Live the Experience of the Way of Saint James
I Want Galicia, I Want Camino
"More than 300,000 people a year travel the oldest pilgrimage route in Europe on foot, by bicycle or on horseback. Choose your way of living the Way"
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A route visits EUROPE with destination to Santiago de Compostela (Galicia - Spain - Europe)

The Way of Saint James has been, and keeps on being, definitely, the most ancient route, more busy and more celebrated of the old continent. Santiago also has shared the attraction of the hikers and walkers of all time but, besides, has created a route, has done a Way. To Santiago and to Galicia can arrive of a lot of ways. But the best form to come is by the Way of Saint James.

A route runs through EUROPE with destination Compostela
The discovery of the tomb of the Apostle Saint James in Galicia around the year 820 was one of the most important events of the Middle Ages in all the continent
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1,200 years of HISTORY at our feet
Today, twelve centuries later, the Way of St. James is the first European Cultural Itinerary and is a World Heritage Site
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DIALOGUE of cultures and “highway” of KNOWLEDGE
On the walk to Compostela arose the Romanic style, the Gothic Cathedrals, the medieval lyrical poetry of the “cantigas” or the “chansons de geste”
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Example of HOSPITALITY and SOLIDARITY
Fraternity, hospitality and voluntary service are the three grand values of the Way
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From the Codex Calixtinus to the ten historical ROUTES
There are ten historical routes of the Way. The Codex Calixtinus describes one of these in the XII century, the French Way
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A Way of the SPIRIT which venerates the first martyr of Christianity
Santiago the Elder was decapitated in Jerusalem about the year 44 and his disciples wanted to bring him to Hispania, where several documents dating from the VI century situated his pilgrimage
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The EFFORTS of the walker obtains their REWARD
There are kilometres of effort and illusion. The pilgrim knows that “the goal is the Way” and he enjoys each experience until the culmination of the route
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SANTIAGO: The city which is “more eternal than ancient”
Santiago de Compostela, capital of Galicia, with a historical quarter which is a World Heritage Site and is one of the cities with more green areas in Spain
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Events

16 August

Way of Saint James
7th World Trails Conference

From 27 to 29 September

Santiago de Compostela

Festa/Feira popular
FESTAS PATRONAIS DE SAN ROQUE

From 14 to 25 August

Betanzos

Festa/Feira popular
FESTA DA AMEIXA DO CARRIL

From 18 to 19 August

Vilagarcía de Arousa

Festa/Feira popular
FESTA DA EMPANADA DE BANDEIRA

18 August

Silleda

Festa/Feira popular
FESTA DA ANGUÍA E A MOSTRA DA CAÑA DO PAÍS DE VALGA

From 24 to 25 August

Valga

Festa/Feira popular
FOLIÓN DE CARROS DE CHANTADA

25 August

Chantada

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