Pilgrimage

Learn more about the 7 most popular Camino de Santiago Routes to Santiago de Compostela – the most popular pilgrimage in the world.

Camino de Santiago: A pilgrimage across northern Spain to the sanctuary at Santiago de Compostela is the finest journey in Spain.

  St. Francis, born in 1181 to a wealthy silk merchant and his wife, was definitely no saint to begin with. He partied and drank with his friends and generally got into trouble. Even after being imprisoned for a year during the war between Assisi and Perugia, he returned to his extravagant ways. But then, the …

Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, on the coast of southwestern France, is a village steeped in legend, history, and tradition that lives on today. Gypsies (Gitanes) from all over Europe gather here every spring on a pilgrimage – the Pélerinage des Gitanes – to honor their saint, Sarah. One legend (there are many) says that close to 20 centuries …