Ad Limina, the research journal on the Way of St. James, added to Europe’s most prestigious publication index

The journal Ad Limina: revista de investigación del Camino de Santiago y las peregrinaciones, published annually by Turismo de Galicia and coordinated by the International Committee of Experts on the Way of St. James, will now be included in the most prestigious European journal index: Erih Plus. Strict quality control of its articles, which are … 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

10th International Congress on Jacobean Studies “Jacobus patronus”

Venue: Auditorio do Hostal dos Reis Católicos. Santiago de Compostela Date: 9–11 November 2017 Organized by: International Committee of Experts on the Way of St. James and Turismo de Galicia Director: Paolo Caucci von Saucken, chairman of the International Committee of Experts on the Way of St. James Aim The aim of the 10th International … Read more

The Primitive Way has a new public hostel of pilgrims in the A Fonsagrada (Lugo)

The new hostel, which arose in order to boost the Camino Primitivo, will suppose a substantial boost for the locality as it recuperates Casa Pasarín, one of the most emblematic buildings in this town, for the neighbourhood, and because these new installations will make it possible to increase the capacity of accommodation for pilgrims, therefore … Read more

Exhibition: Memory of Pilgrimage. The Way of St. James. First European Cultural Route (Alcaracejos)

The audiovisual exhibition Memory of Pilgrimage is the outcome of a recent trip by photographer Manuel Valcárcel and musician Alexandro González, both Galician natives, along pilgrimage routes to Santiago with a long history and tradition. The aim of this modern journey was to immerse themselves, every sense at the ready, in the intimacy of historical … Read more

Turismo de Galicia congratulates the International Committee of Experts on the Way of St. James for its work over the past 25 years

Turismo de Galicia Director Nava Castro closed today’s working meeting of the International Committee of Experts on the Way of St. James, a prestigious group of specialists on the pilgrimage route which has advised the Xunta on this subject for the past 25 years. On the occasion of this anniversary, Castro offered congratulations in a … Read more

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