A call to everyone familiar with the Camino de Santiago! My name is Hannah Dear, and I am a student at the University of Mississippi. I am writing my thesis on the impact of secularization in Spain on ...

A new law requiring hotels and car hire firms to send customer data to the government starts on Monday. For general information and discussion. The consensus of the article seems to be that it will a ...

This year I walked from SJPP to Villa Franca Montes de Oca then took a bus to Burgos where I spent 3 nights then train to Madrid and flew home. So my dilemma is when I go back in June 2025 to finish ...

A new law requiring hotels and car hire firms to send customer data to the government starts on Monday. For general information and discussion. The consensus of the article seems to be that it will a ...

Being of an age where luggage becomes mysteriously heavier with each passing year, I’ve realised what I’ve learned about packing light for Camino is relevant for all kinds of travel. Gleaned from many ...

Its quite cold here in the UK now, winter is upon us and the sun sets by 16.00hrs, so the days are short and the nights long. So this just adds to those endless hours thinking about past Caminos and ...

Not especialy Camino related but it's been a month since the disasterous floods in Valencia. The Guardian newspaper has a series of then and now photographs which will make you appreciate how bad it ...

There's a new 30-Minute documentary on German/French arts and culture channel "arte" which deals with the ever growing attraction of the Camino and the burden of over-tourism on the inhabitants of ...

Not sure where to post this ? Should it also be under the jakobweg? My wife and I have recently completed a combined Jakobweg/ Via Gebennensis (VG) - starting at Lake Constance to Geneva and then onto ...

Last autumn I walked the Via Baltica from Swinemunde/Swinoujscie (at the very north eastern point of the German- Polish border) to Bremen. This is app. 600 km. Those wishing for a longer walk can of ...

I´m planning to do the second half of my Camino starting in Sahagun about mid April. This year Eastern holidays are also celebrated in mid April. Apparently a lot of local people will use the week ...

It seems that after several pushbacks the new requirements come into force on December 2nd. Accomodation providers will be required to collect a raft of personal data from all guests. This will ...