In spite of the intense cold on the 7th of January 76 pilgrims took their Compostela, there were 54 on the 8th and 67 on the 9th ... So, the month of January will indicated a year 2020 full of pilgrims!
The Ways of Santiago
The Winter Way: a little history
The itinerary of the Camino de Santiago known as the Winter Trail is a variant of the French Way that extends south of it between Ponferrada and Santiago de Compostela. It is therefore an alternative section that, thanks to its less mountainous geography and its...
Goodbye 2019, the year closes with a new pilgrim record: more than 347,000!
Merry Christmas and Happy Year 2020
Record numbers continue: 35,602 pilgrims took the Compostela during the month of October!
An Autumn full of pilgrims! 35,602 pilgrims took the Compostela during the month of October! The numbers represent a considerable increase of pilgrims compared to the 31,341 Compostelas of 2018 and the 26,600 of the last Holy Year 2010. Throughout the month of October...
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,...
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%) arrived on...
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%) by...
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 - 1,433 Thursday 18 - 1,882 Friday 19 - 2,289...
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!
March 2019: 7,474 pilgrims took the Compostela in March … and it was not yet Easter!
Last March, 2019, 7,474 pilgrims took the Compostela at the Pilgrim Office, there were 5,882 in the same month of 2010, the last Holy Year. There were 3,552 women and 3,922 men, mostly on foot (7,094), some by bicycle (329), on horseback (42) and in wheelchairs (9).
The number of Compostelas soaring: At the end of March on some days more than 500!
Santiago is again full of pilgrims: 435 took the Compostela on Thursday 28, 566 on Friday 29, 501 on Saturday 30 and 345 on Sunday 31!