The Cooperation Network of the Historic Pilgrimage Ways to Guadalupe has officially announced a Grand Pilgrimage, an unprecedented event that will bring together pilgrims from many territories at the Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe on 19 September 2026. It is intended as the Network’s contribution to this Guadalupe Holy Year (Jubilee), which begins on 30 August.
The main aim of this large-scale event is for different groups of pilgrims to walk, in full or in part, the 16 historic routes that make up the network (such as the Camino Real, the Mozarabic, Visigothic, Discoverers’ or Montes de Toledo ways, among others) and to arrive together in Guadalupe in a single, coordinated arrival.
The Grand Pilgrimage aims to be a milestone of territorial unity, actively involving town councils, parishes, Local Action Groups, businesses and associations in the municipalities the routes pass through. To make the journey easier, all the official routes have been digitised and are available free of charge from the Download Centre of the National Geographic Institute (IGN).
Several organisations are already working on organising groups from different parts of Extremadura and neighbouring regions, so that this gathering of pilgrims in Guadalupe becomes an unforgettable experience. Banners will even be created and designed for each of the routes, to be blessed at the welcome ceremony planned for the day of arrival, in what is hoped will be a historic and moving moment for the pilgrimage ways to Guadalupe.
The organisation of the walking groups and the logistics of transport are being coordinated locally by the respective town councils and parishes. The Cooperation Network has set 3 September 2026 as the firm deadline for confirming the number of participants and groups, an essential step to ensure the proper provision of credentials, safety resources (in coordination with Civil Protection and the Guardia Civil) and protocol in the municipality of Guadalupe.
Everyone interested is invited to contact the network to take part in the possible routes and so be part of this historic day, which will once again fill the ways to Guadalupe with life and fellowship.
