It owes its origin to the king alfonso ii of asturias who walked this route to visit the newly discovered tomb of the apostle santiago in the 9th century. In fact there are two options you can take today, one is the old roman route that might be a little rugged and two kilometers longer than the other. There have been a few new pilgrims on the forum recently who seem worried about the distance they have to walk each day. Feb 03, 2020 in recent years the pilgrimage route from st. From this point the french way maintains a single layout, with the exception of a few small possible variant paths in certain stretches. Considered the main pilgrims thoroughfare in europe, this jacobean trail is definitely the most traditional route. For the whole camino route, take the distance and divide by around 25 safe and no more than 30 extreme. Todays walk will be only 18 kilometers long and the surface will be mostly flat.
Invaluable travel information and self guided book for pilgrims interest in walking the camino pilgrimage or camino frances. Nowadays, the french way is one of the most popular caminos and visited by pilgrims from all over the world. Usually, i just answer by saying 780 kilometers though if the person is very interested i will get into explaining that there are many different routes in spain and lots of other camino routes throughout europe leading to and joining the main routes in. The terrain on the french way is the perfect blend of mountainous, flat and rugged. It lists almost every hamlet, village, town or city along the way. Choose to make your camino to santiago walking, hiking, by bike or horseback. Le puy camino a guide for englishspeaking pilgrims. In this post, youll find a detailed day by day itinerary for the camino frances. Often there can be a difference of 1 or 2 kilometers in a day walking the same route on. See all packing list posts here on august 27, 2014, i began a journey that forever changed my life, even though i declared it would not. Camino del norte walking stages complete itinerary stingy. The camino frances walking stages detailed itinerary. In recent decades, the camino del norte or northern way started attracting pilgrims and is nowadays one of the preferred routes due to the beauty of the landscape and the overwhelming presence of the bay of biscay. Also known as the camino frances the french way, this route starts at st.
This is an amazing interactive itinerary planner that indicates the distance between villages and towns along the camino route. Over 60% of the pilgrims choose the camino frances because it is the route where you can get the most of the pilgrim experience. The camino is known in english as the way of st james. If youve already done the popular camino frances, or fancy something more challenging, this is the original way of st james, the first major pilgrimage route to santiago, and you wont meet too many people. Some walk the way for fitness and as a personal goal to achieve in their journey to better physical health. Its tracks can be traced back to the ix century, shortly after the discovery of the remains of the apostle st. The transfer of the luggage throught the five days was impecable, always finding the luggage in the room on every stage of the way. Walking or cycling a full camino route can sometimes take a few months. For example, you can download gps route files for the camino. Maps, stages, albergues of the french way of st james. The french way camino, also called camino frances, is a wonderful pilgrimage route that dates back to the 12th century. You simply click on a starting point and a finishing point and it tells you exactly the distance that you will walk between those two towns. You can visit local villages, experience the remarkable basque landscape, and learn about the locale. Whichever name you wish to call it, it is still the same glorious pilgrimage across spain.
This interactive map is a companion to bryson guptills book camino frances. Our tailored itineraries allow you to walk it all in one or in shorter stages as your time permits. The french way is the most popular of the routes of the way of st. The final stage of the famous camino frances or french way is the most popular camino package. The camino frances, or the french way, is the most popular camino route. Camino frances camino del norte northern route camino. Academic calendar academic divisions academic support career education class schedule counseling distance education list of programs. A practical guide to walking the pilgrims path from france to spain the book describes the 800 km route from st. Every marker in the itinerary its a end of stage counting up to 31. A fourth french route originates in arles, in provence, and crosses the frenchspanish frontier at a different point, between the pyrenees towns of somport and canfranc. Peregrinatio compostellana, pilgrimage of compostela. It has featured in many books and films, the way, and it has the best infrastructure of all the caminos.
James hiking tour from san sebastian for this tour, you can engage yourself in a nature hiking walk of mount ulia so to escape a halfday away from the crowds of san sebastian. Camino frances village to village guide, we lay out the route from st. Urban maps of towns and cities and detailed route maps of the camino in. Of course, these stages are in no way set in stone and we encourage all walkers to choose the pace and daily distance that meets their needs. Walk the full camino frances way of st james a journey for the spirit and soul that millions of travellers complete year after year. The fourth french route from arlestoulouse enters through the port of somport and continues to jaca, in aragon. Frances, del norte, portugues from porto, primitivo. It runs from saintjeanpieddeport, on the french side of the to roncesvalles on the spanish side.
Despite the fact that since the eleventh century pilgrims walked through northern. There is also a gps app for the camino free route til pamplona. The camino frances french way is the most popular camino route. Usually, i just answer by saying 780 kilometers though if the person is very interested i will get into explaining that there are many different routes in spain and lots of other camino routes throughout europe leading to and joining the main. To complete the trail in four weeks, you would need to average 29km18 miles a day without any rest days. A total of 620 kilometres divided into 25 stages that vary from 15 to 32 kilometres in length. This is one of the most challenging but beautiful parts of the route, especially if you take the napoleon route over the roncesvalles pass 1450m. The first two sections of camino del norte will introduce you to the delights. Le puy gave me a sense of peace and purpose, while the french way gave me friendships and fitness. Weve read and heard some people saying how much they didnt like the camino, that its too busy, too hot, too much walking on the road, too commercial etc. Of course the daily distance is a totally personal thing. It traverses the beautiful hilly landscapes of galicia. If youve already done the popular camino frances, or fancy something more challenging, this is the original way of st james, the first major pilgrimage route to santiago. This midsection of the camino connects two of the most historic and beautiful cities of the camino, both with incredible medieval cathedrals and historic city centres.
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