Michael Zanotto

I arrived in Malta to visit family and a Camino Finisterre friend (Maltese) in May 2024 unaware that I was about to embark on another Camino.

I had just finished Camino Portuguese (with several days of constant rain) and was thinking of what to do during my days as my cousins were all working 9-5! Leanne my good friend mentioned that there is now the Camino Malteś and that it is a beautiful walk and very special to Malta. Well, two days later after receiving my pilgrims passport from James I was off.

I knew all the towns I was about to walk through having visiting them many times by bus and I was overwhelmed by a new perspective of the places I thought I knew so well. What was even better was the people I met along the way, from farmers in the fields offering me water to groups of retired men chatting under trees in town squares and band clubs and keen to hear my story or tell me about their relatives in Australia. I even enjoyed visiting police stations for a stamp and again having to explain the walk I was undertaking. This Camino turned out to be an amazing experience and it truly connected me to my Maltese heritage. Thanks James P and Leanne A.