The new edition of the Voluntary Hospitallers on the Camino de Santiago starts up in the hostel of Ribadiso.

One more year, the Hospitallers on the Camino programme started in the hostel of A Coruña Ribadiso (Arzúa), in which a total of 18 volunteers will carry out work involving welcoming and accompanying until the end of September at this establishment on the French Way. After the success of the previous two editions, the endeavours … Read more

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

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

The Xunta de Galicia and Government of Spain deploy special security arrangements on the Way of St. James during Holy Week

These reinforcements fall under the framework of the co-operation agreement between the Ministry of the Interior and Turismo de Galicia, which also includes another special operation for the summer months. The Autonomous Community Police have deployed a total of 16 patrols along six routes (French, Portuguese, English, Fisterra and Muxía, North, and Primitive routes, and … Read more

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

Hospitality, the welcoming of the pilgrim is a value which for centuries has been considered the cornerstone of the Camino de Santiago. A form of spirituality poetically depicted in the photographs which Manuel G. Vicente took along the Camino, on the route and in hostels during recent decades. The heart-warming welcome is fused with the … Read more

Turismo de Galicia presents the guide “Places Associated with St. James in Compostela and the Surrounding Area”

Turismo de Galicia presents the guide Places Associated with St. James in Compostela and the Surrounding Area, which includes the most important or unique locations associated with the world of pilgrimage. This publication provides an overview of the many connections with St. James which can be found in the destination of the Way of St. … Read more

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