Author Kurt Koontz, shares his reflections on his million-step Camino de Santiago journey with the CaminoWays.com readers. Enjoy it! A million is a rough estimate of the number of steps I took while walking the Camino de Santiago. I made the calculation on day 13 of my trek as I walked along a portion of […]
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Fundraising campaign: an eternal and personal journey Nothing could have prepared me for the Camino experience. It was certainly a very personal journey and a trip I will not forget. As part of our fundraising campaign, Age Action ran its own Santiago de Compostela trip in September with the support of CaminoWays.com. We opted for
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Your Camino: Santiago de Compostela – Victor Frank *By Victor Frank Vere, from Canada, who travelled the Portuguese Way route of the Camino de Santiago from Tui with CaminoWays.com Dorothy was told to follow the yellow brick road in the film the Wizard of Oz if she wanted to locate the wizard and find her
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Don George’s #TripLit: Paris to the Pyrenees In recent years the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela, Spain, has gained a certain cachet. Books have been written on it; movies have been made about it. Almost invariably, the focus of these accounts has been the Spanish portion of the pilgrimage, culminating with arrival at the
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The Via de la Plata starts in the magnificent city of Seville. This Camino de Santiago route was first of all a trading road used by the Romans to join the North and the South of Spain and it is by far the longest Camino (1000km). Seville is the capital and largest city of the
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One Lost Soul Finds His Feet on The Camino de Santiago Francis Fitzgibbon tells the story of how one lost soul managed to find his feet along the Camino de Santiago. Francis Fitzgibbon 14 September 2013 The heat of the midday sun was beating down as I struggled to make it to the top of
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Leave your burdens and be in the moment Who: Leda McIntyre-Hall of WashingtonWhere, when, why: I went to Spain for three weeks to walk part of the Camino de Santiago. Like many Americans, I hadn’t heard of the Camino de Santiago until the release of the Emilio Estevez and Martin Sheen film “The Way” in
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Dublin Fireman To Walk The Camino in His Best Suit Clodagh Sheehy, 07 September 2013 DUBLIN firefighter Ger Devine will trek the ancient Camino de Santiago in a suit and tie – and all because of a dare. Dressed in a pin-striped suit, Ger heads to northern Spain on Sunday for a 1,000km walk along
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Closed to the public for most part of its 500-year history, the Saint James tower in Paris (Tour Saint Jacques) is the historic meeting point for pilgrims starting their Camino de Santiago journey from the French capital. This site used to be home to a 16th century church that was destroyed in the French Revolution.
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Hotel on the Camino: Hostal Virgen de la Encina Hostal Virgen de la Encina is a charming, warm and welcoming ‘hostal’ right in the centre of Ponferrada and right on the path of pilgrims heading to Santiago de Compostela along the French Way route of the Camino de Santiago. The hotel’s building was originally built
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The Ultimate Spiritual Travel: A Pilgrimage This guest blog by author Cheri Powell gives us an insight on what she felt and learnt after doing the Camino de Santiago: by Cheri Powell It was raining. It was dark. I was miserable. This was enlightenment? This was a spiritual quest? I did not feel very spiritual
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The Puente de la Rabia Legend As you walk the Camino de Santiago along one of its many routes, you are likely to encounter various legends, myths and interesting stories related to the places you are visiting on your journey. As well as meeting people and being in touch with nature, this is one of
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Reek Sunday Tips: Climbing Croagh Patrick This Sunday, Reek Sunday, the CaminoWays.com team is heading to Westport to climb Croagh Patrick, Ireland’s Holy Mountain. Our Camino prep walk takes place on a very special date, with thousands of pilgrims visiting the Reek on this day. Here are some essential Reek Sunday tips and notes ahead of
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Peter Murtagh – author of Buen Camino! As part of its Celtic Extravaganza and series of events focusing on Galicia, the Instituto Cervantes in Dublin recently organised a reading and discussion with Irish Times journalist Peter Murtagh. Peter traveled the Camino de Santiago various times and is the author, along with his daughter Natasha, of
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Camino, the Journey to Santiago – Interview with Alicia Wszelaki Alicia Wszelaki is the co-director along with Matthew Notherlfer, of ‘Camino, the journey to Santiago’, an intimate short documentary about a trip along the Camino de Santiago. The movie is premiered in Santiago de Compostela this week as part of the first Film and TV
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At Journey’s End: Santiago de Compostela The Camino leads to Santiago de Compostela in the Galicia region. So what do people find once they get there? by Sylvia Thompson You will have to leave all preconceived ideas about Spain on the plane as it flies into Lavacolla airport, 10 minute drive from Santiago de Compostela.
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Hotel Real Colegiata San Isidoro San Isidoro de León, on the French Way to Santiago de Compostela, is one of those special monuments and an amazing place to stay. Located in the historic centre of León, San Isidoro is an impressive XI-century Romanic complex with a Basilica, a royal pantheon resting place of kings, a
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The Camino Walk Song A group of outgoing retired Irish teachers walked the last 100km of the Camino de Santiago with CaminoWays.com recently. The group had a fantastic time and have created their own Camino de Santiago song about their holiday. Thanks to the group for sharing their experience on the Camino and their lyrics!: (to
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Inspirational Camino Story – Finding a life of service on the path to spirituality An inspirational Camino story written by Kendra Hartmann for the San Diego Community News Group, ‘Finding a life of service on the path to spirituality’ original article. More than a dozen years ago, Bonnie Arora read a travel article in the Union-Tribune about pilgrimages
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Santo dos Croques: from Sculptor to ‘Saint’ Most pilgrims walking the Camino and visiting the Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela have one primary objective: seeing the tomb of St James. However, for many years (many estimates even up to four centuries), there was another ‘Saint’ that partially stole the limelight from the mighty St James.
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