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	Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain. Map of Galicia
		Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain.
		The city of Santiago de Compostella is embraced by the rivers Tambre and Ulla, in Galicia.
		The Camino de Santiago had three major European routes passing across France from North to South, and their starting points were: Paris, Vezeley and Lo Pueg.
	www.idealspain.com /Pages/Places/santiago_camino.htm (784 words)

	Ultreya e suseya - Camino de Santiago on the net
		The Spanish Road to Santiago de Compostela - a sensible map of the Camino.
		From Pyrenees to Santiago de Compostela - a pilgrim's report, available both in english and in italian, written by Paolo Giaretta, who travelled by bicycle from Roncesvalles to Santiago in 8 stages.
		The Junta de Castilla y León manages a site that describes (in spanish) the Camino through Castilla y León; there is historical and touristic information, with a hypertextual organisation that allows you to visit their pages either by following the Camino or by focusing on specific themes (gastronomia, museos, Semana Santa, camping).
	www.geocities.com /marco_lazzari (983 words)

	El Camino de Santiago
		The VR Romanesque Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
		El camino de peregrinación es para los buenos: carencia de vicios, mortificación del cuerpo, aumento de las virtudes, perdón de los pecados, penitencia de los penitentes, camino de los justos, amor de los santos, fe en la resurrección y premio de los bienaventurados, alejamiento del infierno, protección de los cielos.
		On the Camino de Santiago and Its Pilgrims
	www.humnet.ucla.edu /santiago/iagohome.html (1006 words)

	About the Camino de Santiago (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Camino de Santiago was the route followed by pilgrims on their way to the holy city of Santiago de Compostela, which happens to be in the northwest corner of the Iberian peninsula.
		The character of Santiago Matamoros (“Moor-slayer”) was born, eight centuries after the death of the original man (who, we presume, was rather nonviolent in life).
		These centuries marked the peak in the flow of pilgrims to Santiago; it is estimated that half a million came every year, paying their respects to the saintly remains and praying to the saint for relief from their worldly woes.
	home.earthlink.net /~mistahrick/aboutcaminosantiago.htm (1847 words)

	Camino de Santiago
		El Camino de Santiago, or as it is known in English, the Way of St James, is one of any number of pilgrimage routes to the cathedral set in the town of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia – situated in the north-western most part of Spain.
		Of all the routes on El Camino de Santiago, the most popular is the Camino Francés which runs from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port on the French side of the Pyrenees, across the mountains and through to Santiago de Compostela.
		El Camino de Santiago was declared as the first European Cultural Route by the Council of Europe in October 1987 and inscribed as one of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites in 1993.
	www.babylon-idiomas.com /eng/htm/resources-camino-de-santiago.htm (500 words)

	Backpack45 - How to do the Camino de Santiago (Camino Frances) - what it's like, what you need, classic books
		This book on her Camino experience has has been selling since June, but its official publication date is Sept 2004 and you can now find it on Amazon as well as her website.
		There is very little about the trip to Santiago; it was practically a trivial trip compared to the others, but it is a fascinating glimpse into the experience of being on pilgrimage in those times.
		The reflections of this Catholic sister, as she walks the Camino with friend who was the semi retired priest of her parish.
	www.backpack45.com /camino2.html?source=c3a1 (2885 words)

	stage 1
		we arrived into bayonne after 4 hours on the tgv from gare montparnasse, waited on the platform for the local train to take us the final stretch to st jean pied de port.
		vero chatted to a french couple who were to walk to santiago.
		at the chapel, we had a picnic and recovered a while before freewheeling into roncevalles and the monastery to collect our credencial, the passport for the camino.
	www.esatclear.ie /~maurice_stack/vacances/stage1.htm (409 words)

	Camino de Santiago
		The image of Saint James (Santiago) riding a white horse and wielding a sword was born.
		By the 12th century, the Camino de Santiago was the busiest road in all Christendom.
		Santiago, built of somber granite walls furred with moss, is one of Spain’s loveliest cities, in spirit part Celtic, part Spanish.
	www.saranjan.com /caminodetail.htm (1082 words)

	Amazon.com: Walking the Camino de Santiago: Books: Bethan Davies,Ben Cole (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Follow in the footsteps of Celts and Christians on an ancient pilgrimage route across northern Spain from St-Jean-Pied-de-Port in the foothills of the French Pyrenees to the cathedral city of Santiago de Compostela and on to Finisterre.
		Walking the Camino de Santiago lets you into Spain's cultural and culinary secrets, includes a detailed, illustrated wildlife section, and gives you all the practical information you need for a hassle-free pilgrimage.
		This 2006 new edition of Walking the Camino de Santiago is now 7 ounces and 182 pages easy to read, fact filled guide with sketch maps, elevation profiles, and something about the history, and the flora and fauna of the trail.
	www.amazon.com /Walking-Camino-Santiago-Bethan-Davies/dp/097316980X (2139 words)

	Pilgrimage to Santiago (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The average time for an adult to complete the camino is from four to six weeks, though many take two weeks a year, over perhaps a three-year span.
		When I finally got to Santiago at dusk on Oct. 9, ignored by the local people, who are used to pilgrims, I completed the Camino by entering the medieval cathedral through the beautiful Pórtico de la Gloria.
		The Camino de Santiago, the 500-mile way of St. James across northern Spain to Santiago de Compostela, is open to both walkers and bicycle riders.
	www.paulcopps.com /Santiago.htm (3194 words)

	Camino De Santiago Walking Tours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Roncesvalles to Santiago de Compostela This is our classic tour of the Camino de Santiago commencing on the border of France in the Pyrenean village of Roncesvalles and travelling the 750-kilometers to Santiago de Compostela.
		On our adventure, we walk 8 to 10 miles each day, tracing the historic pilgrims' trail to the holy city of Santiago de Compostela, where the remains of St. James are thought to be buried.
		SANTIAGO DE While crossing Spain, we also have the opportunity to appreciate the diversity of history, culture, and cuisine that these distinct regions in Spain each have to offer.
	www.romanroads.com /tourschedule.htm (2315 words)

	Fresco Tours - Walk the Camino de Santiago, Andalucia and Basque Country
		The crown jewel of Spanish walking trails, the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela began as an act of faith as Europeans crossed Spain to visit the sacred tomb of Saint James.
		One thousand years later, the Camino continues to draw the spiritual as well as the traveler looking to enjoy the beauty of the green rolling hills and small hamlets of northwestern Spain's Galicia.
		This is a requirement needed to request the compostelana, the certificate granted by the church of Santiago upon the completion of the pilgrimage.
	www.frescotours.com /tours_camino_de_santiago.asp (903 words)

	The Camino Santiago Compostela Pilgrimage - Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Dead End On The Camino - A fictional story, to quote the back cover "Murder, mayhem, and mystery accompany anthropologist Noa Webster on her treasure hunt on the Camino de Santiago".
		It is very easy to become dehydrated on the Camino, particularly on the meseta and drinking coffee or soft drinks is not a suitable substitute as it dehydrates you.
		The Camino to this point is right next to the main road and passes though what feels like an endless sequence of bollards.
	www.caminosantiagocompostela.com (5100 words)

	El Camino Santiago - The Pilgrimage Road to Compostela
		Santiago is purported to have appeared in battle to personally hew down Muslim soldiers, hence the image of Santiago Matamoros.
		Saint James is portrayed as both the pilgrim, Santiago Peregrino, and the conqueror, Santiago Matamoros.
		The cockle shell is the common symbol of the Santiago Peregrino; the Cruz de Santiago, a stylized cross-sword is the icon of the sword-yielding Apostle.
	www.elcaminosantiago.com (830 words)

	The Camino to Santiago de Compostela (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Furthermore I noticed that, contrary to the universal spirit of Christianity, the camino de Santiago seemed to be an event mainly for Europeans, in contrast to the Muslim haj where pilgims from all over the world converge.
		Santiago de Compostela is also known as “The Field of the Star” and upon visiting this beautiful city in Spain, it is immediately apparent how appropriate the title is.
		The camino did not give me any new answers, but it gave me time to think, to be alone, and to have the joy of just putting one foot infront of the other for twenty six days.
	www.santiago-compostela.net /whyen.php?board=why (12333 words)

	Cycling the Camino De Santiago
		Camino de Santiago is a pilgrimage route taken in honor St James buried in Santiago.
		Due to limited time, we are riding only part of the route - from Leon to Santiago - a distance over 300 kilometers, in about 6 to 7 days.
		We think the Camino is an under rated destination waiting to be discovered.
	ourworld.cs.com /Terieng/camino/camino.htm (351 words)

	Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain
		Probably the most famous Christian pilgrimage route of all is the medieval route to Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain, alleged burial place of St. James, brother of John the Evangelist and one of Christ's twelve apostles.
		The small historic part of the town has a 13th century castle built by the Knights Templar, the 16th C basilica of Nuestra Senora de la Encina (Our Lady of the Evergreen Oak) and in the suburbs there is the 10th century church of Santo Tomas de Ollas.
		There is time to visit Ponferrada before transferring to Villafranca del Bierzo - here the Iglesia de Santiago was previously the point where pilgrims who were too weak or ill to continue to Santiago were able to obtain the same indulgences had they continued their pilgrimage.
	www.worldwalks.com /santiago_camino.htm (2664 words)

	El Camino de Santiago
		Santiago (St. James), the patron saint of Spain and the first Christian martyr, is buried in Santiago de Compostella at the northwest tip of the Iberian peninsula.
		Stories of the discovery of the Apostle's tomb in the 9th Century brought pilgrims from around Europe, and the "Camino de Santiago" - Road/Path/Way to Santiago - soon became the most important Christian pilgrimage of the Middle Ages.
		Andrea Kirby's feat, the Road to Santiago is a fantastic tourist venue for hikers and walkers.
	www.jrnet.com /travel/articles/santiago.html (547 words)

	Walking the Camino de Santiago, A Guide
		El Camino de Santiago also known as The Way of St James, is an old pilgrimage route.
		El Camino de Santiago is for everyone, young, old, fit, unfit, religious or otherwise.
		One of the surprising observations I had was that people I thought would drop didn't - and most of the people I saw with problems were younger people - perhaps trying to push their walking to fast.
	www.caminodesantiago.me.uk (357 words)

	Virginia Voyages: Camino de Santiago
		For more than a thousand years, Christian pilgrims have made the long walk or "Camino" to Santiago de Compostela, whose cathedral houses the tomb of St. James.
		The Camino was, and is, both a memorable pathway and a profound spiritual experience, a pilgrimage in every sense of the word.
		Camino tradition suggests each pilgrim add a hometown stone to the great pile at Cruz de Hierro.
	www.virginia.edu /virginiavoyages/santiago.html (519 words)

	camino de santiago
		Walking the Camino de Santiago by Bethan Davies and Ben Cole is an excellent, well put together guidebook with lots of maps and information.
		Even though it is not on the Camino, any long distance hiker will be able to relate to the day to day adventures of the Morlands.
		Camino Chronicle by Susan Alcorn is a great read about her and her husbands(Ralph) hike on the Camino in 2001.
	www.ourcamino.com /links.html (787 words)

	El Camino de Santiago (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Cathedral of Santiago is on the site of what is believed to the burial place of St. James.
		The Camino de Santiago has been declared by UNESCO to be a Patrimony for all Humanity.
		The route of the Camino follows the Milky Way, beginning in France and continues across northern Spain, ending in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia.
	www.ltcconline.net /barclay/courses/Study_in_Spain/camino.htm (508 words)

	Camino de Santiago by Bike - Saranjan Tours
		Your first stop is Villafranca's Door of Forgiveness, after which you begin a gradual ascent to the shrine at O Cebreiro; part way option to leave the bikes in the sag wagon and hike the rest of the way along the Camino trail.
		Continue along the Camino on the penultimate stage to Melide, with its old quarter of San Pedro and Romanesque church frequented by the medieval pilgrims.
		Continue on the last stage of the Camino; pass Baroque pilgrimage crosses en route into the Holy City.
	www.saranjan.com /caminobikeshort.htm (592 words)

	Camino a Santiago - caminoasantiago.com
		One of the enchantments Santiago holds for me is that once you've walked ten minutes out of Obradoiro you're already in the countryside, and this is what characterizes the Way to Fisterra.
		After passing through the oak woods of San Lourenzo, to which Rosalia de Castro dedicates a poem in "Follas Novas", one of her most famous works, the Camino becomes completely rural.
		The Maritime Way is probably the least known of all the pilgrimages to Santiago, although in recent years it has become more popular because of famous pilgrims like Prince Felipe, the Spanish King’s son (maybe he asked the Apostle to find him a girlfriend).
	www.caminoasantiago.com (811 words)

	Camino de Santiago
		Santiago de Compostela, next to Rome and Jerusalem, is an important pilgrimage route for christians.
		According to the legend, the apostle Saint James is buried in the cathedral.
		The spanish portion of this route has become known as 'Camino de Santiago'.
	www.goxploring.com /camino (164 words)

	Camino de Santiago
		Following scenic country roads, agricultural fields and forest tracks as well as crossing villages and cities born of the Camino de Santiago, it is difficult to imagine a better way to enjoy Spanish (and European) art, history, culture, and geography than to embark on this magnificent way.
		His chance finding gave birth to what would become Santiago de Compostela as millions of devout men and women came to venerate the saint’s bones throughout the Middle Ages.
		Starting in Roncesvalles (on the France-Spain border), we will cover the Camino Frances thoroughly as the route passes from the wooded Pyrenees of Navarra to the fertile wine territory of La Rioja, the rolling wheat fields and high tablelands (meseta) of Castilla and León and then to verdant rolling Galicia.
	onfootinspain.com /6.htm (1923 words)

	Camino de Finesterre (y Santiago)
		Camino de Santiago, todas las etapas y albergues
		We wanted to reach Santiago by noon for the special daily Pilgrims' Mass (yes, again we go to church), but obviously wanted to savor the last stretch as much as possible.
		From there we, scooted our smelly selves into the enormous cathedral for the mass, where all of the recently arrived pilgrims' accomplishments were recognized.
	www.vandogar.com /camino (299 words)

	Camino de Santiago by bicycle
		You are invited to also visit our page on the Via de la Plata, biked during September of 2005...
		The Camino, or Road to Santiago, has been for a thousand years the magnetic axis of Europe, and once you experience its peculiar attraction, it will form part of your very self.
		If you can do the Camino one day, don't hesitate; don't miss the opportunity, as I assure you that your effort will become one of the most rewarding experiences of your life.
	www.interam.com /camino/indexeng.htm (233 words)

	Camino De Santiago on 43 Places
		Along the Camino de Santiago, each person finds what they are looking for.
		It is said the Camino lies directly under the Milky Way and follows the ley lines that reflect the energy from those star systems above it.
		The Santiago Camino has been traversed for thousands of years by saints, sinners, generals, misfits, kings and queens.
	www.43places.com /places/view/395416 (327 words)

	CAMINO DE SANTIAGO- Spain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		For centuries, the road to Santiago was known as a place of miracles.
		The cathedral at Astorga, which sits next to the Celda de las Emparedades, is a beautiful blend of architectural styles.
		This pass is an ancient symbol of the Camino with the stones representing the sins of millions of travelers before us.
	www.rei.com /adventures/trips/europe/spain_camino.jsp (2210 words)

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