Pilgrimage trail to Santiago de Compostela

This pilgrimage trail of St. James starts in Switzerland in the city of Basel. It leads through Moutier and heads over to Payerne. This is a not-to-be-missed stage on the Bernese Jura Trail, as the footpath runs along Lake Biel and offers breathtaking scenery.
In 1987 - ten years after the death of Franco and the end of the dictatorship in Spain - the Council of Europe designated the Way of St. James as the First European Cultural Route. This route allows the region Biel-Seeland to be once again, and in a sustainable way, seen in an international context and, as an important factor of modern civilisation and of gentle and ecological tourism, in a worldwide context.