The French Way: Estella / Lizarra
Estella is a medieval town full of history, which already became linked to the Camino de Santiago around the year 1100, being cited in the Codex Calixtino as a “fertile place with good bread and excellent wine, as well as meat and fish, and supplied with all...
60 PILGRIMS TOOK THE COMPOSTELA IN THE MOST COMPLICATED JANUARY OF THE LAST DECADES
We continue to review the monthly numbers of pilgrims. At the worst moment of Covid-19, with more restrictions and perimeter closures, the Camino continued to welcome some pilgrims. As many people point out in the pilgrimage forums: who knows what motives push some...
THE FRENCH WAY: PUENTE LA REINA
Puente la Reina is for pilgrims the meeting point of different roads, the Aragonese and Navarrese branches of the French Way in Spain and, as indicated by the Codex Calixtino , of the four great pilgrimage routes that cross France: “one goes by Saint-Gilles,...
Moments like these will soon be possible again … Don’t forget the city of Santiago!
Holy Year 2021: Messages from Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Santiago at the opening of the Holy Door
The Compostela Holy Year has begun! While waiting to be able to return to the Camino, we share with you the links to access the Pastoral Letter of the Archbishop of Santiago and the message of Pope Francis on the occasion of the beginning of this jubilee year and the...
99 PILGRIMS TOOK THE COMPOSTELA IN THE MOST COMPLICATED DECEMBER OF THE LAST DECADES
We continue to review the monthly numbers of pilgrims. At the worst moment of Covid-19, with more restrictions and perimeter closures, the Camino continued to welcome some pilgrims. They were long-distance pilgrims who had left before the restrictions or others who...
The Cathedral of Santiago is open: What does it offer at the moment to the pilgrim or visitor?
Since January 1st, the cathedral is open and it can be visited every day, from 9:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. The visit is free and the Holy Door is open. Mass is celebrated again at 12: oo and at 7:30 p.m., although for the moment, given the low number of pilgrims, the...
Holy Year 2021: Paolo Caucci von Saucken, Rector of the Confraternita di San Jacopo di Compostella
In the silence of San Nicolás, the desire of the pilgrims to set foot on the sacred route is heard louder than ever, the desire of the hospitaleros who dream of seeing them descend again from Mostelares and, under the snow, the tremor of the Camino that longs for the...