Prepare for Your Camino
Get tips on how to choose your route, timing and distances, guidebooks, training, and tons more.
What to Expect While on the Camino
Get tips on what to pack, accommodation info, getting mobile access, food and other topics.
Packing List
This packing list includes a complete gear list, packing tips and advice on what kinds of pack and shoes you need.
Where to Sleep on the Camino
This FAQ has info on what it's like to stay in albergues and other lodgings.
After Your Camino
Keep your Camino alive by engaging locally, becoming a member, volunteering and giving back.
Join a Local Chapter
Find a local chapter for Camino training, local events, potlucks and fellowship.
The Camino de Santiago has more than 1,000 years of history and tradition. By walking it, you join the millions of pilgrims who have gone to the burial site of St. James in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Learn more Camino history here.
A half a million pilgrims each year seek a Compostela along one of the official Camino routes. Check out our statistics page for a detailed analysis on who they are, the routes they choose and when they go.
There’s no better way to learn more about the Camino, celebrate pilgrimage and enjoy the camaraderie of the pilgrim community than to attend our Gathering of Pilgrims. Our annual event is held each spring and brings together more than 300 pilgrims for four days. You can learn more about this unique event on our Annual Gathering of pilgrims page.
We encourage you to join American Pilgrims on the Camino. Membership benefits include connecting with fellow pilgrims, supporting infrastructure projects on Camino, access to hospitalero training classes, contributing to La Concha, our quarterly magazine, and an American Pilgrims patch. If you’d like to more information on becoming a member, head over to our membership page.
