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 –...
The Holy Week begins over 1,000 Compostelas a day!
Santiago is again full of pilgrims, 1,037 took the Compostela on Wednesday 10, 926 on Thursday 11, 774 on Friday 12, 1091 yesterday Saturday!
Jelka. Slovenia
She met the Camino de Santiago thanks to a work colleague, he told her about the Camino in 2000. She met up with the Camino again in 2008, when she was traveling with friends with whom she had studied at school. They were celebrating the 40 years that had elapsed...
Santiago 2019: Masses and Confessions in English will be held at the Pilgrim’s Reception Office and S. Francisco
Because of the restoration work inside the cathedral, masses and confessions will be celebrated in other churches of the city. MASSES IN ENGLISH Masses in English will be celebrated in the chapel of the Pilgrim’s Reception Office at 9:30am (Monday-Saturday)...
To go on pilgrimage accompanied
The Camino is one of the best experiences to confront loneliness and spend time with oneself. For many people pilgrimage has been the opportunity they have to test and overcome their fear of loneliness, because all who have this adventure say they have been...