A concise guide to everything you should know before you embark on the route...a quick and dirty introduction to the essentials.

A few days in Santiago de Compostela are an essential way to finish out the Camino.

Pontevedra to Armenteira - the start of the Spiritual Variant is a lovely rural walk between ancient monasteries and picturesque villages.

The Portuguese Coastal Camino between Cesantes and Ponteveda is one of the nicest little stretches of the walk.