Camino De Santiago - Independent

The Camino de Santiago de Compostela across northern Spain is one of the world's oldest pilgrimage routes.

For more than 1000 years pilgrims have made their way to Santiago and in 1987 it was declared the first European Culture Route. Also known as 'The Way of St James', it originated from the discovery of the tomb of the Apostle James in the 9th Century.

The way is marked by the symbol of the scallop shell, typically found on the Galician shores, and the grooves in the shell that join together are said to represent the many different ways pilgrims traveled from to reach Compostela.

A great tradition of the route is to obtain the 'compostela', a certificate of accomplishment given to pilgrims on completing at least 100km of the route.