Spanish for the Camino
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Spanish for the Camino helps future pilgrims learn practical Spanish for their journey on the Camino de Santiago.
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Spanish for the Camino: the blog
¿Cómo vas a hacer el Camino?
How will you do the Camino - updated May 2025 How will you do the Camino? Once you decide you want to go on the Camino, you need to start making other decisions. The first one: ¿Cómo vas a hacer el Camino? (How are you going to do the Camino?) Before we go on, let...
The Camino starts when you think about it
This week on the Spanish for the Camino podcast, I had the pleasure of welcoming Cris Pacino, a Brazilian teacher who has lived in Spain for 20 years. She’s a seasoned pilgrim and Spanish language teacher, especially for Portuguese speakers, helping them to fulfill...
No pilgrims!
Do locals along the Camino welcome pilgrims? Mostly, yes. But that could change if things continue the way they're going. The Spanish for the Camino podcast is back after the summer break. My plan was to start this new season with something light. I was going to tell...
It’s hot on the Camino
It's hot on the Camino | ¡Qué calor! (it's so hot). We're experiencing extremely hot weather in Spain (and Portugal) at the moment. It's not the first ola de calor (heat wave) of the year, but it is the worst so far. It has even reached Galicia. I don't remember...
The cathedral rooftop
We're going on a tour today. In Santiago. A tour of the cathedral rooftop. I'd been wanting to take this tour for a while. I was finally able to do it a couple of months ago and I was not disappointed. It was fantastic and I highly recommend it. About the...
The Camino with no Spanish
"Do I need to learn Spanish to walk the Camino de Santiago?" This is a question that many have when planning their first Camino. It's a question you often see in Camino-related groups. The answers in those groups range from "no need, a smile is enough" to "the more...
Flan
Who hasn't come across flan as one of the dessert options on a menú del peregrino or a menú del día on the Camino de Santiago? Flan is a very popular postre (dessert), and it is in fact an ancient dessert. Its origins go back to the times of the Roman Empire, although...
Camino Portugués: Milladoiro-Santiago
We finally make it to Santiago! After several Sundays of walking the Camino Portugués, we finish our pilgrimage with a very short stage: O Milladoiro-Santiago de Compostela. If you've been following the previous posts you'll already know this, but in case you...
Camino Portugués: Padrón-Milladoiro
A new domingo (Sunday), a new stage of the Camino Portugués: Padrón-Milladoiro. Again, I walked with a large group organised by the Asociación de Amigos del Camino Portugués. We could have walked to Santiago. In fact, most people do that. But the...