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Otherworldly things happen when the legendary Camino de Santiago calls — and you answer, writes columnist Fabiola Santiago | Opinion

So, I made it and what a journey it has been. I dont think I was ever so close to giving up on a pilgrimage as I was when I came out of Sarria and met that beastly incline. OK, so I did give up on a pilgrimage once. It was in 2017, the Camino Ignaciano, a pilgrimage undertaken and docu...

In an excerpt from his new book, 'Walking with Sam', actor-turned-travel writer Andrew McCarthy and his son make the final preparations for their 500 mile trek along the Camino de Santiago.

500 miles is a lot. It is, as we all remember, the number of miles a pining lover was willing to walk in the Proclaimers’ song to prove his fealty.

On the first day, his son said, “What’s the point of this f---ing walk.” On the last day he said, “Dad, this is the only ten-out-of-ten thing I’ve ever done in my life.”

For Bishop James D. Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska, the greeting "Buen Camino!" ("Good path!") is much more than friendly encouragement for a lengthy hike.

For Bishop James D. Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska, the greeting "Buen Camino!" ("Good path!") is much more than friendly encouragement for a lengthy hike.

In 2015 I plan to walk from Zurich in Switzerland to Santiago and to the Atlantic coast, and then back. I expect to spend about 200 days walking. I want to...

Pilgrims in Spain walk the Camino again to reach Santiagos cathedral

The interior of the Church of St. Louis of the French (San Luigi dei Francesi) in Rome, Italy / Livioandronico2013 via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Rome Newsroom, May 4, 2021 / 14:00 pm (CNA). The European Union is organizing weekly walks in May an...