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Happy Saint James (GALICIA) Day! / ¡Feliz Día de Galicia!

What is the Jacobean Year? Whenever St James's day (25th July) falls on a Sunday, the cathedral announces it a Holy or Jubilee Year (Xacobeo in the Galician Language). This happens with a regular cadence of 6-5-6-11 years (The last Holy Year was 2010). Next year will be a special year for the city of Santiago de Compostela and the St James Way since they will be celebrating the Holy Year 2021 (Xacobeo).

Furthermore, people usually access the cathedral through the Holy Door which only opens on this occasion.

If you are lucky during mass at the cathedral the priests (takes quite a few!) will swing on occasion the "Botafumeiro" (An XXL incense burner). It swings up high from nave to nave and weights about 120 pounds! This was to clean the smell in the air since there are so many pilgrims attending the mass.

Here we will recommend some Camino de Santiago Tours to consider for your next trip.

12 Recommended Camino de Santiago Tours 2021 Holy Year 

1. Camino Santiago Tour: French Way in Galicia Guided or Independently Walking with baggage transfers

This version of our Camino de Santiago is designed for independent travelers who would like to walk the last 100kms/62 mi of the Pilgrimage trail with baggage transfer from accommodation to accommodation. This trip is ideal for those who do not want to lug all their baggage every day when they walk, what we have done is set up a private chauffeur who will pick up and drop off your baggage at each accommodation every day.
 

2. A Slow Camino: Food & Walking Adventure on Coastal Portuguese Way to Santiago de Compostela

You’re going to be walking on the beautiful Portuguese Coastal Way tackling the last 150 km of it from Oia to Santiago de Compostela. As well as enjoying beautiful coastal and typical Galician countryside scenery you’ll be sampling the local gastronomy and wines with an experienced, locally-based English speaking Camino and food guide.

3. Northern Green Spain Slow Food, Wine & Camino Walking Tour

Join our co-founder on a special small group gastronomic journey across Northern Spain. You could call it an active gourmet food tour walking through some amazing landscapes... mountain trails, coastal paths, wine country roads, etc... We have added in a mix of experiences that will keep your taste buds excited, starting off with the famed Basque cuisine our welcome dinner in Bilbao will be a hands-on pintxo cooking class with our local chef.

4. Camino do Vino Way in Ribeiro Wine Country to Santiago de Compostela

El Camino de Ribeiro is part of a longer and ancient pilgrimage route that has only recently been resurrected between Braga and Santiago de Compostela (El Camino de Santiago da Geira Romana e dos Arrieiros). The entire Camino is 239 km; which can be completed in 10 stages although the climb from Braga over the Portuguese mountains is demanding. It´s more realistic and comfortable to start in Ribadavia (or anywhere in the Ribeiro area) which is 109 km from Santiago so pilgrims can get their Compostela.

5. See the rest of the list here...

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