Want to avoid Europe’s tourist hordes? Try getting off the beaten track

Monastery of Santo Estevo de Ribas de Sil, which is often overlooked by pilgrims on a nearby route. Credit: JanCeuleers/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA European tourism is getting a makeover to strengthen remote communities with the help of EU-funded researchers. The monastery of San Estevo de Ribas de Sil in northwestern Spain is located within 20 kilometers of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route, but for Martín López Nores the two places felt worlds apart. And that gave him an idea. In 2019 López Nores, a professor in the Department of Read More

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