Less Crowded El Camino Routes

How to Avoid the Crowds on the El Camino de Compostella Approximately 400,000 people do the El Camino each year.  The French Way is the most popular of the routes to Santiago in Spain, where the relics of Saint James are said to be buried.  About 180,000 ‘Pilgrims’,...

Everything You Need to Know About the French Way Camino Frances

Planning Your El Camino Frances About 60% of all ‘pilgrims’, as Camino walkers are called, choose the French Way, more commonly referred to as the Camino Frances.  This major pilgrimmage route is on the UNESCO World Heritage List for its importance to...

Avoiding Crowds on the El Camino de Santiago

How to Avoid the Crowds on the El Camino de Compostella Approximately 400,000 people do the El Camino each year.  The French Way is the most popular of the routes to Santiago in Spain, where the relics of Saint James are said to be buried.  About 180,000...

Everything You Need to Know to Walk the El Camino

Walking the El Camino de Santiago – The Many Paths of this Pilgrimage While often walked as a pilgrimage to the Catedral del Santiago, the presumed burial place of St. Jame’s remains, thousands of folks walk the multiple paths or ways to this coastal town...

Hike or Bike Spain’s El Camino de Santiago

  El Camino de Santiago is a pilgrimage route across the northern part of Spain that leads to the beautiful city of Santiago de Compostela. There are a lot of different old pilgrimage routes called Caminos that all end up in Santiago. Janet Hanpeter, Chief Travel...
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