Pilgrims walking the famous Camino de Santiago have reached a new record. In 2023, nearly half a million people from around the world hiked this historic route. According to the statistics released by ...

In recent years, the 450-mile trek in a far northwest corner of Spain has seen a renaissance of interest. For more than 1,000 years, the cathedral towering over the main square of Santiago de ...

KNOWN in English as The Way of St James, the Camino de Santiago is a network of routes that serve as a pilgrimage to the shrine of the apostle St James in the Santiago cathedral. The Santiago de ...

Pilgrims can walk the Camino de Santiago once again as the pilgrimage's destination, the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, reopened its doors Wednesday. The cathedral, pilgrim welcome center, and ...

Why does one go on a pilgrimage? That question has been asked and answered by countless people throughout history. Today we especially ask the question when people travel the Camino de Santiago. For ...

About three hours into the day’s hike, having just cleared the highest mountain point of the Camino de Santiago, I looked down into the valleys pockmarked with yellow and purple spring blossoms, and ...

I went because: Lots of cultural sites along the 500-mile Camino de Santiago, a medieval pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia (northwest Spain). Don't miss: Puente La Reina (shown), a ...

Pilgrims are returning to Spain’s Camino de Santiago after COVID-19 restrictions kept them away, according to reports. The centuries-old Catholic pilgrimage route ends at the cathedral in Santiago de ...

Kay Cramer, 66, walked the Camino de Santiago in Spain several years ago when she retired from her career as a hospice nurse. When she heard about the diocese’s pilgrimage inspired by the Camino, she ...

For over a thousand years, the cathedral towering over the main square of Santiago de Compostela in the far northwest corner of Spain has been the ritualistic last stop for pilgrims who’ve hiked here ...