Pilgrimage Sites in Spain
Discover 20 sacred destinations in Spain
Avila
Ávila is the birthplace of St. Teresa of Ávila, renowned Doctor of the Church, and home to her relics and numerous sites associated with her mystical life.
Barcelona
Barcelona offers Catholic pilgrims extraordinary spiritual heritage with Gaudí's masterpiece Sagrada Família and ancient Gothic churches in Catalonia's historic heart.
Burgos
Burgos Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage site, stands as a vital pilgrimage stop on the Camino de Santiago, housing the tomb of El Cid and offering profound spiritual significance for Catholic pilgrims seeking history and divine beauty.
Caceres
A UNESCO World Heritage medieval city where Roman, Moorish, and Christian heritage blend—home to the Co-Cathedral of Santa María and the beloved Virgen de la Montaña.
Caravaca de la Cruz
Caravaca de la Cruz is one of only five Holy Cities in the Catholic world, home to the miraculous Vera Cross relic and pilgrimage destination.
Covadonga
Birthplace of the Reconquista where King Pelayo's 722 victory began Spain's 800-year Christian reconquest, now a major Marian sanctuary.
El Rocío
El Rocío is a major Catholic pilgrimage destination housing the revered Virgin of El Rocío statue, drawing over a million pilgrims annually during Pentecost.
Guadalupe
Spain's most revered Marian shrine, where the Virgin of Guadalupe has drawn pilgrims since 1340—birthplace of devotion that spread across the Americas.
Loyola
Loyola is the birthplace of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuit Order. The magnificent Baroque sanctuary surrounds his holy birthplace.
Madrid
Madrid serves as a key Catholic pilgrimage gateway to Spain, featuring the magnificent Almudena Cathedral and serving as starting point for Camino de Santiago journeys.
Manresa
Manresa is a pivotal Catholic pilgrimage site where St. Ignatius of Loyola spent 11 months in 1522, developing his Spiritual Exercises in the sacred cave.
Montserrat
Home to the Black Madonna at a thousand-year-old Benedictine abbey where St. Ignatius of Loyola laid down his sword and began his pilgrimage.
Oviedo
Medieval pilgrims said: "He who goes to Santiago and not to the Saviour, visits the servant." Oviedo's Holy Chamber holds Christ's Sudarium.
Pontevedra
Pontevedra offers pilgrims two significant Marian sanctuaries along the Portuguese Camino route, hosting the Virgin of the Pilgrim and Fatima apparitions.
Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela is one of Christianity's most important pilgrimage destinations, housing the tomb of Apostle Saint James the Greater and drawing millions of faithful since the 9th century.
Santo Toribio de Liébana
One of five places in Catholicism with perpetual indulgences, housing the Lignum Crucis - the largest surviving piece of the True Cross.
Seville
Seville's magnificent Cathedral houses the tomb of Saint Ferdinand III and draws pilgrims during Holy Week processions.
Toledo
Toledo stands as the historic heart of Spanish Catholicism, home to the magnificent Primatial Cathedral and serving as a center of Christian art and pilgrimage since the Reconquista.
Valladolid
Valladolid's magnificent Cathedral serves as the spiritual heart of this historic Spanish city, housing sacred art and architectural treasures.
Zaragoza
Home to Christianity's first Marian sanctuary, where the Virgin Mary appeared to St. James the Apostle on the banks of the Ebro in AD 40.