What are some things to know about the Camino de Santiago?

• Camino de Santiago means the Way of St. James and although there are a number of paths, they all lead to the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela (St. James of the field of stars). These paths begin in Spain, Portugal and France.
• The most famous path is the Camino Frances, beginning in St. Jean Pied de Port in the French Pyrenees.
• The path from St. Jean Pied de Port to Santiago is 800 km long. (We are beginning ours in Sarria which is 111 km from Santiago.)
• Over 300,000 pilgrims arrive in Santiago each year.
• The oldest “guidebook” for the Camino de Santiago is Codex Calixtinus from the 12th century.
• KM 0 of the Camino is not in Santiago, but by the Atlantic Ocean in Finisterre.
• A movie, “The Way”, is about the Camino de Santiago.