New rules for obtaining the Compostela have just been announced. It is not anymore necessary to walk/bike/ride/sail the LAST 100km into Santiago, any 100km on any Camino will do AS LONG as the last ...

Let me start off by saying that I have done 10 Caminos. This is not to brag but to say that I should have known better. Before my last one, my grandkids convinced me that I should document the journey ...

I thought it might be useful for new pilgrims to read about what kind of concerns veteran pilgrims had before their first Camino and what really was an issue (or not!) for them during that first and ...

I guess this falls under Culture. There's usually a classical Spanish guitar festival in Carrion during the Summer ... I had the luck to attend one of the concerts this summer (2024) and it was ...

Hello. My name is David Murray from Ireland. I wonder if anyone has noticed the following. I recently completed the Camino de Levante from Valencia. Previously, I had done the Via de la Plata, the ...

In one of my searches for recent news items about the Caminos and pilgrimage a few minutes ago I came across two articles side-by-side in the Google results. One from El Correo Gallego about a small ...

Currently prepping for my Camino - Arles to . . . ? possibly to Compostella. The last time, I had a fitbit, and my phone for maps. I have since ditched the fitbit for an Apple watch, but there's no ...

Hi! I'm planning to do the Camino Francés in a month starting January 22nd from SJPDP to Santiago. Can you tell me the alternative routes and albergues that are interesting and that I must do/visit. I ...

Every year at this time I am drawn through the mists of time to a very meaningful moment in my life. Long ago, and I mean long ago, I was a young single constable in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police ...

I've been watching the prices and waiting to book my flight to Spain for May 2025, but the prices are about double what they were last year and the year before. For the past two years I've manged to ...

You can take a look at my list from 2022, which i used for a May Camino Frances... but would use pretty much the same for a Sept Le Puy. Maybe throw in an extra fleece or an umbrella, but you can get ...

I found this interesting food for thought. I am not very good at silence, but I was glad to be given and to read the Gospel of St Luke that I was given in Le Puy-en-Velay after the morning pilgrim ...