Hi Everyone!, i like so much hiking, and i known many foreigners interested in the Way of Saint James, specially Koreans who wanna travel to spain to enjoy this experience.^^For that reason I decided introduce this topic. Unfortunately never been in Santiago de Compostela, but I would walking the Camino in the future! I'm sure it could be a wonderful experience, full of adventures.
The Way of Saint James is the pilgrimage route to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwestern Spain, where tradition has it that the remains of the apostle Saint James are buried.
The pilgrims can do the Camino cycling, riding horses or just walking. At the end of the Way the goal of the pilgrim is Santiago de Compostela.
Is very tipical that when a pilgrim arrive to Santiago, walk a bit more until the city of FINISTERRE [the word mean finish of the earth] to burn all his clothes that has been dressed since he start the walk. is a kind of rite, to purified. In a specif place in front the sea, where the pilgrims during the sunset burn their socks. as i said you can burn other things, but is tradicion with the socks cos feet suffer so much during all the camino. U_U
It's advisable to carry two types of shoes, preferably sneakers or hiking boots and footwear more lighter, as sandals to walking through the inner cities. In that way feet will be much more rested.
For more info:
Camino de Santiago
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