About Ultreia

Ultreia is a companion app for pilgrims walking the Camino de Santiago.

On the Way, you will find, that many things solve themselves, and some can be made better with a little help.

Ultreia doesn't want to be your "stage planner". it wants to be the electronic equivalent of that grizzled Camino veteran you meet in a municial albergue somewhere in the Mesata, that knows all the good places to eat, things to see, and always knows where to get water. To that end, we offer a database of fountains, a list of albergues, and for those who do: a collection of vegan and vegetarian places for you to check out. No frills, no stage planning, just walking, seeing great things, collecting obscure stamps, meeting friendly locals, sleeping well, and eating well.

What is Ultreia?

The word Ultreia (from Latin ultra meaning "beyond" and eia, an exclamation of encouragement) is the traditional greeting among pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago. It means "onward!" or "keep going!" - a call of encouragement to fellow travelers on the Way.

Why not an app?

We considered it. We also published an app, Camino.Now, for over two years, and had great success with it. But ultimately, we decided against it for Ultreia.

• The Camino is now well covered with WiFi hotspots and 5G/LTE. A web app is absolutely feasible.
• Ultreia makes extensive use of caching and local storage, so even if you're out of reception, you have data at your fingertips
• We can iterate MUCH faster. New feature? We have it tomorrow. New data? In seconds.
• Everything in Ultreia is EU based. Given Spanish and EU laws, US AppStores add additional issues to the deployment of data, and we don't want to have to deal with all that in 2027.

Features

• Offline Maps - Download map tiles for your route and use them without internet
• Water Fountains - Find drinking fountains along the Camino with potability information
• Albergues - Locate pilgrim hostels (coming soon)
• Points of Interest - Churches, monuments, and landmarks (coming soon)
• Vegan & Vegetarian - Leaf & Shell certified restaurants (coming soon)

The Camino de Santiago

The Camino de Santiago ("Way of St. James") is a network of pilgrim routes leading, like tributaries into a majestic river, to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain, where tradition has it that the remains of the apostle Saint James are buried.

For over a thousand years, pilgrims from all over Europe have walked these paths - some for religious reasons, others seeking adventure, reflection, or simply a long walk through beautiful landscapes.

Open Source

Ultreia is open source software. We believe in transparency and community contribution.

Privacy

Ultreia is designed with privacy in mind:

• No tracking or analytics
• No user accounts required
• All map data can be used offline
• GDPR compliant - we don't collect personal data

Buen Camino!