Running the Camino de Santiago: Everything you need to know.
Running the Camino de Santiago is the world's most accessible epic running adventure. The essential information, from someone who's done it.
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Tim Mathis
- 5 min
Going on a pilgrimage is not a strange thing to do.
Outside of the secular, English-speaking world, pilgrimage is still a central feature of life for billions of modern people.
Tim Mathis
- 28 min
Running the Camino de Santiago, or A Poor Excuse for a Religious Pilgrim
Running the Camino de Santiago isn't the most obvious way to process when you're leaving behind religion, but it works.
Tim Mathis
- 11 min
The Best Travel Guidebooks of the Last 50 Years (and Why they Still Matter)
At their best, travel guidebooks have shaped culture, and helped turn travel into a central aspect of modern life.
Tim Mathis
- 5 min
Adventures with Emilie: A Te Araroa Trail Book Review
"Adventures with Emilie" is the great Te Araroa Trail book that the thru hiking world has been waiting for.
Tim Mathis
- 5 min
After the Camino: What to do in Santiago de Compostela
A few days in Santiago de Compostela are an essential way to finish out the Camino.
Tim Mathis
- 6 min
Pontevedra to Armenteira: Spiritual Variant Day 1
Pontevedra to Armenteira - the start of the Spiritual Variant is a lovely rural walk between ancient monasteries and picturesque villages.
Tim Mathis
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Cesantes to Pontevedra: Portuguese Coastal Camino Day 10
The Portuguese Coastal Camino between Cesantes and Ponteveda is one of the nicest little stretches of the walk.
Tim Mathis
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Vigo to Cesantes: Portuguese Coastal Camino Day 9
Vigo to Cesantes on the Coastal Camino isn't that bad.
Tim Mathis
- 3 min
Caminha to Viladesuso: Portuguese Coastal Camino Day 7
The first day of walking in Spain on the Portuguese Coastal Camino is muy tranquilo.
Tim Mathis
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Viana do Castelo to Caminha: Portuguese Coastal Camino Day 6
Viana do Castelo to Caminha: A lovely way to say goodbye to Portugal on the Coastal Camino.
Tim Mathis
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Antas to Viana do Castelo: Portuguese Coastal Camino Day 5
The Portuguese Coastal Camino between Antas and Viana do Castelo is really starting to feel like a Camino.
Tim Mathis
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Apulia to Antas: Portuguese Coastal Camino Day 4
I feel like there should be more to say, but it's just another stage of more cruisy walking on the Coastal Camino, bouncing between beaches
Tim Mathis
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Vila do Conde to Apulia: Portuguese Coastal Camino Day 3
The Portuguese Coastal Camino between Vila do Conde and Apulia is doggone pleasant.
Tim Mathis
- 5 min
Porto to Matosinhos: The Start of the Portuguese Coastal Camino
Distance: 11 Km Terrain A flat city walk along the river after you descend the hill from the Cathedral. So, you’re starting your walk on...
Tim Mathis
- 8 min
What do you REALLY need to know about the Portuguese Coastal Camino?
If you're interested in the Camino, and considering the Camino Frances, check my comprehensive guidebook "The Camino for the Rest of Us."...
Tim Mathis
- 12 min
How I Prepared for the Coastal Camino Portuguese using Backyard Adventures.
If you're interested in a full guide to Camino de Santiago preparation with structured physical training plans and advice about emotional...
Tim Mathis
- 23 min
The Essential Menalon Trail Guide: The Greece that you won’t find in Athens or the Islands.
Save money, experience the Peloponnesian, and avoid getting stranded on one of Europe's great underrated trails.
Tim Mathis
- 3 min
18 books that you didn’t know were about pilgrimage, with very short reviews.
There are a lot of great books about the way that travel changes you. Some of them are recognized as classics about pilgrimage. Most...
Tim Mathis
- 17 min
A Template for DIY Pilgrimage and Backyard Adventure: Lessons from an Urban Thru-Hike in Portland
Lessons about DIY pilgrimage, backyard adventures, and urban thru-hiking from a really long walk in Portland.
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