Updated Aug. 22, 2024 at 4:20 pm. PARIS — This spring, the French association Compostela Pilgrim Ways Agency saw a 40% increase from 2023 in the number of requests for Pilgrim Passports (or ...

A photo of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage trail in Spain. Every Friday, our Global Citizen Nari Safavi stops by for Weekend Passport, where he shows us how to travel the world without ever ...

Caminante, no hay camino - se hace camino al andar. (Walker, there is no road. You make your own road as you go.) I have always been drawn to holy places. Not because I'm particularly religious ...

A new 'passport', like those given to pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago, has now been issued by the Heritage Council - in the hope that it will revitalise routes not widely used since medieval times.

For just over a year now, walkers who complete a 'Celtic Camino' - by walking at least 25km of a pilgrim trail in Ireland - can collect a special certificate issued by the Camino Society Ireland ...

In 2011, the year the movie first appeared in limited release in theaters, American Pilgrims on the Camino issued 1,858 credentials, a sort of pilgrim passport stamped at points along the Camino ...

The country’s pilgrimage route — which covers more than 1,850 miles — has been traversed since the 1300s, leading to the famous shrine Santiago de Compostela in Spain.

Visiting the Camino de Santiago, also known as the Way of St. James, can be a rewarding and transformative experience. It is a popular pilgrimage route in northern Spain, attracting thousands of ...

A group of pilgrims walks through a forest on Camino, Banovina, Croatia, November 2022. Photo credit: Confraternity of St. James - Croatia. The initiative is already a success.