What to do in Santiago de Compostela

Once you arrive in Santiago after your pilgrimage you can have the chance of doing a great deal of different things. Therefore, here you have a few places that you may enjoy during your visit. The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. This is the goal of every pilgrim. It was built piecemeal over several centuries […]

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Santiago-Finisterre way or Santiago-Muxia way

The FISTERRA- MUXÍA way is the only route that starts in Santiago de Compostela and I would like to highly recommend this journey as a very enjoyable postscript to a successful Camino, much like dessert after a fine meal. Some pilgrims think Santiago´s cathedral is the end of the way but pilgrimage is not over […]

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Is Travel insurance necessary on the camino?

All pilgrims to the camino should worry about health insurance coverage. European pilgrims can get freely the European Health  Card in their own country days before the pilgrimage. However, American pilgrims or anyone that travels overseas should order  a full-covering medical insurance including emergency rescue and transportation to their home country. If you are not a […]

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Regional gastronomy in the Way of Saint James

Galicia is the final destination of the way of St. James. Galician Gastronomy is one of the good reasons to visit this region both you are a hiker or a standard tourist. You should not miss the delicious dishes that this part of Spain can offer to you.  If you do the Camino Frances, the […]

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The best footwear for the camino

Hiking shoes, hiking boots, running shoes, sandals…which ones are the most suitable? I have read a lot of conflicting information about that. Some hikers say a good pair of hiking boots is required, especially if you are walking from October to March. Others claim that hiking boots are overkill and that hiking shoes or even […]

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Which one of the Caminos should I choose?

So here I am. I know that I want to walk the Camino, but there is that big decision I need to take before: which Camino should it be? Once you start to learn more about the Camino de Santiago and you browse in books, guides and of course on internet, very soon you discover […]

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Green Hot Peppers and The Camino Portugués

What do the green peppers have in common with the Camino? Even if you haven’t walked the Camino Portugués (yet) but you visited Galicia, you’ve probably heard and maybe even tried the famous “pimentos de Padrón”. There is a short popular Galician rhyme saying:   Pimentos de Padrón, Uns pican e outros non.   Green […]

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What is the best time to walk the Camino?

Many pilgrims ask this question. The answer might seem easy, but… Different pilgrims walk the Camino for very different reasons. Many of them seek for solitude; others will look forward for meeting other people and for enjoying the company. Some will be concerned with the weather, other will adapt to whatever falls from the sky. […]

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Porto our departure town

As a kind of a journey diary, I will tell here the story of our experience on the Camino Portugués beginning in the town of Porto, Portugal . Our goal is not to provide an exact guidebook, but to broadcast the sensations and memories of this unforgettable experience on the paths of Portugal and Spanish […]

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Did you know that The Camino Portugues existed before the camino frances

Before the fact of the discovery of the Saint James grave in 813 became worldwide and famous, the news spread around locally. The very first people who heard about the miracle were the inhabitants of the Kingdom of Galicia whose territories were the lands of the today’s Autonomous Community of Galicia, part of Asturias and […]

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