Ultreia is your gateway to the Camino Commons.
A community-driven guide for pilgrims seeking reliable, current information on the road. Built by humans, for humans, by pilgrims for pilgrims.
A Volunteer Effort
Coded by hand, not vibe-coded. No AI slop here. Every piece of information is curated by humans who actually walk the Camino. A "staff" of volunteers, pilgrims, and locals keep the data current — one small update at a time.
A small FAQ answers common questions about our approach.
Crowdsourced to OSM
Information shared with the commons via OpenStreetMap, helping everyone on the Way. Built in the spirit of cooperation and community, not commerce and conflict.
Inclusive and Open
Vegan and vegetarian spots, camping-friendly albergues, obscure fountains and stamps. Eat well, sleep well, find what others miss.
100% free, 100% anonymous, 100% community, 0% affiliate links
No paid listings. No tracking. 100% anonymous, 100% free. No affiliate links, no algorithmic bias. Just pure data.
Ultreia.me is a guide for pilgrims who want reliable, current information on the road. But it's more than that: it's your gateway into the commons, and the commons' view into the Camino, adding and amending OpenStreetMap so everyone benefits.
It shows albergues, fountains, food and shops, camping places, and quiet or interesting spots — including things many guides overlook, like vegan and vegetarian options or seasonal realities. The focus is simple: being current and inclusive.
On the Way, you'll notice that many things solve themselves — and that some can be made better with a little help. Ultreia doesn't want to be your stage planner (use Godesalco — it's excellent at that).
It wants to be the electronic equivalent of that grizzled Camino veteran you meet in a municipal albergue somewhere in the Meseta: the one who knows all the good places to eat, the things worth seeing, and always knows where to get water.
What Ultreia offers:
- A database of fountains
- A list of albergues
- Points of interest
- Vegan and vegetarian places
No frills. No stage planning. Just walking, seeing good things, collecting obscure stamps, meeting friendly locals, sleeping well, and eating well.
...but with a twist
Guidebooks age, websites drift — often with profit motives (nothing wrong with that; good work deserves good pay). The Camino changes weekly and relies heavily on the open hearts, minds, and outstretched hands of the hospitaler@s, associations, organizations, locals, and pilgrims who walk, work, and live on it.
Ultreia is like the Camino: It stays current because people correct it — one small update at a time. A fountain reappears. An albergue closes early. A phone number changes. Nothing heroic. Just shared attention.
More than a website or a map
Ultreia is not only a website or a map. All the information collected here is shared with the commons via OpenStreetMap, so it helps everyone — including people who never use Ultreia at all.
Local Xuntas and Consellos often rely on OpenStreetMap reports to learn about broken fountains and infrastructure issues. That means Ultreia both learns from public data and feeds knowledge back into the system.
Ultreia isn't a business. It's a line of communication between the commons, pilgrims, and the country we cross. If Ultreia disappeared tomorrow, the data would still live on. That matters.
Why contribute?
You are free to contribute. No one will force or even ask you to. But if you do, then contributing to Ultreia doesn't mean working — it means noticing.
If you see a fountain that flows again, an albergue that changed its hours, a new place that feeds pilgrims well, or a number that no longer works, you can pass that on. Those small notes help the next pilgrim, and because the data is shared openly, they help everyone else too.
The Camino has always worked this way: one person leaves a mark so another can walk more easily.
Why we don't do bookings or paid listings
Large booking platforms solve convenience by placing themselves between pilgrims and albergues. Over time, that pushes prices up and forces even small places into systems they didn't choose: be on the platform, or lose to the platform.
Ultreia tries to soften this dynamic by emphasizing alternatives, keeping money on the Camino and relationships human rather than algorithmic. The Camino works because it isn't owned or auctioned. Ultreia follows the same logic.
- No pay-to-list
- No commissions
- No forced accounts
- No tracking pilgrims as "users"
Just information, shared freely with you — and, if you wish, your knowledge returned to the commons.