| Roads to Santiago | |
| Author: | Cees Nooteboom |
| Title Orig: | De omweg naar Santiago |
| Translator: | Ina Rilke |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Language: | Dutch |
| Publisher: | Uitgeverij Atlas |
| Pub Date: | 1992 |
| English Pub Date: | 1996 |
| Pages: | 412 |
| Isbn: | 9025400434 |
Roads to Santiago (Dutch; Flemish: '''De omweg naar Santiago''') is a 1992 travelogue by the Dutch writer Cees Nooteboom. It focuses on the pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.
The book was reviewed in Publishers Weekly: "The pilgrims' route to the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain has long been a favorite subject of travel writers, but few have covered it as entertainingly, quirkily and, finally, movingly as Dutch essayist Nooteboom (The Following Story)." The critic continued: "At one point, Nooteboom compares writing history to putting together a jigsaw puzzle. Anyone who hopes to find a compact history of Spain here will find some pieces missing. But what's here is an idiosyncratic, informative, introspective reading adventure."[1]