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We’ve created the app for the Camino de Santiago by bike that we’d been dreaming up for twenty years<\/h2>\n\n

Bicigrino presents its GPS planner and navigator: a tool designed from the ground up for those who travel the Camino on two wheels. You can use it on your computer to plan your trip and on your phone to navigate it, even without cell service. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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We’ve been doing this for over twenty years. We\u2019ve seen thousands of bicigrinos and pilgrims come and go; we\u2019ve personally traveled every single one of the different Camino de Santiago routes and cycling trails; and we\u2019ve answered, one by one, the questions of those who are considering crossing half the Iberian Peninsula by bike for the first time. And throughout all that time, one question came up more than any other: \u201cWhere exactly am I going, and what will I encounter?\u201d <\/p>\n\n

We understand the concerns of those who set out on such a grand cycling adventure. The tools that were available never quite addressed those concerns. They were designed for pilgrims on foot, not for cyclists. They couldn\u2019t distinguish between a stretch of asphalt and one of loose sand. They didn\u2019t take into account distances appropriate for cyclists. They didn\u2019t tell you where to find a repair shop if you got a flat tire. They didn\u2019t warn you about a long hill before you started climbing it with your saddlebags loaded. And they almost always stopped working right where you needed them most: in areas without cell service in El Bierzo or inland Galicia. <\/p>\n\n

So we did what we’d been wanting to do for years. We built it ourselves. <\/p>\n\n

Today we\u2019re introducing bicigrino\u2019s<\/a> GPS planner and navigator, an app designed from the ground up for the Camino de Santiago by bike. It\u2019s not an adapted version of an app meant for hikers. It\u2019s a brand-new tool, created by people who know these routes kilometer by kilometer. <\/p>\n\n

An app that understands how to plan and how to travel the Camino<\/h2>\n\n

Cycling the Camino has two very different phases, and both are important.<\/p>\n\n

The first step is before you set out\u2014almost always in front of the computer at home, with plenty of time and a cup of coffee by your side. That\u2019s when you decide how many days you have, how far you want to go each day, and where you\u2019re going to sleep. \u201cThe Camino de Santiago begins the very moment you dream of it.\u201d The second is the Camino itself, with your cell phone on the handlebars, the sun in your face, and only one hand free because the other is holding the bike. <\/p>\n\n

Most tools address one of these two aspects and ignore the other. Ours is designed for both, and to transition from one to the other without losing anything along the way. <\/p>\n\n

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Plan your stops to suit your needs<\/h2>\n\n

The app\u2019s core feature is the stage planner. You tell it how many days you want to dedicate to the trip\u2014seven, ten, fourteen, whatever\u2014and it suggests a balanced itinerary, with distances and elevation changes, stopping in real towns with real amenities. <\/p>\n\n

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Would you rather adjust it yourself? You can. Change where you sleep, make a day longer or shorter, move a stop, and the plan recalculates automatically. Bicigrino\u2019s official stops are highlighted because, based on our experience, we know you\u2019ll be well taken care of there. <\/p>\n\n

Once you have your plan ready, you can download it as a PDF to take with you\u2014either printed out or saved on your phone\u2014with each step explained. And if you save it to your email, you can access it on any device: whatever you prepare on your computer will show up on your phone. <\/p>\n\n

For now, the app covers the two routes we know best and that people ask us about most often:<\/p>\n\n