New route in Spain - "Dear Apostle James"

By the beginning of the summer season in Catalonia will open a new tourist route "Dear Apostle James" or "Santiago way" - that is what is called St. James Spaniards. The total length of route is 389 km. It will begin from the Costa Brava coast: the point of departure would monastery Sant Pere de Rodes, will run through the Catalan shrine - Monastery of Montserrat and Alkarras and culminate in the town, located near the border with Aragon. The entire path can be done in a few days by bicycle or on foot.

History ways rooted in the year 836, when, in the heart of Galicia hermit Payo tomb discovered the apostle James the Elder, son of Zebedee, which according to legend, christened residents of the northern part of the Iberian Peninsula. By the tomb of St. rushed pilgrims from all over the world. They wanted to go stellar road, said Mlechnym through, and get otpuschenie sins. The rumour states that it is well received by Emperor Charlemagne, who first took the path of the Apostle James. Pilgrims came from Sweden, Poland, the Netherlands, Ireland, Britain,

Turkey and other countries, resulting in a host of ways of branches. Pilgrims converge in France, where roads were united in Galicia in the city of Santiago de Compostela.

The road, shrouded in legends of the Middle Ages, has gained wide popularity in the late XX century thanks to the novel "The Diary of magician" Portuguese writer Paulo Coelho. The new route is one of the ways of branches, held on the territory of Catalonia. We offer tourists - hotels, eating, drinking water and the opportunity to use mobile phones