential is basic, to be welcomed in the Refugios and Albergues, where you will be stamped.

You can obtain it at: In the Refugios, in the Associations or Brotherhoods of the Camino de Santiago and in certain Churches.

Sarria Town Hall: 982 531 001 // 982 535 000
Health Center: 982 532 111
Local Police: 982 530 850
Civil Protection: 982 532 440
Red Cross: 982 530 092
Tourist Information: 982 530 099
Bus Station: 982 530 125
Train Station: 982 530 787
Cabs: 982 530 004
Santiago Airport: 981 547 500
La Coruña Airport: 981 187 200