Partners
The associations and volunteers who look after the Caminos: they waymark the trails, keep their information current and welcome pilgrims along the way.
26 partners
Asociación Gaditana Jacobea „Vía Augusta“The St James association of Cádiz, founded in 2009: it has researched, waymarked and looks after three Ways of St James in Spain's far south – the Vía Augusta to Seville, the Vía Serrana through the mountains and the Camino del Estrecho.Vía AugustaVía Serrana+1
Asociația Prietenilor Camino de SantiagoThe association behind the seven Caminos de România: founded in 2016, it researches, waymarks and promotes the pilgrim routes heading west from Iași, Giurgiu and Timișoara and issues the Romanian credencial.Camino de România 1Camino de România 2+5
Association Belge des Amis de Saint-JacquesThe association of Belgian pilgrims to Santiago, founded in 1986: it describes and waymarks the Via Mosana from Aachen and Maastricht via Liège to Namur, gives members their credencial and holds monthly information evenings in Brussels.Via MosanaVia Mosana DE+2
Association St. James Way in LatviaThe Latvian St James Way association, founded on 8 January 2019: within a few years it has built a network of about 550 km – from Valka via Riga to the Lithuanian border – and issues the Latvian pilgrim passport.Camino Latvia northCamino Latvia east+1
Associazione Amici del Cammino di Santu JacuThe volunteer association behind the Sardinian Way of St James, founded in 2010: it waymarks the Cammino di Santu Jacu across the island, issues the credenziale and testimonium, and arranges beds in the villages through stage contacts.Sardegna NordSardegna da Orosei+2
Beuroner Jakobspilger-GemeinschaftThe community behind the Via Beuronensis, founded in 2008 at Beuron Archabbey: it waymarks and looks after the Camino routes between the Neckar, the Danube and Lake Constance, issues pilgrim passports and runs the pilgrim office.Beuroner JakobswegLinzgauer Jakobsweg+2
Confraternity of St. James – CroatiaThe Croatian St James confraternity: through Camino Croatia it is building a network of some 2,400 km of pilgrim routes, issues the Croatian credencial and co-runs the Camino Krk. In 2026 it received the Elías Valiña Award.Camino Krk
Förderverein für den Himmelreich-Jakobusweg e.V.The association behind the Himmelreich Way of St James: founded on St James's Day 2009 in an inclusive business, it looks after the route from Hüfingen to Weil am Rhein – also as a “for ALL” version for wheelchairs and rollators.Himmelreich Jakobsweg
Förderverein Romweg Abt Albert von Stade e.V.The association behind the Via Romea Germanica: since 2009 it has been reviving the pilgrim road to Rome described by Abbot Albert of Stade in 1236 – some 2,200 km from the Elbe over the Alps to St Peter's Square.Via Romea Germanica (Germany)Via Romea Germanica (Austria)+1
Foreningen af Danske SantiagopilgrimmeThe association of Danish Santiago pilgrims: since 1999 it has created and waymarked Den Danske Pilgrimsrute across Denmark, maintains it with its own route groups and issues the Danish pilgrim passport – over 5,100 members.HærvejenPilgrimsrute Nordjylland Vest+6
Fränkische St. Jakobus-Gesellschaft e.V.The Franconian St James association from Würzburg, founded in 1988: it runs nine Ways of St James from the Czech border to the Danube, advises pilgrims, issues pilgrim passports and publishes the magazine “unterwegs”.Jakobsweg Nürnberg–UlmOberfränkischer Jakobsweg+7
Friends of the Way of St. James in PolandThe supra-regional association of St James pilgrims in Poland: since 2009, from Wrocław, it has researched, waymarked and looked after the Polish Ways of St James, issues pilgrim passports and Camino certificates and informs pilgrims.Via Regia PolskaCamino Sudecka+6
Jakobsweg Schweiz - Compostelle SuisseThe Swiss St James association: since 2026 a merger of jakobsweg.ch and the Amis du Chemin de Saint-Jacques. It looks after the Via Jacobi and ten feeder routes – from Lake Constance and Basel to Geneva and over the Gotthard.Via JacobiVia Jacobi Bregenz+9
Jakobusinitiative MühlhausenThe initiative from Mühlhausen in the Kraichgau created the Way of St James from Rothenburg ob der Tauber to Speyer Cathedral – 184.6 km with a northern route through the Odenwald – and keeps it running with an accommodation list.Jakobsweg Rothenburg–SpeyerJakobsweg Rothenburg–Speyer (Nordroute)
Nederlands Genootschap van Sint JacobThe Dutch St James association based in Utrecht: since 1986 it has described the Ways of St James through the Netherlands, publishes guides and GPS tracks and supports pilgrims in its regions – with around 14,500 members.Jacobsweg ThuredrechtJacobsweg Die Haghe+4
Priatelia Svätojakubskej cesty na Slovensku Camino de SantiagoThe association behind Camino Slovakia: since 2013 it has been reviving the Way of St James from Košice to the Austrian border – with shells on the hiking network, its own stage guides and the Slovak credencial.Camino Slovakia
Sächsischer Jakobsweg an der Frankenstraße e.V.The association behind the Saxon Way of St James: founded in 2009, it waymarks and maintains the old Frankenstraße from Bautzen to Hof, the Erz-Camino into Bohemia and further variants in Saxony.Sächsischer JakobswegErz-Camino+2
St. Jakobusbruderschaft Trier e.V.Trier's St James brotherhood, first recorded in 1239: it cares for pilgrims at the only apostle's tomb north of the Alps, runs the pilgrim office by the cathedral and is Germany's only issuer of Rome and Jerusalem pilgrim passports.Mosel-CaminoTrier – Le Puy+3
St. Jakobus-Gesellschaft Berlin-Brandenburg-Oderregion e.V.The St James association for Berlin, Brandenburg and the Oder region: since 2011 it has waymarked and maintained the Brandenburg routes from Frankfurt (Oder) and the Via Imperii to Leipzig, and issues credencials and pilgrim passports.Via ImperiiJakobsweg Frankfurt (Oder) – Leipzig+2
St. Jakobus-Gesellschaft Rheinland-Pfalz-Saarland e.V.Pfälzer NordrouteLinksrheinischer Jakobsweg+6
St. Jakobus-Gesellschaft Sachsen-Anhalt e.V.The association behind the Way of St James through Saxony-Anhalt, founded in December 2005: it looks after the route, issues pilgrim passports, collects hostels and runs Saturday pilgrimages across the state stage by stage.Jakobsweg Sachsen-Anhalt
Szent Jakab Baráti KörThe Hungarian Friends of St James, founded in 2012 out of a 2009 pilgrimage: they waymark and maintain the Camino Húngaro and Camino Benedictus, issue the Hungarian pilgrim passport and run pilgrim offices in Budapest and Szeged.Camino HúngaroCamino Benedictus
The Confraternity of St JamesThe British St James confraternity, founded in London in 1983: it runs two hostels on the Spanish Camino, issues pilgrim passports and guidebooks, and with three English Caminos it has brought the Way of St James back to Britain.St James' Way EnglandFinchale Camino Inglés+1
UIDPJ – União Internacional de Peregrinos JacobeusThe pilgrim association from Porto, where most Portuguese Caminos begin: it runs the Oficina do Peregrino by the cathedral, open daily from 7 am, trains hospitaleiros and makes setting off from Porto safer.Camino Portugués CentralPortuguese Coastal Way+3
Ultreia, z.s.The association of Czech St James pilgrims, born in 2008 from a group of pilgrims: Ultreia looks after six Camino routes across Czechia, issues the Czech pilgrim passport and connects pilgrims with beds.Zittau WayVšeruby Way+4
Vlaams CompostelagenootschapThe Flemish St James society, founded in 1985 in a Bruges abbey: it plans and waymarks the Belgian Vias to France, runs a pilgrim hostel in Los Arcos and advises thousands of would-be pilgrims every year.Via Brabantica Breda VariantVia Brabantica+5