- Time of past OR future Camino
- Many, various, and continuing.
Spain will soon have its own Camino de Santiago International Information and Welcome Center, like those that receive pilgrims in Portugal and France. The center will be in the historic Convent of the Comendadoras de Santiago in central Madrid.
• A consortium of Spanish and international associations of the Camino de Santiago reached an agreement with the Comendadoras de Santiago, the female Order of the Knights of Santiago founded in the 12th century, to create an Information and Reception Center for foreign pilgrims who land at the Madrid airport to travel the traditional Camino de Santiago.
• Spain does not currently provide a comprehensive welcome for the pilgrims from more than 190 countries who arrive in Madrid each year to make the journey to Santiago. France and Portugal are more advanced, with their welcome centers at San Jean a Pied de Port and Porto, respectively.
• The new International Center is projected to start up at the end of the Holy Year 2021-2022, with about 100 international volunteers offering a traditional Jacobean welcome. Refreshed and armed with the latest information on the trail, pilgrims can begin their journey imbued with the spirit of the Camino de Santiago straight from the Capital.
It is fitting that a year as symbolic as 2022 – a post-pandemic extended Holy Year - the convent of the Comendadoras de Santiago, located on its eponymous Madrid plaza, will host the Information and Reception Center for Pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago. Santiago – French Way.
It is sponsored by the Comendadoras, the Camino Frances Association, Fraternidad Internacional del Camino (FICS), Asociacion de Municipios del Camino, The Korean Camino Association, Amigos of Astorga, and Peaceable Projects Inc.
For full details, see the attached.
• A consortium of Spanish and international associations of the Camino de Santiago reached an agreement with the Comendadoras de Santiago, the female Order of the Knights of Santiago founded in the 12th century, to create an Information and Reception Center for foreign pilgrims who land at the Madrid airport to travel the traditional Camino de Santiago.
• Spain does not currently provide a comprehensive welcome for the pilgrims from more than 190 countries who arrive in Madrid each year to make the journey to Santiago. France and Portugal are more advanced, with their welcome centers at San Jean a Pied de Port and Porto, respectively.
• The new International Center is projected to start up at the end of the Holy Year 2021-2022, with about 100 international volunteers offering a traditional Jacobean welcome. Refreshed and armed with the latest information on the trail, pilgrims can begin their journey imbued with the spirit of the Camino de Santiago straight from the Capital.
It is fitting that a year as symbolic as 2022 – a post-pandemic extended Holy Year - the convent of the Comendadoras de Santiago, located on its eponymous Madrid plaza, will host the Information and Reception Center for Pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago. Santiago – French Way.
It is sponsored by the Comendadoras, the Camino Frances Association, Fraternidad Internacional del Camino (FICS), Asociacion de Municipios del Camino, The Korean Camino Association, Amigos of Astorga, and Peaceable Projects Inc.
For full details, see the attached.