790 km · about 35 days
Our Camino Francés itinerary
From Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Santiago, we will move at our own pace. Each evening, the live map and journal will show our actual location.
The seven main sections of the Camino
- Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port → PamplonaPyrenees · 68 km
- Pamplona → LogroñoNavarre and Rioja · 95 km
- Logroño → BurgosVineyards and high plateaus · 121 km
- Burgos → LeónCrossing the Meseta · 179 km
- León → PonferradaLeón Mountains · 103 km
- Ponferrada → SarriaEntering Galicia · 91 km
- Sarria → SantiagoFinal 115 km
Distances are approximate. Actual stages may change depending on weather, fatigue and encounters along the way.
The 33 stages day by day
Here are the stage towns we have planned, with each day's distance and the running total from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port.
| Day | Stage | Distance | Total | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port → Roncesvalles | 25 km | 25 km | Crossing the Pyrenees - the toughest stage |
| 2 | Roncesvalles → Zubiri | 22 km | 47 km | |
| 3 | Zubiri → Pamplona | 21 km | 69 km | |
| 4 | Pamplona → Puente la Reina | 24 km | 93 km | Over the Alto del Perdón |
| 5 | Puente la Reina → Estella | 22 km | 116 km | |
| 6 | Estella → Los Arcos | 22 km | 138 km | |
| 7 | Los Arcos → Logroño / La Reina | 28 km | 166 km | |
| 8 | Logroño / La Reina → Nájera | 29 km | 196 km | La Rioja |
| 9 | Nájera → Santo Domingo de la Calzada | 21 km | 217 km | |
| 10 | Santo Domingo de la Calzada → Belorado | 23 km | 240 km | |
| 11 | Belorado → San Juan de Ortega | 24 km | 265 km | Beautiful Romanesque monastery |
| 12 | San Juan de Ortega → Burgos | 26 km | 291 km | |
| 13 | Burgos → Hornillos del Camino | 21 km | 312 km | |
| 14 | Hornillos del Camino → Castrojeriz | 20 km | 332 km | |
| 15 | Castrojeriz → Frómista | 25 km | 358 km | |
| 16 | Frómista → Carrión de los Condes | 19 km | 377 km | |
| 17 | Carrión de los Condes → Terradillos de los Templarios | 26 km | 404 km | |
| 18 | Terradillos de los Templarios → Bercianos del Real Camino | 23 km | 427 km | |
| 19 | Bercianos del Real Camino → Mansilla de las Mulas | 27 km | 455 km | |
| 20 | Mansilla de las Mulas → León | 19 km | 474 km | |
| 21 | León → Villar de Mazarife / Hospital de Órbigo | 29 km | 503 km | Often split over 2 days |
| 22 | Villar de Mazarife / Hospital de Órbigo → Astorga | 21 km | 524 km | |
| 23 | Astorga → Foncebadón | 26 km | 551 km | |
| 24 | Foncebadón → Ponferrada | 27 km | 578 km | Passing by the Cruz de Ferro |
| 25 | Ponferrada → Villafranca del Bierzo | 24 km | 603 km | |
| 26 | Villafranca del Bierzo → O Cebreiro | 28 km | 631 km | Climbing into the Galician mountains |
| 27 | O Cebreiro → Triacastela | 21 km | 652 km | |
| 28 | Triacastela → Sarria | 20 km | 673 km | Option via Samos |
| 29 | Sarria → Portomarín | 22 km | 696 km | |
| 30 | Portomarín → Palas de Rei | 25 km | 721 km | |
| 31 | Palas de Rei → Arzúa | 29 km | 750 km | |
| 32 | Arzúa → O Pedrouzo | 19 km | 770 km | |
| 33 | O Pedrouzo → Santiago de Compostela | 20 km | 790 km | Arrival at the cathedral! |