This of course is the symbol of the Camino de Santiago. The symbol of a scallop shell. I guess there are scallops around these parts but supposedly they use the shell as a symbol because the lines represent the routes that all converge at Santiago.
For most of the caminos ive been on, simple yellow arrows point you in the right direction. On "El Norte", Asturias and Galicia get a little fancier. There aren't as many painted yellow arrows. These regions have invested in nice ceramic plaques to point the way.
There's one important difference to make note of. In Astuias, the camino points in the direction where the shells converge. In Galicia it's the opposite. So in Asturias this means take a left but in Galicia it means take a right.
It's a little nutty isn't it? I guess if one didn't know this, they could spend their entire time going back and forth on the bridge that separates Asturias from Galicia.
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