The Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela

Take stock of what's in your head!

Coelho's book The Pilgrimage (1987) and the American film The Way (2010), starring Martin Sheen, have immensely popularised the Camino de Santiago. Every year, a quarter of a million pilgrims from all over the world reach the destination at the Cathedral of St. James.
This book captures the experiences of three Czech pilgrims, but its second part is also literally a "user's guide". The reader will learn what they should take with them, how to prepare for the journey, what the sleeping arrangements are like, where and what is typically eaten, how to navigate the pilgrimage, and many other useful and practical tips.
It is an invaluable tool for people who are planning to go on the pilgrimage, but it is also an interesting mosaic of experiences that, in diary form, shows what it is like when a person steps off the "rails" of everyday life.