It ends in front of the breathtaking Santiago de Compostela Cathedral. What a finish line ... required to still earn the famed Compostela certificate. The town itself has a mix of historical ...

Dominated by the Catedral de Santiago de Compostela’s exuberant ... In 1984, just 423 pilgrims claimed their compostela (certificate of completion). In 1994, that had risen to 15,863; in 2004 ...