If you are going to step on to the Camino de Santiago, I highly recommend this guide to be part of your equipment. While on the Camino, my friend and I drew upon its information daily. Knowing how far it is to each mile-stop, whether your feet can make the distance some days can make all the difference as well as locations that offer ATMs or don't as may very well be the case! Be warned that the author has a tendency to down play the day's routes, particularly in regards to alternative paths! We found that dew-laden brush paths and rough going should have been relagated to "you will get wet walking this path and the rate of climb is only for the VERY fit." One of the secondary paths that was suggested by the book that we started to follow actually had local people calling to us and trying to tell us not to go that way; we soon realized why when we spent the entire morning climbing up the side of a mountain to the top of the valley. But the guide is very accurate, whether you follow the marked path or take the secondary paths offered by the book you will get there, have some advanced knowledge of your next destination, and have a marvelous journey in the process. Buen Camino!