A friend in Santiago told me yesterday that the town seemed very busy. Hardly surprising on the weekend of Easter! The pilgrim office handed out just over 3,000 Compostelas yesterday. Bringing the total for the year so far to 25,559.
And that figure of 3053 on Good Friday in 2023 is clearly more than the figure for Good Friday, 19 April 2019, which was 2219 Compostelas (give or take a few other certificates).
Hello my wife and I are starting to plan for our pilgrimage and had a question about hotels. Is there a route that offers 4 & 5 star accommodations? We are retired and would prefer to stay at...
We have one extra day after we finish the Camino in Santiago that we are debating how to use: would it be crazy for us to take a train to and from Porto (our start)?
Hello everyone!
Pilgrim House Welcome Center turns 10 years old this week! If you'll be in Santiago on Tuesday, July 23, please stop in to celebrate with us:
We'll have an Open House and...
— The exhibition A viking life opens to the public on Friday, July 12, starting at 4 p.m., after its institutional opening ceremony, which will take place that same day in the morning
— Curated...
The Cathedral website says:
What it doesn't say is whether the botafumeiro will swing after every mass on those days or only after specific masses on those very special days. Does anyone know? I...
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