One day, while searching for a destination for a day trip from Beziers, France, I discovered the Abbaye de Sainte-Marie de Fontchaude. It was not far away and was in a small hamlet surrounded by ...

My mom and I have completed two routes from the Camino de Santiago together. Our international trips to Europe have helped us ...

Along Spain's northern coast lies a path dotted with small villages and undisturbed landscapes. As the trail moves inland, towering trees offer a shaded refuge from the heat. Each day, a few hikers ...

“Tu mochila es tan pesada como tus miedos,” says Leonardo San Sebastián, as he lifts the bottom of my backpack to check its weight. We’re standing before the Santuario de Santa María a Real do ...

Fancy a modern-day pilgrimage to the Spanish site of Santiago de Compostela? Whether you’re a Catholic pilgrim or just want a good walk, these divine crisscrossing routes have something for everyone.

A few tears fell from my father’s eyes as he gazed up at the towering steeples of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. To the average passer-by, the tears my father shed probably appeared to be no ...

(RNS) — In her early 30s, Rachael Sanborn found herself in a bad relationship and dreaming of an escape to the Camino de Santiago in Spain, a pilgrimage her father had undertaken that had profoundly ...

When Daryl Groom’s son, Colby, suggested they hike 170 miles from Portugal to Spain along the Camino de Santiago, Groom initially hesitated. At 67 years old, the Sonoma County winemaker considers ...