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Spanish Lesson: El Camino De Santiago

Read in Spanish about the historic pilgrimage route in Spain.

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Learning Spanish is about much more than memorizing vocabulary. In each Spanish Lesson, we explore a part of the vast Spanish-speaking world with texts designed for beginner (A2) Spanish learners. Reading the following means you're able to...

  • understand and use basic verbs to talk about what one is doing now.

  • express in simple terms where something is.

  • talk about or understand a simple text on lifestyle, hobbies and sports.

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Read on to learn about el Camino de Santiago, a famous pilgrimage route dating back centuries that is still very popular today. Click the button below to listen to the audio version, and you can follow along by scrolling along to the text further down. Don't worry if you don't understand every word—focus on getting the main idea. Key words are highlighted in bold and explained in the vocabulary list below the story.

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For an extra challenge, try to answer the following questions:

  • ¿Qué es el Camino de Santiago? (What is the Camino de Santiago?)

  • ¿Cuál es el destino final del Camino de Santiago? (What is the final destination of the Camino de Santiago?)

  • ¿Cuántas rutas hay en España para llegar a Santiago de Compostela? (How many routes are there in Spain to get to Santiago de Compostela?)

  • ¿Por qué motivos hacen las personas el Camino hoy en día? (For what reasons do people do the Camino nowadays?)

  • ¿Dónde pensaban los romanos que estaba el fin del mundo? (Where did the Romans think the end of the world was?)

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El Camino De Santiago

El Camino de Santiago es una conocida ruta de peregrinación en España. Tiene 12 siglos de historia. Su destino es Santiago de Compostela, Galicia. La tradición dice que el sepulcro del Apóstol de Santiago está en la catedral de la ciudad.

En España hay 9 rutas, o caminos, que van a Santiago de Compostela. La más popular es el Camino Francés. Esta ruta tiene 800 km y 31 etapas. Empieza en Saint Jean Pied de Port, Francia, y recorre el norte de España. Santiago de Compostela es el destino del Camino, pero hay personas que deciden ir hasta la legendaria Fisterra. Los romanos pensaban que Fisterra era el fin del mundo porque es el lugar más al oeste de España.

También es posible empezar el Camino desde diferentes puntos de Europa. Por eso, si prestas atención, puedes encontrar señales que indican la dirección a Santiago de Compostela en Polonia, Francia, o Alemania, entre otros países.

Antiguamente, los peregrinos caminaban durante días a Santiago por razones religiosas. En la actualidad, gente de todo el mundo hace el Camino por motivos diferentes: tener una experiencia espiritual, disfrutar de la naturaleza, desconectar o vivir una aventura.

Lista de vocabulario — Vocabulary list

Palabras temáticas — Thematic words

  • ruta — route

  • peregrino/a — pilgrim

  • destino — destination

  • siglo — century

  • sepulcro — sepulcher, grave

  • camino — way, path

  • etapa — stage

  • señal — sign

  • motivo — reason

  • razón — reason

  • antiguamente — in the past

Verbos — Verbs

  • recorrer — to travel through

  • empezar — to start

  • pensar — to think

  • disfrutar — to enjoy

  • desconectar — to disconnect

Expresiones — Expressions

  • ruta de peregrinación — pilgrimage route

  • en la actualidad — nowadays

  • vivir una aventur — to live an adventure

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