“…One of the most characteristic trends taking place in the European pilgrimage space in the last two decades is the renaissance of hiking and pilgrimage along the route to the Cathedral of St James in Santiago de Compostela (Amaro et al, 2018 ; Herbers & Plötz, 1996 ; Margry, 2015 ; Mróz, 2021 ; Onorato & Rizzi, 2017 ; Roszak, 2019 ). The relics of St James the Elder—a disciple of Jesus Christ and the first martyr in the group of Apostles—are kept in this temple, according to Christian tradition and the recent research of many scholars (Alarcón, 2017 ; Baliñas, 2017 ; Barral, 2016 ; Roszak, 2022a ).…”