Watch our YouTube video about things to know before walking the Camino de SantiagoĪs I mentioned above the Camino de Santiago is not a single route, as some people think referring to the most popular route – Camino Frances, but a network of routes. If you get overwhelmed at the beginning of your Camino planning and have many questions that need to be answered we created a dedicated post answering the most FAQs about the Camino de Santiago. The Camino de Santiago is not a single route but a network of routes that start in different cities, mainly in Spain (some in Portugal and France), and finish in Santiago.
Nowadays this route is known as the Camino Primitivo. The history of the Camino de Santiago goes back to the 9th century when Spanish King Alfonso II completed the first-ever pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela from Oviedo. It’s believed that in the cathedral of Santiago the body of the apostle Saint James was buried. The Camino de Santiago or the Way of Saint James is a pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela, a city in Galicia (Spain).
Camino Finisterre-Muxía – November 2018.Portuguese Camino (from Lisbon) – May 2018.We tried to create the best resource that pilgrims can use to plan their journey.īy the time of writing this post we walked seven different Camino routes: You can find many Camino posts on our Camino de Santiago page. I must warn you the Camino might be addictive, many people come back again and again after completing their first Camino route. Camino de Santiago has many different route options from a short 120 km walk to the long and challenging 800 km and even 1000 km routes depending on how much time you have, what you want to see, and how far you can walk you can choose any of the existing routes. Walking the Camino de Santiago is a great experience, the best thing about the Camino is that anybody can do it, you don’t have to be an experienced hiker or super athlete to walk it.
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