Santiago de Compostela the Portuguese Way

When people say Santiago, few realise there are many of them around the world; most have Santiago de Compostela in Spanish Galicia in mind. Pilgrimage routes from all over Europe converge on this place, to the tomb of St. James, with almost 300,000 pilgrims from all over the world arriving here every year. Why do they do it? What are their reasons? This book will answer your questions and at the same time provide you with a very detailed and witty guide on how to prepare and equip yourself for the journey.

Santiago de Compostela the Portuguese Way is not a travel guide in the true sense of the word. You will not find profiles or routes for individual stages in it – a mobile app is sufficient for that nowadays – but you will reliably find everything else. How to prepare, what to bring, what good things to order and how to order them. Above all, it is a readable and funny travel diary of three Czech pilgrims who set out for the second time on a walking pilgrimage several hundred kilometres long.

If you don't have the opportunity to go yourself, at least enjoy it in the book, and if you are considering it, then this book is the best guide for beginners and advanced hikers alike.