We will always have the Camino de Santiago
An app by pilgrims for pilgrims. That's the spirit he was born with CaminoTool four years ago, in 2016, and with the same one with which he has adapted to the new reality in which we live to include a record of the establishments on the Camino de Santiago that are taking hygienic-sanitary measures to deal with Covid-19.
They already carry 1,050 references in the category COVID-19 Adapted, of which 85% correspond to accommodations and 15% to services such as restaurants, taxis, pharmacies, physiotherapy clinics or bicycle service , spread over the Camino del Norte, the French, the English, the Portuguese, the Primitive and the Finisterre.
A list that will continue to grow and be updated, since they have been based on direct surveys to the owners or directors of establishments. "We have sent more than 2,000 emails, consisting of an explanation of what we are doing (registration) and a CTA [Call To Action] to go to a form in which to fill in the date of opening and the measures adopted”, explains to Traveler.es Víctor García, one of the founders of CaminoTool.
The questionnaire exposes a battery of measures ranging from the existence in the establishment of hydroalcoholic solution dispensers up to the authorized safety distance, going through shift control, bins with hands-free opening, safety distance between beds, sanitization of backpacks... And so until exceed 60 options to which establishments can return as many times as they wish to keep updating those who are adopting.
To access this list, simply download CaminoTool and press the COVID-19 Adapted button, which will cause the establishments are geolocated on the map of the App, that since 2016 has achieved gather more than more than 21,000 references of accommodation, hostels, restaurants, food, physiotherapists, taxis, bicycles... in 8,000 kilometers of routes.
“CaminoTool was born from pilgrims for pilgrims, and with that spirit we want to continue providing a service that is now essential to complete the Camino safely and with confidence, and at the same time contribute to the reactivation of inland tourism how important it is for the different routes”, Agustín Gómez, the other co-founder of CaminoTool, points out in the press release.