About us

The Adria Camino Festival is organized by the Confraternity of St. James – Croatia and South Istria tourism cluster.

Confraternity of St. James – Croatia, is a nonprofit association whose goal is to promote the rich cultural, historical and spiritual heritage of El Camino de Santiago – The Way of St. James. We follow the tradition of Croatian confraternities who were helping pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela since 1203 AD.  

Our Confraternity is the official Croatian representative at the Archicofradía Universal del Apóstol Santiago at Santiago de Compostela. We’ve published the Croatian Credential, organized several pilgrimages to Santiago, participated in international conferences and are actively engaged in several projects. Our most significant project is Camino Croatia – restoration of medieval pilgrimage trails from Croatia to Santiago de Compostela.

Camino Croatia is a project that aims to promote common European cultural heritage and identity, help the sustainable development of local communities, promote healthy living habits and uniquely effective stress relief, bring people together from different segments of the society, as well as to help people find their inner peace.  

Camino is an experience open to people of all nations, races, ages, beliefs, values .. We’d love to help you get started on your Camino in Croatia and discover the rich cultural and natural heritage it has to offer.