Pilgrimages — route guides for people who care about the interior journey as much as the exterior one
the mountains are being placed back…
- Camino Francés 790 km 30-35 days moderate 242k/yr
- Camino del Norte 784 km 30-38 days hard 22k/yr
- Camino Primitivo 263 km 10-13 days hard 28k/yr
- Camino Portugués 243 km 11-14 days easy 101k/yr
- Camino Inglés 112 km 5-7 days moderate 30k/yr
- Shikoku 88 1200 km 45-60 days hard 150k/yr
- Kumano Kodo 38 km 3-4 days moderate 45k/yr
April on the Camino Francés: The wildflowers in Navarra are blooming. About 831 pilgrims are crossing the meseta today.
Spring on Camino del Norte: The Biscay cliffs are green with sea grass. An estimated 24 pilgrims are walking the Cantabrian coast today.
Spring on Camino Primitivo: Broom blooms yellow across the Asturian valleys. An estimated 31 pilgrims are climbing through Asturias today.
Spring on Camino Portugués: The Minho vineyards are budding, mornings are mild. An estimated 471 pilgrims are heading north from the Minho today.
Spring on Camino Inglés: The Galician eucalyptus is fragrant, the hills still dripping. An estimated 141 pilgrims are walking up from Ferrol today.
Spring on Shikoku 88: The henro season is open, temple gardens at peak bloom. About 700 pilgrims are on the island today.
Spring on Kumano Kodo: Mountain trails are at their greenest. An estimated 208 visitors are walking the Nakahechi today.
A question to walk with
What are you carrying that you didn't pack?
Where to sleep and where to weep.
What to pack and what to leave behind.
The route guide for people who care about the interior journey as much as the exterior one.
Camino Francés
Spain & FranceThe most walked pilgrimage in the world. From Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port across the Pyrenees, through the vineyards of Navarra, the meseta of Castilla, and into Galicia. 790 kilometers of terrain that strips away everything you thought you needed.
Camino del Norte
Spain784 kilometers along the Bay of Biscay, from the French border to Santiago. The oldest of the Caminos — walked when the inland was Moorish and the Cantabrian coast was the safer road. The sea is your companion for most of it.
Camino Primitivo
Spain263 kilometers from Oviedo to Santiago. The original Camino — the route walked by King Alfonso II in 814, the year after the apostle's tomb was found. Every other Camino descends from this one.
Camino Portugués
Portugal & Spain243 kilometers north from Porto to Santiago. The gentler Camino — easier terrain, southern light, Portuguese pastéis in the morning and Galician empanadas by night. The second most walked of all the Caminos.
Camino Inglés
Spain112 kilometers from Ferrol to Santiago. Walked since the medieval period by English, Irish, Scandinavian, and Flemish pilgrims who arrived by ship because walking from their homes was impossible. The shortest of the major Caminos, and the one for people who cannot take a month off.
Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage
JapanA 1,200-kilometer circle around Japan's smallest main island, connecting 88 sacred temples. You walk with Kukai — the monk who walked this path in 774 AD. The island walks with you.
Kumano Kodo
JapanAn ancient network of pilgrimage trails through the sacred mountains of the Kii Peninsula. Where Shinto and Buddhism fused into something older than either. One of only two pilgrimage routes in the world with UNESCO World Heritage status.
Every route has two maps
One shows the terrain. The other shows what happens to you while you walk it. We publish both.
Most pilgrimage guides tell you where to sleep, what to pack, how many kilometers per day. Useful information. Half the story. The other half — what happens to your mind after day ten, why the meseta breaks people open, what it means when the path circles back to where it started — that part usually lives in forum threads and hostel conversations.
We think both maps belong in the same guide.