June
08
/ 2021
Psychologists and religious leaders agree that the ancient Camino de Santiago is a great “way” to fight depression and mental health illnesses. The trail, whose English name translates into the “Way of St. James”, weaves through France and Spain and is a famous pilgrimage route which terminates in the alleged shrine of Saint James the Great. The shrine is now the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, in the capital of Spain’s northwestern Galicia region. Since the 9th century, the Camino de Santiago has been a primary Catholic pilgrimage route and in 1985 the city's historic city center was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Now, after a year of being under lockdown, spiritual wanderers are fleeing cities all over the
