(Miguel Riopa/AFP/Getty Images)For more than a millennium, the Camino de Santiago (the Way of St. James) has attracted pilgrims, many seeking self-reflection and spiritual insight as they journey hundreds of miles to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain. Increasingly popular, this epic pilgrimage attracted more than 320,000 people in 2018, with most of them tackling all or part of the almost 500-mile French Way (Camino Frances). If you would rather not be elbow-to-elbow with fellow pilgrims, you’ll find thinner crowds in the offseason (especially winter). Location: St. Jean-Pied-de-Port, France, to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain. As you draw closer to the town of Finisterre (“Land’s End”), the route briefly overlaps with the Camino de Santiago.

Source: Washington Post April 04, 2019 18:00 UTC