[roelschroeven]

For those who don't know, the Chemin Saint Jacques (or Camino de Santiago, or Way of Saint James) is a pilgrimage route (or rather a network of pilgrimage routes) which goes all the way to Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain. Spanish "Santiago" = French "Saint Jacques" = English "Saint James the Great".

[throw0101c]

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino_de_Santiago

Two popular starting routes are the towns of Irun for Camino del Norte and St. Jean Pied du Port for Camino Frances, which the Hexatrek pass by.

* https://caminoways.com/camino-del-norte

* https://caminoways.com/camino-frances

If anyone is curious, there are vloggers on YouTube documenting their travels for these.

[thuridas]

The good part of this path is the logistics. A lot of people travel though it so there are a lot of cheap lodges, good signaling and places to buy food or have a meal

[ad404b8a372f2b9]

To add to that cultural tidbit, in France the pilgrimage is most commonly known as Saint Jacques de Compostelle or chemins de Compostelle.