What we’re about
Have you walked the Camino de Santiago or are you interested in learning more about it? Then this is the group for you!
Come join us for hikes, gatherings, dinner parties, and other events where you can meet past and future pilgrims! Share your Camino experiences, get tips from those that have walked before, and help bring the magic of the Camino to Philadelphia!
This meetup group is hosted by the Philadelphia Chapter of American Pilgrims on the Camino (APOC). APOC is a national non-profit organization dedicated to fostering the enduring tradition of the Camino by supporting its infrastructure, by gathering pilgrims together, and by providing information and encouragement to past and future pilgrims.
To join our email list, please send an email to philadelphia@americanpilgrims.org.
For more information about the Philadelphia Chapter, please visit: http://www.americanpilgrims.org/philadelphi... <br>
To learn more about American Pilgrims on the Camino (APOC), please visit: http://americanpilgrims.org <br>
We hope you will join us for an event and we look forward to meeting you!
Buen Camino!
Upcoming events
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Walk around the City of Philadelphia
Franklin Square, Franklin Square ,, Philadelphia, PA, US(This event is for all those who have walked a Camino, are planning to walk a Camino, or are interested in learning more about the Camino!)
Let’s kick off 2026 with a walk around the city of Philadelphia!
We’ll do a 6 mile walk including 3 miles (round trip) on the pedestrian walkway of the Ben Franklin Bridge. The walk will start at the Franklin Square PATCO station at 10:15am*. Please arrive a few minutes early, so we can leave on time. Bathrooms are available at Franklin Square Park (next to the PATCO station) at 10:00am. There are also restrooms ar the Independence Visitor Center at 6th and Market. After brief introductions, we’ll head to the bridge, walk to Chinatown, and continue to Elixr Coffee Roasters for a bathroom/coffee break. After our break, we will walk to the Rail Park and then head to City Hall/Dillworth Plaza. Finally, we will walk to the Reading Terminal Market for a post-walk bite to eat. If you don’t plan to stay for lunch, you can easily continue on your way.
It can be windy on the bridge, so dress appropriately.
*If you are coming from New Jersey, Danielle will be at the Haddonfield PATCO station at 9:30am. There is a 9:36am train that arrives at Franklin Square at 9:52am.
For more information, see links below:
PATCO Schedule
Franklin Square Station
Ben Franklin Bridge Pedestrian Walkway
Chinatown Friendship Arch
Elixr Coffee
The Rail Park
Reading Terminal Market24 attendeesWalk around the City of Philadelphia, II (FOR THOSE WAITLISTED ON 1/3)
Franklin Square, Franklin Square ,, Philadelphia, PA, USTHIS EVENT IS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE WAITLIST FOR JANUARY 3rd. PLEASE DO NOT SIGN UP FOR BOTH DAYS. IF YOU ARE NOT ON THE WAITLIST ALREADY, YOU WILL BE WAITLISTED
***IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SWITCH FROM JANUARY 3rd to 4th PLEASE LET BEATRIZ KNOW ***
(This event is for all those who have walked a Camino de Santiago, are planning to walk a Camino, or are interested in learning more about the Camino!)
Let’s kick off 2026 with a walk around the city of Philadelphia!
We’ll do a 6-7 mile walk including 3 miles (round trip) on the pedestrian walkway of the Ben Franklin Bridge. The walk will start at the Franklin Square PATCO station at 10:15am*. Please arrive a few minutes early, so we can leave promptly at 10:15. Bathrooms are available at Franklin Square Park (open at 10:00am) and the Independence Visitor Center at 6th and Market. After brief introductions, we’ll head to the bridge, walk to Chinatown, and continue to Elixr Coffee Roasters for a bathroom/coffee break. After our break, we will walk to the Rail Park and then head to City Hall/Dillworth Plaza. Finally, we will walk to the Reading Terminal Market for a post-walk bite to eat. If you don’t plan to stay for lunch, you can easily continue on your way.
It can be windy on the bridge, so dress appropriately.
*If you are coming from New Jersey, Danielle will be at the Haddonfield PATCO station at 9:30am. There is a 9:36am train that arrives at Franklin Square at 9:52am.
For more information, see links below:
PATCO Schedule
Franklin Square Station
Ben Franklin Bridge Pedestrian Walkway
Chinatown Friendship Arch
Elixr Coffee
The Rail Park
Reading Terminal Market11 attendees
'The Way, My Way'- Camino film screening
Helen Kate Furness Free Library, 100 N Providence Rd, Wallingford, PA, USBill Bennett's recent Camino movie ‘The Way, My Way’, is now streaming! Join us at the Helen Kate Furness Library in Wallingford, PA, where we can gather and watch together.
Synopsis: "Based on Bill Bennett's best selling Camino memoir of the same title, The Way, My Way is a movie about a man walking the 800km Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route in Spain, searching for meaning – not realizing it was right in front of him, one step at a time."
Running time: 1 hour, 40 min
Suggested donation of $2.00 for space rental & supplies (can bring day of the event). Popcorn and soda will be provided 🍿
For anyone interested, we can head into Media for a post-movie bite to eat/drink.
Buen Camino!53 attendees
Past events
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