Five days in San Sebastián and Bilbao: Both Basque cities are beautiful but one became my favourite
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Camino
Stories about the Camino de Santiago walk
Women walking Camino de Santiago speak of ‘terrifying’ sexual harassment
Sexual aggression ‘endemic’ on route through Spain, Portugal and France with solo female pilgrims at risk
Walking the Camino: ‘We spoke about the tension I felt when people spoke of God. I realised, as a gay man, I assume I’ll be judged’
The pilgrim walk is famous and cargoed with expectation. Ultimately it might help us find meaning within ourselves
Slow travel allows you to escape the busy world: Here’s how to do it
Get away from it all by road, rail, ramble or sail in Ireland and farther afield
Crisis piercings and other classic signs you’re heading towards middle age
I still feel largely like a child who doesn’t really know what they’re doing, but with the freedom of an adult who can do whatever I want
Michael Harding: The Camino only makes sense when it’s over
The weather resembled Leitrim in January. I wondered how I could have been so foolish to think this would all be fun
Michael Harding: The magpies and I could both do with shedding a bit of weight
I took myself to the Camino a few weeks ago but I was focused on walking rather than pilgrimage
Five sisters go on the Camino: ‘Losing some HRT patches was inevitable’
One Camino, five sisters, 115 kilometres. Ten feet. 50 toes. Only one blister
I should have walked from Leitrim to Santiago de Compostela but I cheated
Michael Harding: I headed off, not with a walking stick, but with Ryanair to the mystical Spanish city
Walking the Camino: What drew my fellow peregrinos to this arduous 113km walk?
Perhaps some were, like me, on a personal mission, while I’m sure others felt they were on a mission impossible
Irish Camino history: the centuries-old journey to Santiago de Compostela
A ship carrying 400 pilgrims from New Ross was recorded in 1473
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