The missionary to pilgrims shares wisdom from the trail. Five years ago, Barrett Harkins walked Spain’s Camino de Santiago—an ancient Christian pilgrimage walked by over 500,000 people each ...
In August 2024, I walked the Spiritual Variant route with three friends as part of our Camino Portuguese pilgrimage. It was ...
Lone female pilgrims walking the Camino de Santiago have spoken of being subjected to “terrifying” sexual harassment in ...
However, many women do it almost unconsciously. That same fear extends to all contexts, including the Camino de Santiago, ...
Two USC Aiken professors are planning to guide a group of students next year as they walk and write about Spain’s famous ...
Until 2020, Spanish rail operator Renfe ran the Camino de Santiago train, which broadly followed the route of the ancient ...
The Camino de Santiago has existed as a Christian pilgrimage ... At the foot of the ‘Iron Cross,’ pilgrims have left thousands of rocks to symbolize their burdens. The rocks represent lost ...
This story appears in the May 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. During the summers of 2012 and 2013, I walked more than a thousand miles on the Camino de Santiago. Also called the Way of ...