Sentences with phrase «walking pilgrimage route»

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Having walked this classic pilgrimage route myself, I was tempted to take issue with some of Rupp's claims and to quibble about details.

While walking tours are the favorite, there are also a few companies which offer cycling routes through this ancient pilgrimage leading to the famed Santiago de Compostela.

His unforgettable experiences include walking for over a month on the medieval pilgrimage route of Camino de Santiago, in Spain, experiencing the kindness of people in the Middle East, feeling like the only person on this earth in Patagonia, swinging in a hammock cruising up the Amazon River, and coming face to face with the drug cartel in Colombia.

On other days we walked to burial sites which date back to almost 3,000 BC, walked a small section of the famous Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route, huddled in a shepherd's log - store for lunch, laughed heartily with Basque locals as if they were close friends and listened to Basque ballads of how life passes us by.

The key is doing the Camino de Santiago (St.James Way), a pilgrimage walking route that comes from the Middle Ages.

The Rey Fernando hotel is located in the Ensanche, the centre of Santiago de Compostela, within walking distance of the Cathedral (declared World Heritage Site by the UNESCO) and the destination of the the Way of St. James the most important medieval pilgrimage route.

Recently my friend and colleague (and fellow Slaw - yer) Joan Rataic - Lang and I spent five six weeks walking the historic pilgrimage route, the Camino Frances, which for us started in St. Jean Pied - de-Port, France, and carried us through the Pyrenees and across northern Spain — a total of 780 km.

I now continue sharing some of the lessons I learned from walking the historic pilgrimage route in France and Spain, the Camino Frances, over six weeks in May and June.