The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho

Location mentioned: Spain

“At the height of its fame, during the fourteenth century, the Milky Way-another name for the third road, since at night the pilgrims plotted their course using this galaxy-was traveled each year by more than a million people from very corner of Europe. Even today, mystics, devotees, and researchers traverse on foot the seven hundred kilometers that separate the French city of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port form the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Spain.”

The Pilgrimage is set along the historic Camino de Santiago (Way of St. James) in northern Spain. It’s a centuries-old pilgrimage route leading to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.