Camino if you don’t like walking? Looking for advice/experience from both people who decided not to do the Camino de Santiago, or who deprioritized the ‘authentic pilgrimage’ and what you still liked about it! My family (60+M recently got into portaging + main trip-planner w/ 130% walking speed, 60+F happily walks 1-2 hrs on weekdays and more on weekends w/ 120% walking speed, 3…

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Camino de Santiago I recently saw the doco movie The Way, My Way Camino to Santiago and am inspired to do it one day. I haven’t looked too much into it but interested to hear from and learn from anyone that’s done it or is interested in walking it too. Are there groups one could join or do people just go about it by themselves? I’ve also heard there are many diffe…

Anybody here walked the Camino Portuguese (self-planned) I am in the US and have a notion to walk it, however, I can only manage two weeks off work at once. I would not be able to walk the entire Way. It might be a good plan, though, to start in Lisbon and just go as far as I can at a mindful pace. Could assume I will return in future. Or could bus to La Compostella de Santiago (apologies if I misspel…

The Camino, once a Catholic pilgrimage, increasingly draws the spiritual but not religious (RNS) — Today people embark on the Camino for all kinds of motivations beyond religion: health, grief, transition, history and adventure.  The post The Camino, once a Catholic pilgrimage, increasingly draws the spiritual but not religious appeared first on Religion News Service.

Pictures along the Camino De Santiago: Portuguese Way submitted by /u/travelbuteatvegan

the average age on the Camino de Santiago? I’m looking to hike the Camino de Santiago in Spain although I’m not sure which route quite yet. While I’m not against older people in any way, I would like to meet some folks in my own age bracket (mid 20s). Can anyone who has hiked it speak to the average age of the folks they encountered en route? submitted by /u/fudgykevtheeternal

People (and dogs) we meet on the Camino (RNS) — The Camino was filled with spiritual moments, mostly tied up in human stories. The post People (and dogs) we meet on the Camino appeared first on Religion News Service.