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Below is the itinerary of our September 2025 Path of San Jacopo Camino

The Path of San Jacopo is also commonly called The Little Italian Path of Santiago, this is due to the symbologies that represent the two paths, the spiritual journey made by the pilgrims but above all because of the presence of the only relic of St. James the Greater, also called San Jacopo, preserved outside the Galician city of Compostela, which holds his original remains, this relic is in fact located in Pistoia.

The Galician authorities then donated to the city of Pistoia a mile marker of the Path of Santiago de Compostela, the only one in all of Italy that indicates the distance between the two cities, the Tuscan and the Spanish. 

A memorial mile is a stone artifact that functions as a road sign indicating the direction and distance to the next town. The kilometer cippus of the Path of Santiago de Compostela is made entirely of stone and on it is depicted the symbol of the Camino with the remaining kilometers to reach the Galician capital: 2505 are the kilometers that separate the city of Pistoia from the city of Compostela.

Who, in the course of their lives, has not dreamed of walking the Camino de Santiago de Compostela at least once. Many have desisted because of the length and difficulty of the route. Italy, in order not to break the wings of the dreams of many and perhaps "train" them to the famous Spanish Way, offers its own Camino de Santiago: The famous Path of San Jacopo.

It is a route of about 174 km starting from Florence and ending in Livorno, in the heart of Tuscany. It is an evocative route full of art, beautiful landscapes and Italian-ness. The path is actually an ancient route that was used by pilgrims who during the Middle Ages wanted to reach Santiago de Compostela in Spain or the capital city of Rome by walking it in the opposite direction.

The Path of San Jacopo or Cammino Jacopeo allows you to slowly, calmly and spiritually discover places, cities, and landscapes that often remain unexplored, hidden from the eyes of the less curious and adventurous.

Pilgrims today may decide to walk the Path of San Jacopo starting in Florence and arriving in Livorno; those, however, who are in the mood for adventure and want to test themselves in both body and spirit may decide to reverse the path starting in Florence and arriving in Rome or, once in Livorno, point their compass west to Spain, with Santiago de Compostela as their final destination.