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The Way with Correos

19-07-2018

The Camino Portugués, stamp by stamp

The Tarjeta del Camino Portugués consists of a postcard tracing the Portuguese route with its various stages and space for seven special stamps bearing the unique landmarks found at each of the towns. 

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The Camino Portugués, stamp by stamp

The Way with Correos

12-07-2018

Mail Art: Creativity on the Camino de Santiago

Correos has launched the 1st Call for Mail Art on the Camino de Santiago. You can send you art (created using any technique you like) to Post Office Box No. 18, Santiago de Compostela, CP 15702.

 

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Mail Art: Creativity on the Camino de Santiago

The Way with Correos

05-07-2018

Pilgrim Bookmobile: Reading on the Camino de Santiago

Each pilgrim can borrow books free of charge from any of the library buses or the 15 hostels that have signed up to the service. 

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Pilgrim Bookmobile: Reading on the Camino de Santiago

Tips to do the Camino

21-06-2018

Do you know how to get to Tui for starting on Camino Portugués?

The Camino Portugués or Portuguese Way is the second most popular route among pilgrims, beaten only by the French Camino. If you're included in this group but don't have a clue where to depart from in Galicia, well then here are some tips for getting to Tui and so that you don't miss out on the Camino experience.

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Do you know how to get to Tui for starting on Camino Portugués?

The values of the Camino in 12 months

04-06-2018

An eco-pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago

We’re celebrating World Environment Day with the story of Carmen, an eco-pilgrim who swapped her backpack for a rubbish bag which she used to collect cans and containers along the length of the Camino de Santiago.

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An eco-pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago

Camino Teammates

01-06-2018

Aleksandar Petrovic finishes the Camino at the Obradoiro

Aleksandar Petrovic travelled the Portuguese Way with basketball team CAB Obradoiro, and supported by Correos.

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Aleksandar Petrovic finishes the Camino at the Obradoiro

Culture & Traditions of the Camino

17-05-2018

The photos every pilgrim should take along the Camino de Santiago

Who hasn't returned home with hundreds of photos of endless trails, yellow arrows or scallop shells? Here, we shall go over some of the images that every pilgrim should take away with them from the Camino de Santiago. If you are going to do some of the Jacobean Routes for the first time this year, pay close attention.  And if you have already completed the Camino, there are surely none of them missing from your photo collection.

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The photos every pilgrim should take along the Camino de Santiago

History of the Camino

26-04-2018

The yellow arrow, the sign of the St. James's Way

The yellow arrow, established by the parish priest Elías Valiña in the 70s, becomes the only valid sign to mark the direction of the Camino de Santiago

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The yellow arrow, the sign of the St. James's Way