The Way of Sant James

What are your motivations for doing the Camino?

... We would like to know your motivation for doing the camino de Santiago. We would like to know the reasons for why someone picks up a backpack and uses their vacation time walking large distances and end up in an uncomfortable albergues. The Pilgrims Office ...

Camino Kumano

... Located amidst the most sacred mountains of the Kumano Kodo, within the renowned Kumano Sanzan, stand three principal shrines: Kumano Hongu, Kumano Hayatama, and Kumano Nachi, a monumental and sacred complex situated on the Kii Peninsula. In 940, the shri ...

Love and faith on the Camino

... On the way out of Alto de Poio we meet two pilgrims from Alicante. This is their 2nd pilgrimage along the Camino Frances. They talk about the brotherhood they feel with other pilgrims and the rich intercultural exchange that happens along the way to Santia ...

Five monuments on the Camino in Galicia

... The village of O Cebreiro, the Monastery in Samos, the church in Vilar de Donas in Palas de Rei, the church of Santa María de Leboreiro in Melide and the Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela. These are the monuments that Galicia brings to the program “Hitos ...

The Camino in 24 hours

... The camino de Santiago always brings along challenges, personal and in a group. A group of 30 bicyclists from the Basque country has set their goals on Santiago de Compostela. A decade ago, the members of the Club Erandioko Txirrindulari Elkartea did the C ...

Presentado o proxecto solidario "El Camino acaba en el Obradoiro"

... Esta iniciativa, promovida por Río Natura Monbus Obradoiro coa colaboración de Turismo de Galicia, ten o obxectivo de promover o Camiño de Santiago a nivel internacional, converterá ao recoñecido ex-xogador da NBA Terry Porter nun peregrino que percorrerá ...

Korean Experience on the Camino

... Proud over “surviving” a tendonitis that made it difficult to walk, this Korean pilgrim tells us his motives that made him walk the Camino and the things he has learn from this experience. Our pilgrim is in Santiago de Compostela and he has only one thing ...

Stickers on the Camino

Santiago welcomes pilgrim 200,000 in a record year for the Camino

... Pilgrim number 200,000 of this year 2016 stamped his Compostela today at the Pilgrim’s Office in Santiago. She is a Portuguese pilgrim from the city of Fatima who travelled the primitive Way from Lugo in a group together with relatives and neighbours. The ...

Do you know the legends of the Camino?

... Wagner in his work “Parsifal” situates the Holy Grail in the place where a miracle is produced on the Camino de Santiago. To be more concrete, in a hermitage in this location. Do you know were this is? This is the first question in the online question and ...