Pilgrims can choose an optional route when walking the Camino de Santiago Portugués Central. It's called the Variante Espiritual (Spiritual Variant in English) route. I walked it in August 2024, and ...

The Camino de Santiago requires time, stamina, and sacrifice, but ask any pilgrim who’s finished: most of us would return to that road without hesitation. The Camino de Santiago, or Way of Saint James ...

They say no one walks the Camino by mistake, but at times it sure felt like one. After our summer travel plans were canceled, Lucy, my 15-year-old daughter, and I impulsively joined a small group of ...

Join us on part of the Camino Franc s, Camino Portugu s or the Camino Finisterre! The name Camino de Santiago can refer to a number of different pilgrimage routes in Spain, Portugal and France, all of ...

In the Douro Valley of Portugal, patches of reds, greens and browns on terraced vineyards thrived in the sun protected by distant mountains. I viewed the valley from a vista in Peso da Régua, longing ...

After our summer travel plans were canceled, Lucy, my 15-year-old daughter, and I impulsively joined a small group of teens, faculty and clergy from Christ Episcopal School and Church to walk the ...

The rain lifts and we walk into a glimmer of afternoon sunlight as we leave Anha for Viana do Castelo, about six kilometres away. Our pilgrim's lunch and accompanying wine are a distant memory. This ...