The boom in the number of pilgrims on Spain's famous El Camino de Santiago, or the Way of St. James, hit a new record of almost half a million last year. Among them were 38,000 Americans. According to ...
Martim Thomas, 41, from Switzerland, makes his way along “Camino de Santiago” or St. James Way in Puente La Reina, around 25kms, 15 miles, northern Spain, April 14, 2021. (Credit: Alvaro ...
I learned that the hard way while hiking the Camino de Santiago this September, a popular but arduous pilgrimage culminating in Spain’s Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. I’d been wanting to ...
Anna Mares Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024 8:01 a.m. | Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024 8:01 a.m. Clutching his father’s ashes, Philip Stearns overlooked the cliffs of Finisterre, a Spanish town on the Atlantic ...
During the summers of 2012 and 2013, I walked more than a thousand miles on the Camino de Santiago ... pilgrimage path through France and Spain. In each of the past few years, between 183,000 ...
Other routes include the 513-mile Camino del Norte, which follows Spain's northern coast ... which takes you through Portugal; the Vía de la Plata, a 621-mile south-to-north route that begins ...