International Congress: The Way of St. Jame and it’s impact on Northern Portugal’s and Galicia’s tourism

Date: June 1 and 2, 2018 Venue: Fórum da Maia. Portugal Organized by: Caminhos de Santiago. Caminho Portugués de Costa More information: http://www.caminhoportuguesdacosta.com/pt – info@caminhoportuguesdacosta.com  

St. James trip in Lithuania

Due to St. James ways in Lithuania (Kaunas –Lazdijai) opening, we are inviting to seven days trip. We will be walking, communicating, meeting native people and admiring a beautiful nature of Lithuania. We will commemorate one hundred anniversary of Lithuanian independence and the establishment of St. James ways in Lithuania, which join the European route … Read more

Exhibition: El Camino de Santiago. Tomohiro Muda. A view from the East (Astorga)

Tomohiro Muda is a Japanese photographer who went on two pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela photographing the Camino and offering his vision of it. Muda declares himself to be a lover of the French and especially of the Spanish Romanic, Santiago de Compostela and the Jacobean pilgrimage. He was born in in 1956 in the … Read more

Xacobeo calls for grant proposals from associations of friends of the Way of St. James

Part of the corporate purpose of Sociedade Anónima de Xestión do Plan Xacobeo is relations with the associations of friends of the Way of St. James. As a result, Xacobeo considers collaboration with these entities at different levels to be essential, since historically they have been the most important section of civil society promoting the … Read more

Welcoming and Hospitality on the Camino de Santiago. Photographs by Manuel G. Vicente (Seville)

A creative experience of hospitality and solidarity lived through beside the pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago, in the hostels and at the goal of the Jacobean Pilgrimage. A shared area of universal values Hospitality, the welcoming of the pilgrim is a value which for centuries has been considered the cornerstone of the Camino de … Read more

IV Short Story Contest on The Camino de Santiago

BASES: 1.-  Any person over 16 and of any nationality can participate in the contest. The works will be submitted in Castilian Spanish, they must be original and may not have received awards in other contests. The maximum extension of each story will consist of 3 DINA4 sheets and must be sent in triplicate. The … Read more

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