Region: Camino de Santiago

Part adventure story, part guide to self-mastery, this compelling tale delivers a powerful brew of magic and insight.

If you enjoyed Bill Bryson’s A Walk in the Woods, this feels like the natural sequel—a well-told comic misadventure with a history lesson woven in for good measure.

Overweight, overworked, and disenchanted, Kerkeling was an unlikely candidate to make the arduous pilgrimage across the Pyrenees to the Spanish shrine of St. James, a 1,200-year-old journey undertaken by nearly 100,000 people every year. But he decided to get off the couch and do it anyway.

Typical of MacLaine, this is a personal story with enormous adventure, a smattering of flashbacks, and a hefty serving of cosmic revelations.

A Fresco Tours pick for one of the great Galician writers! Rosalia de Castro was a remarkable woman, whose poetry immediately seized the hearts of the Gallegos and continues to influence writers today with its combination of sadness and

An excellent map of the area where we will be walking on the Camino de Santiago.

Another great map of the area where we will be walking the Camino de Santiago.

A fascinating step-by-step guide to the cultural history of the Road for pilgrims, hikers, and armchair travelers alike.

This book describes the humor, heartbreak and adventure of Rupp’s 47-day, 450-mile trek along the famous Spanish pilgrimage route Camino de Santiago. Photographs and a map of the route invites readers to travel along the dusty track as the pilgrims did 450 years before.

A comprehensive guide book that includes information on packing, walking, history, culture, communication, health – and probably a few things you didn’t think of!