More than one Camino
There isn't one path to get to Santiago. Even once you pick a path there are side routes, short cuts and detours. There is no official way.
For medieval pilgrims their journey started at their front door. Modern pilgrims tend to start at fixed points. The modern starting points are where the medieval pilgrims use to form groups. These mustering points where caused by natural barriers like mountains or river crossings.. For example there are few passes through the mountains so pilgrims would be funneled onto a few trails. Since it was safer to travel in groups they tended to stick together after forming up.
We will be taking the Camino Fances and starting at Saint-jean-pied-de-port in France. The destination is 800km away. This muster point was created by the Pyrénées mountain range which we will cross on the first two days.
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