See information about the way of St. James leading to the Basilica of St. James in Santiago de Compostella (Spain).

This pilgrimage footpath once again encircles almost all of Europe, leading pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain. According to beliefs, the body of St. James. From the 9th century on, this place became a destination for pilgrims from all over Europe, equal in importance and popularity to Rome and Jerusalem. With time, however, the importance of the routes of St. James was clearly starting to decline. The last decades, however, have been a period of revival of the Way of St. James. In 1987, the Council of Europe established the Camino de Santiago as the first European cultural route. Even earlier, Pope John Paul II invited Europeans to rediscover the pilgrimage to the "memorial of St. James ". All roads are marked with the shell of St. James and the yellow arrows. St. Jakub in Poland appeared in 2005, referring to the historical tracts, Droga św. James connects points related to the traces of ancient pilgrims, places of worship of the Apostle and objects important for the history and heritage of individual regions.

Since 2010, the Nyska Droga Św. Jakub, about 160 km. The route starts at the spring of St. James on the slope of Parkowa Mountain in the Opawskie Mountains and leads through Głuchołazy, St. James's Basilica in Nysa and further to Skorogoszcz. There it connects to the main road Via Regia.

Anyone who feels the "call of the road", the need for a change or an internal "reset" can wander the Camino de Santiago. Who wants to look at their everyday life from a distance, renew their relationship with the world, with God and with themselves.
More information about the Camino de Santiago may be obtained from the parish office and from the office of the Nysa Droga Św. Jakub, located in Nysa, Bracka Street 18 (phone number: 77 448 46 70).
We also recommend the website: www.camino.net.pl.