1000 Miles Later: My Ultimate Camino de Santiago Packing List

One fine October day on a beach in Galicia, I completed the most challenging and satisfying experience of my life. In a little over a month I’d walked right across the top of Spain, starting in a small French border town at the base of the Pyrenees and finishing in the shallows of the Atlantic ocean.

A year later, I strapped on my backpack again, spending nearly three weeks walking from Porto in northern Portugal to Santiago, and then a loop to Finisterre, Muxia, and back.

Continue reading to learn more about packing for a backpacking trip, written by Dave Dean.

Menciones en los medios de comunicación

I’m also a fan of the venerable Sawyer Squeeze. Just collect water and drink!

Trey French
Escritor

Menciones en los medios de comunicación

Sawyer’s picaridin lotion lasts a long time, stores well in survival kits and cars, and doesn’t have the laundry-list poison control label like DEET sprays.

Sean Gold
Founder & Lead Writer

Menciones en los medios de comunicación

I’m not a fan of bugs, so Sawyer Picaridin spray is always in my pack.

Isis Briones
Writer and Editor