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Xacobeo 2021

15-07-2021

The Compostela Holy Year on stamps

Correos joins the Xacobeo 2021-2022 with the issuance of a stamp dedicated to the Camino de Santiago. To celebrate it, we invite you to a very special pilgrimage through the Jacobean stamps, from 1937 to today.

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The Compostela Holy Year on stamps

Tips to do the Camino

10-06-2021

The Camino de Santiago by rental bike

We give you some tips when it comes to renting a bicycle on the Camino de Santiago and we recommend some rental companies specialized in the Jacobean Routes.

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The Camino de Santiago by rental bike

Camino de Santiago and Covid-19

06-05-2021

The Camino de Santiago and Covid-19

Pilgrims will be able to return to the Camino de Santiago. We summarize how the situation is and the measures adopted by the Government to recover the return to normality

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The Camino de Santiago and Covid-19

History of the Camino

28-01-2021

2020: a different year in the Camino de Santiago

We take stock of this 2020, a year in which the Camino was empty for months, albergues and other accommodation were forced to close their doors and the number of pilgrims who made it to Santiago and picked up their Compostela barely reached 50.000.

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2020: a different year in the Camino de Santiago

03-12-2020

The chestnut tree of Ramil, the tree of the Camino de Santiago

It’s been on the Camino de Santiago for over 800 years. Its impressive structure appears to be a weather map. And no pilgrim goes back home without taking a picture with it. Today we share the history of Triacastela and the chestnut tree of Ramil, thanks to a man that knows it better than anyone else: Santiago Soria, a resident of the village of Ramil and a true lover of the Jacobean Route.

 

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The chestnut tree of Ramil, the tree of the Camino de Santiago

Culture & Traditions of the Camino

05-11-2020

Game of the Goose: symbolic map of the Camino

The Order of the Templars could have invented this game which is actually an encrypted guide of the Camino Francés through 63 squares that represent a round trip to Santiago.

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Game of the Goose: symbolic map of the Camino

Camino de Santiago and Covid-19

22-10-2020

Walking the Camino de Santiago during Covid-19

Less pilgrims, closed albergues but the same urge to go back to the Camino. Isabel and Jesús tell us about their experience on the Camino Francés in a year marked by coronavirus.

 

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Walking the Camino de Santiago during Covid-19

Xacobeo 2021

15-10-2020

The Holy Door of Santiago

The Holy Door is the most exclusive access to the Cathedral of Santiago and will be open this upcoming year, when we celebrate the Xacobeo 2021. Learn more about the Holy Door in this article!

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The Holy Door of Santiago