Almost 60 years later, in 2014, the Santiago Cathedral Foundation launched a project to apply new molecular analysis methods to the remains with the aim of clarifying whether they really belonged ...

Santiago de Compostela is one of the major centres of Christianity in the world — but the city’s sense of spirituality goes far beyond its cathedral and famous pilgrimage.

Santiago de Compostela is one of the major centres of Christianity in the world — but the city’s sense of spirituality goes far beyond its cathedral and famous pilgrimage.

All Camino routes end at the tomb of St. James the Great in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. Camino quest was city’s 450th goal for 2015.

The Camino Primitivo, or Primitivo Way, is considered the original route of the Camino de Santiago. It starts in the city of Oviedo in northern Spain and covers approximately 320 kilometers (200 ...

Present on arrival at Santiago de Compostela Cathedral to collect your Compostela. To qualify, you need only show you walked the final 62 miles (or cycled the final 124 miles) of any of the Camino ...

Hunger pangs hit differently around mile 13. I learned that the hard way while hiking the Camino de Santiago this September, a popular but arduous pilgrimage culminating in Spain’s Cathedral of ...

While it’s traditionally a Catholic pilgrimage, ending at the shrine of the apostle James in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, secular pilgrims today embark on the Camino for all kinds of ...

The Camino de Santiago has existed as a Christian pilgrimage for well over 1,000 ... starting at the Cathedral of Learning in Oakland and ending at the Mr. Rogers’ Memorial Statue on the North ...

By the time we reached the first albergue—a type of hostel for Camino de Santiago pilgrims—the sun was high, the heat hanging thick and heavy. I felt my body aching, a rash emerging on my feet.

Plan your route: The Camino de Santiago consists of several routes, each with its own starting point and distance. The most popular route is the Camino Francés, which starts in St. Jean Pied de ...