
Most popular points of departure for the Way of Saint James 2023
Sarria —a 13 thousand inhabitant town in the Spanish autonomous community of Galicia— was the point of departure for almost 31 percent of pilgrims who completed the Camino de Santiago in 2023. Meanwhile, the Portuguese city of Porto ranked fourth in the list of main starting points for the famous pilgrimage, with almost seven percent of the travelers on route that year.