Coastal Route (Caminho da Costa) of the Portuguese Camino is a beautiful alternative walk to the Central Route. Its total distance of the route is 280 km, it starts in Porto and follows the coast till Redondela where it joins with the main route. About 30% of pilgrims who complete the […]
Camino Portugues is one of the spiritual routes to Santiago de Compostela. The Camino Portugues is the second most popular Camino de Santiago after the French Way, about 19% of all pilgrims or 52 200 people walked this Camino in 2017. The total distance of the Camino from Porto to Santiago depends on the route you […]
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 2019 more than 180 000 people […]
The Camino Francés is a 790km pilgrimage route from St.Jean Pied de Port to Santiago de Compostela. It’s the most popular route of the Camino de Santiago network followed by the Portuguese Camino. This Camino route is walked by hundreds of thousands of pilgrims every year. The Camino starts in […]
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 […]
The Camino de Santiago is not a single route like many people think referring to the popular Camino Frances. It’s a network of pilgrimage routes that start in different places across Europe and finish in Santiago de Compostela. In fact, you can start walking to Santiago from anywhere in Europe. […]
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 […]
Camino Primitivo or the Original Way is a part of the Northern Caminos network that includes Camino Primitivo, Camino del Norte (the Northern Way), and Camino Ingles (the English Way). The total distance of the Camino Primitivo 321km it can be completed in two weeks. The trail starts at the cathedral […]
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, […]