Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France (UNESCO/NHK)
Santiago de Compostela was the supreme goal for countless thousands of pious pilgrims who converged there from all over Europe throughout the Middle Ages. To reach Spain pilgrims had to pass through France, and the group of important historical monuments included in this inscription marks out the four routes by which they did so.
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Camino de Santiago - The French Way
St Jean Pied de Port to Santiago de Compostela
Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
Santiago de Compostela - French route
This is my bicycle ride on the French Route to Santiago de Compostela (St. James Route) in Spain.
Started in Saint-Jean-Pied-du-Port. It took me 12 days, and I met a lot of lovely people along the way. The pictures and videos were taken with my cell phone.
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Vezelay and the Route of Santiago de Compostela
Vezelay is ancient pilgrimage city in the Yonne Department of Bourgogne. Join us for a tour of the Basilica of Mary Magdalene and a look into a town that has been welcoming pilgrims for centuries
What are the most popular Camino de Santiago routes? | CaminoWays.com
Over 240,000 pilgrims trekked at least 100km of the Camino de Santiago last year alone with thousands more walking the different Camino routes and sections across France, Portugal and Spain each year.
So what are the most popular Camino de Santiago routes? We work with thousands of pilgrims every year to help them complete their Camino journey's and there are a few trails that stand out.
Firstly, the Camino Frances, also known as the French Way. This trail is the main route associated with the famous pilgrimage. It features in the movie 'The Way' starring Martin Sheen. This is a beautiful trail which takes 5 weeks to fully complete.
The second most popular route is the Camino Portuguese, also know as the Portuguese Way. This route starts in the lively city of Lisbon. If pilgrims have done a section of the French Way they may move on to try the Camino Portugues which gives you a taste of another culture as you travel up from Portugal to Northern Spain.
The Portuguese Coastal Way takes you along the wild Atlantic coastline and has become more popular overtime. With stunning scenery and peaceful towns this route is very enjoyable.
The English Way and the Camino Finisterre are also popular traditional routes. The English Way would have traditionally been taken by pilgrims coming by boat from England to complete the journey. The Finisterre Way is also known as the journey to the edge of the world and once you reach the edge you are free to have a well deserved swim and relaxed your tired feet.
For more information on any of the most popular trails you can contact our travel specialists at info@caminoways.com
Route Options for 1-2 Week Caminos
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ONE WEEK CAMINOS:
St-Jean Pied de Port to Logrono:
164 km (102 mi), 7 days, 23.5 km (14.5 mi) /day
Logrono to Burgos:
124.5 km (77 mi), 5 days, 25 km (15 mi) / day
Sarria to Santiago de Compostela:
118 km (73 mi), 4 or 5 days, 30 or 24 km (18 or 15 mi) / day
Santiago de Compostela - Finisterre:
91 km (57 mi), 3 days, 30 km (18 mi) / day
Tui to Santiago de Compostela:
112 km (70 mi), 5 days, 22.5 km (14 mi) / day
Ferrol to Santiago de Compostela:
110 km (68 mi), 5 days, 22 km (13.5 mi) / day
TWO WEEK CAMINOS:
St-Jean Pied de Port to Burgos:
289 km (180 mi), 12 days, 24 km (15 mi) / day
Logrono to Leon:
305 km (190 mi), 12 days, 25.5 km (16 mi) / day
Burgos to Ponferrada:
289 km (180 mi), 12 days, 24 km (15 mi) / day
Leon to Santiago de Compostela:
319 km (198 mi), 13 days, 24.5 km (15 mi) / day
Astorga to Santiago de Compostela:
267 km (166 mi), 11 days, 24 km (15 mi) / day
Ponferrada to Santiago de Compostela:
211 km (131 mi), 9 days, 23 km (14 mi) / day
Ponferrada to Finisterre:
302 km (188 mi), 12 days, 25 km (15 mi) / day
Porto to Santiago de Compostela:
221 km (137 mi), 10 days, 22 km (13.5 mi) / day
Oviedo to Santiago de Compostela:
314 km (195 mi), 13 days, 24 km (15 mi) / day
Top 5 Reasons to do the Camino de Santiago
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After hiking the Camino del Norte I came up with the Top 5 Reasons Everybody should do the Camino de Santiago.
This video was produce in collaboration with the Spain tourism board, the tourism boards of Basque Country, Cantabria, Asturias, and Galicia.
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Camino de Santiago; animated Google Earth map of the Camino Frances, The French Way
Camino Francés, The French Way, Jakobsweg, Camino de Santiago, Le Chemin de St Jacques.
Camino de Santiago: French Way - Day 1
Check out Helen & Katrina's Vlog from the first stage of their Camino Adventure
Hiking the Camino de Santiago in 18 Days - The French Way to Finisterre - 2018
I hiked the Camino de Santiago in 18 days, covering 537 miles (865 kilometers) from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Cape Fisterra via the French Way & Finisterre Camino, averaging almost 30 miles per day for nearly 3 weeks. While that may sound like torture to most people, I thoroughly enjoyed the challenge and had a blast along the way, even filming a dance music video, watch until the end of the film! Buen Camino!
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Camino de Santiago Routes - Which One Should I Take?
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This guide to the different Camino de Santiago Routes gives you an overview of all the different ways to walk to Santiago de Compostela. If you are looking for a pilgrim trail, Spain is the best country to look at and this Camino de Santiago Route Planner will help you choose the perfect one for you.
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Galicia, Spain: Santiago de Compostela
More info about traveling the Camino de Santiago: Santiago, the final destination of an ancient pilgrimage route, has long had a powerful and mysterious draw on travelers. Strolling across its squares and under its grand churches, you can imagine a time when the city was a religious and cultural powerhouse.
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Through The Eyes of a Pilgrim - Camino de Santiago 2016
Father and son follow a trail walked by millions before them. Follow us across Northern Spain as we make our pilgrimage towards Santiago de Compestela.
Thanks for the good time, dad.
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Best Camino de Santiago Routes | How to Choose the Right Camino | 8 Top Camino Routes Reviewed
There are numerous Camino de Santiago routes across Europe. Sara will help you decided which Camino de Santiago route is best for you she explains the differences between the Camino Frances, Camino Portuguese, Camino del Norte (Northern Way), Via de la Plata, Camino Malaga Mozarabe, Ingles Camino (English Way), Ruta de la Lana, and the Le Puy Camino (Via Podiensis GR 65). Also discusses the best time to walk the Camino, the best Camino routes for first-timers, and the best short Camino routes. There is more than one Way of St. James!
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CAMINO TIPS: 12 Things to Know Before You Go
DIRECTORY OF QUESTIONS I ANSWER IN THIS VIDEO!:
1. Do I have to know Spanish to walk the Camino? @0:41
2. Do I have to carry my backpack all the way to Santiago? @1:02
3. What do you eat on the Camino? @1:23
4. How much training do you have to do/how fit do you have to be to walk the Camino? @1:50
5. Can I walk the Camino alone as a woman, or should I find friends to walk with? @2:19
6. What size pack should I bring? @2:44
7. Should I bring a floor mat, just in case? @3:09
8. What about bedbugs? @3:33
9. What are my options as a vegetarian/vegan? @4:05
10. What's the weather like in _______ month? @4:44
11. How much does the Camino cost? @5:13
12. How does I chose which route to do? @5:40
13. Are you going to walk the Camino again? @6:17
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The Camino (A Documentary by Edward Fleming)
A short documentary about The (El) Camino De Santiago, a pilgrimage across France and Spain.
I walked 100k of the Camino at 14. At age 16, I'm armed with a few cameras and ready to battle out the final stretch to Cape Finisterre.
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Despite the short time I've had on the trail, I managed to meet a lot of people, discover a lot about myself loose some pounds. Writing this bio at 20, I want to thank everyone who watched this video, it saw a weird milestone in my life I didn't expect to receive in college. One day I will walk the full way and film it, I'm certain of that.
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Music by Josh Kemp Stupid Cupid
Music by DJ Mentos My Squad
Music by DJ Mentos Meditation
Music by Tom Misch Man Like You
Music by Josh Kemp Four Letters
Music by DJ Mentos Growth
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Music by Tom Misch The Journey
Music by BenjiStacks Lucid
Music by Super Duper Angela
Special thanks to Pilgrim House, Isobel Dugen for walking with me, Gillian Kincaid Dugen for organising our route and supporting the project and Sarah Fleming for having faith in the idea and forcing me to interview people.
Lengthy Synopsis
For over a thousand years, pilgrims have been making their way on foot to the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela, the resting place of the remains of Saint James. About 2.5 million people a year visit Santiago, over 200,000 of them walking the Camino, a pilgrimage across France and Spain. Traditionally, the Camino de Santiago should begin from the front door of your home. If you happened to live 50 kilometres away from the Cathedral, that was all you walked. If you live in Nottingham, like me, walking from your doorstep would take an inordinate amount of time. But, in fact, plenty of people in Europe do begin from their homes, a few weeks at a time over a number of years. So where did I begin my Camino? In 2013 I walked 116 kilometres from Sarria to Santiago in five days. This Easter, my challenge was to walk 90 kilometres in four days across hills, mountains and rivers from Santiago to Finisterre, The End of the World. Pilgrims from every background are today drawn to the Camino from all over the world. What is common to them all, is that they have left behind all that is familiar to them, in order to wake each day to a new stretch of road.
No two pilgrims are likely to experience or to understand the Camino in exactly the same way. Some will have walked one hundred kilometres, some five hundred, some more than a thousand. It is essential to travel as light as possible, as everything you need is carried on your back whilst walking roughly 20 kilometres each day. As a filmmaker, I had an excessive amount of equipment.
“The Way” is an inspirational film about Tom, a man who decides to walk the Camino after collecting the remains of his adult son, killed in a Pyrenees storm whilst walking the Camino. What Tom doesn’t plan on, is the profound impact the journey will have on his life. In a way, that very film had an impact on my life in that it inspired me to immediately plan to undertake the final aspect of the same journey, knowing that such an adventure would shape me as a human being at an informative stage in my life. There is a well known saying that the Camino begins when you reach the end. What does this mean to me? It is true that days of walking can produce fatigue, loneliness and pain. However, the sense of achievement that you get from completing such a journey is… indescribable. Life is a journey in itself, and I aim walk my life’s journey with the same enthusiastic and gutsy determination as I walked the Camino. Why did I walk the Camino? Well, for that very reason.
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Santiago de Compostela and the French Connections
Elizabeth A. R. Brown, Professor of History, Emerita, The City University of New York
This year marks the holy year of Santiago de Compostela, when the Feast Day of Saint James the Greater—July 25—falls on a Sunday. This program revisits the magnificent Romanesque structure with a virtual presentation reconstructing the Romanesque Cathedral, related talks, and a musical feast including pieces from the famed Codex Calixtinus performed by the group Lionheart. Welcome and introduction by Roberto Varela Fariña, Conselleiro de Cultura e Turismo, Xunta de Galicia and Ignacio Santos Cidrás, Director-Xerente da S.A. de Xestión do Plan Xacobeo.
Galicia, Spain: The Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage
More info about traveling the Camino de Santiago: The Camino de Santiago — literally the Way of St. James — is Europe's ultimate pilgrimage route. Since the Middle Ages, pilgrims have walked hundreds of miles across North Spain to pay homage to the remains of St. James in the city named for him, Santiago de Compostela.
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Camino French Way 8/8, from Sarria to Santiago de Compostela, last 100km | CaminoWays.com
The Camino way approaches Santiago! We travel the last section of the Camino de Santiago on the French Way starting in Sarria and covering the last 100km of the Camino Francés (French Way), the minimum required to apply for your Compostela certificate.
The Camino meanders across woodlands, farmland and peaceful hamlets, following tracks and paths lined by granite stone walls. Passing through charming villages steeped in Northern Spanish culture you will feel the Camino spirit and taste the delicious tapas on the route. The green rolling landscape of Galicia is part of each day, until we approach our final destination: the city of Santiago de Compostela with all it's beauty and mystery. - See more at: