Spanish for the Camino de Santiago

Practise the Spanish a pilgrim actually uses: 689 hand-written words across 11 short courses, each with example sentences and a map of how the words connect. The first topic is free and needs no account.

Free to try: Greetings and courtesy

Said dozens of times a day, starting the first morning.

• ¡Buen Camino! – have a good Camino
• hola – hello
• buenos días – good morning
• buenas tardes – good afternoon
• buenas noches – good evening, good night
• gracias – thank you
• de nada – you're welcome
• por favor – please
• perdón – sorry, excuse me
• disculpe – excuse me
• adiós – goodbye
• hasta luego – see you later
• sí – yes
• no – no
• no entiendo – I don't understand
• ¿habla inglés? – do you speak English?

The courses

All 11 courses, each with its own page listing what is in it.

• Camino basics – The Spanish a pilgrim actually uses, from the first albergue to the last kilometre. 109 words in 8 topics
• Eating properly – Beyond the pilgrim menu: the bar, tapas and raciones, and ordering what you meant to. 97 words in 7 topics
• Buses, trains and taxis – Getting to the start, skipping a stage when you have to, and home again from the end. 55 words in 5 topics
• Numbers, prices and time – Hearing a price said quickly, and understanding the answer the first time. 60 words in 4 topics
• Paperwork and problems – The Compostela at the end, and what to say when something is lost, stolen or refused. 36 words in 3 topics
• At the pharmacy – Describing what hurts to somebody who can help, and understanding the answer. 60 words in 5 topics
• Camino Portugués – The coastal route and Galicia: the sea, the border, and what changes when you cross it. 36 words in 3 topics
• Rooms and reservations – Pensiones and private rooms, for the night the albergue is full or you need to sleep properly. 48 words in 4 topics
• Small talk – The conversations that happen over dinner in an albergue, and how to keep them going. 80 words in 5 topics
• Verbs that carry you – The sixty verbs that do most of the work in spoken Spanish, in the shapes you actually say them. 60 words in 5 topics
• Weather and terrain – Reading a forecast and a warning sign before you set out, and naming the ground under your feet. 48 words in 4 topics

What Spanish do you actually need on the Camino? is the long-form guide; this is the practice tool that goes with it.