Famous trails through France and Spain can be uninspiring and busy. We find peace, beauty and hospitality on a lesser-known branch in northern Portugal I am walking backwards down the Camino de ...

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 ...

First Person is a daily personal piece submitted by readers. Have a story to tell? See our guidelines at tgam.ca/essayguide. My wife, Tracy, and I are winding our way along the Portuguese Camino.

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 ...

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 ...

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