JUNE ENDS WITH 49,066 COMPOSTELAS DELIVERED! WE SHARE DATA ON THE NATIONALITIES, WAYS, STARTING POINTS…
The month of June ends with 49,066 Compostelas delivered, a record compared with the 45,685 which were delivered the same month in 2018. Once again there are more women than men: 24,720 (50.38%) women and 24,346 (49.62%) men. They arrived 44,744 (91,19%) on foot,...
Tove. Denmark-Australia-China
She was born in Denmark in a very poor family of children, she was the 12th. Her parents were workers with scarce resources and they were not given an education, none of the children had access to an education. They lived in a small, two-roomed house, which was so...
Paolo. Italy
Paolo has done the Camino 18 times. The first was in 1995. He started it for several reasons: he had religious motives, he was curious and that year his father had died. What he learned from his first Way was to be humble and be available to others. He believes that...
46,673 Compostelas delivered in May! We share the nationalities, the routes …
Last May (2019) the Pilgrim’s Office delivered 46,673 Compostelas, a record compared with the 40,665 which where delivered in the same month in 2018. Once again there were more women than men: 24,163 women (51.77%) and 22,510 men (48 , 23%). 43.633 (93.49%)...
Holly & Jeff. United States of America
In 2011 Holly and Jeff found ‘The Way’ through Netflix. At that time, Jeff had heard something about the Camino, but Holly did not know anything. After seeing the film, they both knew that they wanted to go to Spain to walk the Camino, and immediately began to gather...
Arlindo. Portugal
In 2018 he arrived in Santiago after travelling the Camino Primitivo. Before he had walked almost all the routes: twice the Portuguese Central Way from Valença, also the Camino de Fisterra-Muxía, the Camino Inglés, the Camino Francés from O Cebreiro,; the Vía de la...
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...