The Camino Francés is the most popular route of the Camino de Santiago network walked by thousands of pilgrims every year. The route starts in a small French town of St.Jean Pied de Port and goes across Spain to Santiago de Compostela. In this post, you’ll find a detailed day […]
The Camino Francés or the French Way is one of the routes of the Camino de Santiago, a pilgrimage to the tomb of Apostle St.James in Santiago de Compostela. The Camino Francés is the most popular route, according to the Pilgrims’ Attention Office in Santiago in 2018 more than 180 […]
The Camino de Santiago is an old pilgrimage route to the tomb of Apostle St.James. The history of the Camino goes back to the 9th century when the actual tomb of the Apostle was discovered. The first officially documented pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela was made by the king of […]
The Via de la Plata or the Silver Route is considered to be the toughest Camino de Santiago route in Spain due to its distance, over 1000 km, long walking stages with little facilities in between and extremely hot weather in summer months. The Via crosses four Spanish regions; Andalusia, […]
The Camino Inglés or the English Way is one of the shorter routes of the Camino de Santiago network in Europe. This route is growing in popularity, every year more and more pilgrims choose this Camino, but it’s still far from being as busy and crowded as the Camino Francés. […]
Walking the Camino de Santiago is a great experience, the best thing about the Camino is that anybody can do it, you don’t have to be an experienced hiker or super athlete to walk it. Camino de Santiago has many different route options from a short 120 km walk to […]
Camino Primitivo or the Original Way is a part of the Northern Caminos network that includes Camino Primitivo, Camino del Norte (Northern Way) and Camino Ingles (English Way). You can do the Camino Primitivo as a separate walk or combine it with the French or Northern Way both have connection […]
The Camino de Santiago is not a single route like many people think referring to the popular Camino Frances, but a network of routes that start in different places across Spain, Portugal, and France and finish in Santiago de Compostela. In fact, you can start walking to Santiago from anywhere […]
Camino Finisterre (or Fisterra in Galician) is an extension of the Camino de Santiago that takes pilgrims from Santiago de Compostela to what in old times was believed to be “the end of the world” or Finisterre. The Finisterre-Muxia route is the only way that starts not ends in Santiago. […]