{"id":1637,"date":"2022-01-07T11:16:30","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T10:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.viajeroscanallas.es\/?p=1637"},"modified":"2026-03-19T16:53:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:53:38","slug":"5-reasons-to-do-the-camino-de-santiago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.viajeroscanallas.es\/en\/5-razones-para-hacer-el-camino-de-santiago\/","title":{"rendered":"5 reasons to do the Camino de Santiago"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_81 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Contents\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #2b2b2b;color:#2b2b2b\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #2b2b2b;color:#2b2b2b\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.viajeroscanallas.es\/en\/5-razones-para-hacer-el-camino-de-santiago\/#_vivir_una_experiencia_de_turismo_activo\" >? Live an active tourism experience<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.viajeroscanallas.es\/en\/5-razones-para-hacer-el-camino-de-santiago\/#_realizar_un_viaje_de_autoconocimiento\" >? Going on a journey of self-knowledge<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.viajeroscanallas.es\/en\/5-razones-para-hacer-el-camino-de-santiago\/#_compartir_y_hacer_nuevas_amistades\" >? Sharing and making new friends<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.viajeroscanallas.es\/en\/5-razones-para-hacer-el-camino-de-santiago\/#_reto\" >? Challenge<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.viajeroscanallas.es\/en\/5-razones-para-hacer-el-camino-de-santiago\/#%e2%9c%85_xacobeo\" >\u2705 Xacobeo<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.viajeroscanallas.es\/en\/5-razones-para-hacer-el-camino-de-santiago\/#camino_de_santiago_%c2%bfque_camino_hacer\" >Camino de Santiago: Which way to go?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1675772834453\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>2022 has only just begun and, like every year, it is time to set new resolutions that motivate us and make us grow.\u00a0<strong>From Viajeros Canallas we leave you 5 reasons why you should do the Camino de Santiago<\/strong>\u00a0in this special new year for the Jacobean route.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1675772834453\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"_vivir_una_experiencia_de_turismo_activo\"><\/span>? Live an active tourism experience<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It is no longer a secret that there is a large\u00a0<strong>difference between a journey and an experience<\/strong>. For many, it is great food for the soul. An experience generates enjoyment from beginning to end: before doing it, only with the imagination and the preparation of it; at the moment of doing it, living a different adventure, sharing it, growing and learning, and after finishing it.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nHow many times have you smiled simply by remembering those moments you lived, those new friendships, those laughs, those cries or those beers?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Without a doubt, it is a way to make the soul smile.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1675772834453\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>\nOn the other hand, perhaps\u00a0<strong>the Way of St. James combines in a single experience many totally positive factors<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Walking in nature<\/strong>\u00a0in the company of a lot of colleagues who are pursuing the same challenge as you, which generates thousands of sensations, closeness, friendship and even deeper bonds than we imagined. In short, we see and feel what is most beautiful in people.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Achieving a challenge<\/strong>In my experience, I would say that it is important to set yourself a challenge every year. It stimulates me and gives me a fantastic vibe. Whether you are physically prepared or not, doing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.viajeroscanallas.es\/en\/other-ways-of-doing-the-camino-de-santiago\/\">Camino de Santiago<\/a> will always be very rewarding.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Self-awareness<\/strong>As this is such a deep and interesting topic, it certainly deserves a whole section, so we will discuss it in more detail below.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1675772834453\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"_realizar_un_viaje_de_autoconocimiento\"><\/span>? Going on a journey of self-knowledge<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I have travelled to many towns, cities and countries.\u00a0<strong>I have not discovered a single place where I know myself better than on the Camino de Santiago.<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps it meets some special conditions: being a different trip\/experience (because we don't always think about going backpacking around the world for a few days), walking through nature, finally taking time for ourselves, sometimes sharing with people we don't know, something that gives us absolute freedom, disconnecting 100% and, without a doubt, eating delicious food, having a cold beer and talking and laughing with your fellow travellers.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1675772834453\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>It is well known that many people who need a change in their lives, both personal and professional, or who want to make an important decision, who find themselves at a crossroads and do not know which path to choose, consider doing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.viajeroscanallas.es\/en\/what-to-bear-on-the-walk-to-santiago\/\">Camino de Santiago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I could not count the number of conversations I have had with other travellers and the huge transformation I have seen in them in just a few days when they see clearly what their next steps are going to be. E<\/p>\n<p>t is something I am passionate about and have been studying for many years, the\u00a0<strong>what generates so much happiness in the people who do the Camino<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1675772834453\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.viajeroscanallas.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Post-1637-2-1024x538.jpg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-large\" alt=\"5 reasons to do the Camino de Santiago in 2022\" title=\"5 reasons to do the Camino de Santiago in 2022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.viajeroscanallas.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Post-1637-2-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.viajeroscanallas.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Post-1637-2-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.viajeroscanallas.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Post-1637-2-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.viajeroscanallas.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Post-1637-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"  data-dt-location=\"https:\/\/www.viajeroscanallas.es\/en\/5-razones-para-hacer-el-camino-de-santiago\/post-1637-2\/\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1675772834453\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"_compartir_y_hacer_nuevas_amistades\"><\/span>? Sharing and making new friends<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Camino itself\u00a0<strong>has a reputation for being the only trip where everyone greets you with a smile.<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I love to see how a bunch of strangers, within a few hours, already talk to each other as if they were childhood friends, and a few days later they help each other and leave each other anything from a band-aid or an ointment to a deep conversation at the right time.<\/p>\n<p>The same way they would treat their brother if they went on a trip with him.<\/p>\n<p>In our case, in Viajeros Canallas, we constantly see how, months and even years after the end of the experience, many of the groups stay in different cities and towns to see each other and remember those incredible moments they shared (no one will ever know how happy I am to see those reunions).<\/p>\n<p>No doubt, if you feel like meeting and making new friends,\u00a0<strong>maybe do the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.viajeroscanallas.es\/en\/do-the-camino-de-santiago-in-a-group\/\">Camino de Santiago in group<\/a> is a great success<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1675772834453\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"_reto\"><\/span>? Challenge<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I always tell all my friends to set themselves at least a couple of challenges a year. Obviously, challenges at your level.<\/p>\n<p>Something that stimulates you and makes you grow. Just feeling those little nerves, that feeling of if I'm going to make it, makes me feel alive.<\/p>\n<p>And I know from my experience that it is something very commented among the Camino groups. I have seen expressions like \"my family told me I couldn't\", \"there are friends at work who didn't trust me\" or \"the day we started I didn't imagine I could make it to Santiago\", turning into a smile of pride or tears of emotion for having achieved it.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<strong>No one knows until they achieve it the satisfaction, growth and empowerment that comes from completing the challenge.<\/strong>.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1675772834453\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%e2%9c%85_xacobeo\"><\/span>\u2705 Xacobeo<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In order for a year to be Xacobeo, on 25 July, the day of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.viajeroscanallas.es\/en\/the-influence-of-santiago-apostol\/\">St. James the Apostle<\/a>has to fall on a Sunday. And so it was in 2021, which became the 120th Holy Year in history. Due to the situation caused by the Covid, which did not allow many pilgrims to make the Jacobean route last year,\u00a0<strong>Pope Francis extended the celebration of Xacobeo to 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This year we are fortunate to be able to enjoy this special event and the possible presence of the Pope in Santiago next summer.<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, we can also\u00a0<strong>take the opportunity to go through the Holy Door of the Cathedral of Santiago.<\/strong>\u00a0de Compostela, which reopened its doors at the end of 2020 after several years of closure and will remain open throughout 2022.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1675772834453\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>If you have already made the decision to do the Camino de Santiago organised but you still don't know which route to do, here you are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.viajeroscanallas.es\/en\/camino-de-santiago-what-camino-to-do\/\"><strong>our post<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and a video of Alberto, Camino expert, talking about it ?<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_video_widget wpb_content_element vc_clearfix   vc_video-aspect-ratio-169 vc_video-el-width-100 vc_video-align-left\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"wpb_heading wpb_video_heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"camino_de_santiago_%c2%bfque_camino_hacer\"><\/span>Camino de Santiago: Which way to go?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_video_wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Camino de Santiago: Which way to go?\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/659262110?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1690222631254\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_message_box vc_message_box-standard vc_message_box-rounded vc_color-purple vc_custom_1690224630444 infobox\" ><div class=\"vc_message_box-icon\"><i class=\"fas fa-cloud-sun\"><\/i><\/div><p>You are planning your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.viajeroscanallas.es\/en\/the-leading-company-of-the-camino-de-santiago\/\">Camino de Santiago<\/a> or simply wishing to explore beautiful Santiago de Compostela, make sure you are prepared for the weather. 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