Camino South Istria

CAMINO SOUTH ISTRIA

In recent years, along with other countries, Croatia has also been put on the map of the world’s pilgrimage routes, and thus the Camino route of Southern Istria joins the existing Camino routes – created as a joint product of the Cluster of Southern Istria, the tourism communities of the cities of Pula and Vodnjan and the municipalities of Fažana, Ližnjan, Marčana and Medulin.

The Camino route of Southern Istria is 193 km long and territorially passes through two cities and four municipalities, and is an excellent reason to come and spend several days in the destination area of ​​Marčana and Southern Istria throughout the year, especially outside the main tourist season.

The Camino route of Southern Istria was realized in cooperation with the Brotherhood of St. Jakov from Samobor, which since 2017 has been a part of the eponymous Confraternity from Santiago de Compostela from Spain and is the certified publisher of the Croatian pilgrim’s passport – a valid document for pilgrims of all European routes of St. Jacob.

The Camino path, as in the rest of Europe, is marked with a bright yellow stylized shell – Jacob’s cap, applied on a blue background. The route is divided into seven pilgrimage chapters, into seven pedestrian stages, planned for one week of walking, as long as it is necessary to truly experience the historical, cultural, and especially sacred heritage immersed in the impressive natural surroundings and unique urban units of southern Istria.

Camino travelers who have completed the entire Camino route of South Istria and have collected 18 stamps from various localities in their passport will be able to request Compostela – an official certificate of completed pilgrimage issued by the Croatian brotherhood of St. Jacob. The Camino passport can be purchased on the webshop https://crocaminoshop.com/ . Pilgrim’s passport and certificate can be picked up at tourist information centers of all tourist communities of the South Istria Cluster and at other locations published on https://www.southistria.com/en/camino while stamps will be placed along the Camino path.

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