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Man arrested for sexually assaulting Camino de Santiago pilgrim

Spain’s Civil Guard arrests man who sexually assaulted a German woman on the Camino de Santiago

THE CIVIL Guard has arrested a man after he allegedly held a 24-year-old German national against her will and sexually assaulted her. The victim was making the pilgrimage along Spain’s world-famous Camino

12 Dec, 2023 @ 14:09

Crime & Law·Lead

British child from Spain’s Granada walks 280km of the Camino de Santiago to help refugees

AT A TIME when many children are fixated on their gadgets and won’t even stroll to the park, a seven-year-old British girl from Torvizcón, Granada, has walked an amazing 280km stretch of

19 Jun, 2023 @ 13:49

Granada·Lead·Other News

Xacobeo: Why 2022 is an extra special time to visit Spain’s Santiago de Compostela

By Shannon Chaffers

25 Jul, 2022 @ 09:00

La Cultura·Lead·Olive Press Travel·What to do·What to see

Belgian royal family choose Easter to continue Camino de Santiago pilgrimage in Spain

THE Belgian royals have spent Easter week walking the Camino de Santiago continuing their journey on the famous pilgrimage route across northern Spain that began pre-pandemic. King Phillipe, 62, and Queen Mathilde,

16 Apr, 2022 @ 09:15

Celebrity·Lead·National News

Spain backs fresh cash boost to revitalise and modernise tourism hit by COVID-19 pandemic

A new €720 million package to help Spain’s pandemic-hit tourist sector has been approved this Tuesday by the Council of Ministers. An extra €109 million has been allocated above last week’s previous

7 Dec, 2021 @ 18:45

Lead·National News

WATCH: Pilgrim walking the Camino de Santiago with 7 goats, 3 donkeys and a dog stopped by Spain’s Guardia Civil

OFFICERS of the Guardia Civil’s Nature Protection Service (SEPRONA), together with Policia local in Santo Domingo de La Calzada, northern Spain, have stopped a pilgrim on his way to Santiago. What prompted

15 Sep, 2021 @ 14:00

Lead·Other News

15-year-old disabled boy from Spain’s Malaga completes historic trek – receives high praise from the Pope

IN a country gripped in the midst of a crippling pandemic, a shining beacon of hope has emerged from one boy’s dream to complete one of Spain’s most famous treks. Alvaro Calventa,

26 Jul, 2020 @ 22:10

Lead·Malaga

Young Irish man dies in freak accident during famous holy pilgrimage in Spain

AN Irish man has died following a freak swimming accident while on a pilgrimage in Spain. Timothy Kelleher, who was in his 30s, drowned late last night in a resort in northern

27 Sep, 2019 @ 23:31

Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·National News

British widow completes ‘El Camino’ in northern Spain to fulfil late husband’s dream

Philip Dunlop, 53 had planned to complete another leg of the Camino to Finisterre, so his wife Joan decided to return on his behalf

23 Apr, 2019 @ 13:52

Lead

Seven dead in Spain as killer heatwave continues to spread across Europe

Temperatures are set to be high for the remainder of the week

7 Aug, 2018 @ 10:54

Environment·Lead·National News

Group of celebrities including Debbie McGee undertake Camino de Santiago for TV

Gogglebox star Kate Bottley said she found the journey 'more painful than childbirth'

16 Mar, 2018 @ 11:14

Celebrity·Lead

Spain’s police forces: Understanding which does what

SPAIN'S federalization process has added layers and layers of bureaucracy to everyday living

1 Feb, 2017 @ 15:00

Antonio Flores: Legal Problems

Welsh schoolboy dies on 560-mile pilgrimage in Spain

His school says it is devastated by the news

23 Jul, 2016 @ 11:20

Lead·National News

Man confesses as body of missing US woman found on Camino trail

Police make grim discovery at suspect's house in Asturias

14 Sep, 2015 @ 12:55

Lead·National News

Kidnap warning for women walking Camino de Santiago

A manhunt is underway for two men who attempted to kidnap a woman of 50 on the Camino de Santiago

27 May, 2015 @ 16:30

Travel News

Head to Los Barrios for a right rural rave-up!

If you thought Los Barrios was a one-horse town, you haven’t seen their Romeria, writes Belinda Beckett, Mistress of Sizzle

13 May, 2015 @ 16:30

Belinda Beckett: Mistress of Sizzle

Angry Camino de Santiago towns crack down on defecating walkers

Walkers taking on the world-renowned Camino de Santiago are being urged to stop defecating outdoors

17 Apr, 2015 @ 19:30

Featured·Travel News

British expat embarks on 1,300km Camino de Santiago

A BRITISH expat is walking 1,300km in her third trip along the Camino de Santiago

4 Feb, 2015 @ 13:00

La Cultura·Travel News

Merkel and Rajoy to walk the Camino de Santiago

The pilgrimage will end in a political meeting

20 Aug, 2014 @ 12:44

National News

Wheelchair pilgrims to take on Camino de Santiago

Two best friends from America will be the first to make the famous pilgrimage by wheelchair

12 Jul, 2014 @ 12:00

The mighty Camino de Santiago: The Highlights

With films about the Camino de Santiago emerging all over the world, it is more popular than ever

11 Oct, 2012 @ 20:08

Katie Sims in Pamplona

The mighty Camino de Santiago

Olive Press blogger Katie Sims is flirting with the idea of the Camino de Santiago

16 Sep, 2012 @ 22:36

Katie Sims in Pamplona

What’s the point of Pamplona?

TRAVEL SPECIAL: James Bryce takes his life in his hands at the celebrated Running of the Bulls in Pamplona and discovers there is plenty more to the region than the drink-fuelled revelry

13 Jul, 2011 @ 15:36

Other News·Travel News