All ways to Santiago de Compostela

Like all ways that are leading to Rom so there are also all ways that are leading to Santiago de Compostela.
In the Middle Ages all the pilgrims came from their home to Santiago de Compostela - walking or on horse back. And they had to go back the same way ... Still there are a few pilgrims nowadays who would like to go the whole way from home. It is however very exceptional that those pilgrims are returning home the same way. It is very easy now - and relatively cheap - to take the plane from Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña or Porto (see http://www.skyscanner.com/ ).
The biggest part of the pilgrims are following the most popular way, the Camino Francés, from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port in the French Pyrenees, a camino of about 800 km. Many movies and books around this camino are published like The Way, the movie by Emilio Estevez starring Martin Sheen, and The Pilgrimage written by Paulo Coelho.