Henrique. Portugal. 2019
Henrique is in love with the Camino de la Geira that links Braga and Santiago de Compostela, a Path to whose recovery he has contributed and continues to contribute through the writing of guides and in providing information and support to the pilgrims who travel along...
Sleeping on the Camino: Hotels, rural houses and other accommodations
The albergues are the most popular accommodation on the Camino, the only ones designed specifically for pilgrims, but there are other types of accommodation that are increasingly more specialized and adapted to the needs of pilgrims that coexist alongside them. First...
Magical corners of Santiago: Rúa das Carretas
The transfer of the Pilgrim’s Office turns the Rúa das Carretas the center of Compostela!
April 2019: 31,721 pilgrims took the Compostela in an April with more women than men and 64% foreigners!
Last April, 31,721 pilgrims took the Compostela in the Pilgrim’s Welcome Office, compared with 22,068 last year 2018. More women than men: 16,512 (52.05%) women and 15,209 (47.95%) men. Of these pilgrims 30,007 (94.60%) walked the Camino on foot; 1,540 (4.85%)...
Frank. Germany
He is retired and loves to travel the pilgrimage routes, he can afford to travel many, to follow from a sanctuary as in the Middle Ages. He loves the Way because in it he can find people who, in his opinion, really understand the world and life. He thinks that you...
SLEEPING ON THE CAMINO: THE ALBERGUES
The Camino de Santiago is full of alternatives for sleeping, many of them with very similar prices, that’s why it is not so easy to just recommend the hostels as the only specific accommodations for pilgrims. Along the main routes of the Camino de Santiago the...
Interview with Antón Pombo: A reflection on the Camino de Santiago
Antón Pombo is a specialist on the Camino de Santiago. He is an historian and researcher -with a doctoral thesis linked to the history of Compostela- and a writer specialized on the Camino with decades of experience as an author of books, articles and guides, and also...
Holy Week 2019: 13,878 Compostelas delivered by the Pilgrim’s Office!
During the last Holy Week the Pilgrim’s Office delivered 13,878 Compostelas. We share the figures of Compostelas by days: Friday 12 – 774 Saturday 13 – 1,091 Sunday 14 – 670 Monday 15 – 600 Tuesday 16 – 1,204 Wednesday 17 –...