The Camino de Santiago is not just one route. It is many. All routes lead to the same destination, Santiago de Compostella in the north west of Spain. You can start in England, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Southern Europe, Spain, Portugal, and everywhere in between.
Map of various routes of the Camino.
The route we are doing is the Camino Frances. It is the most famous and the most popular, and it is the one depicted in the Marin Scheen movie, The Way.
The scallop shell represents all the routes, as in all the veins in the shell go to the same end point.
The scallop shell.
Pilgrims hang a scallop shell from the back of their backpacks.
Our backpacks with our shells. Our shells, like many, have the cross of St James painted in red.
The trail is marked signs and markers containing the shell. There is shell artwork all along the way. Here are some examples:
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