From a demanding, emotionally challenging hike alone with little more than a wooden staff and rucksack; horse riding and cycling; idling through country lanes in a rental car; to taking a luxurious train journey – there are now a myriad of choices for the present day traveller wishing to explore the ‘Way of St. James’.
The notion of the ‘Camino de Santiago’ is a travel marketer’s dream, providing the perfect unifying identity for the growth of tourism along the entire Cantabrian coast. New rail and air hubs across the region and a high speed motorway network mean that each year thousands of visitors make a pilgrimage of sorts to the area, but their objective is more often than not little more than a holiday of relaxation and discovery.
