Camino Francés
The classic crossing of northern Spain, and the route almost every film and book means by "the Camino".
Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port → Santiago de Compostela
The official routes
Fifteen recognised routes, from a five-day walk out of Ferrol to a seven-hundred-kilometre crossing from Seville. Filter by what you actually have — distance, time, and how hard you want it to be.
The classic crossing of northern Spain, and the route almost every film and book means by "the Camino".
Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port → Santiago de Compostela
The second-busiest Camino: Roman roads, granite villages and vineyards from Porto north into Galicia.
Porto → Santiago de Compostela
The Atlantic alternative from Porto — boardwalks, fishing towns and ocean on your left for a week.
Porto → Santiago de Compostela
The long coastal route along the Bay of Biscay — the hardest of the major Caminos, and the most scenic.
Irún → Santiago de Compostela
The oldest Camino of all, and the toughest — mountain walking from Oviedo across inland Asturias.
Oviedo → Santiago de Compostela
A short Galician route from the port of Ferrol — the shortest way to earn a Compostela on foot.
Ferrol → Santiago de Compostela
The great south-to-north route, following a Roman road from Seville up the western spine of Spain.
Sevilla → Astorga
The western branch of the Vía de la Plata, turning off for Santiago through the Sanabria highlands and Ourense.
Granja de Moreruela → Santiago de Compostela
The only Camino walked outward from Santiago, ending at the cliffs the Romans called the end of the earth.
Santiago de Compostela → Muxía
The medieval winter bypass of the snowbound O Cebreiro pass, through the Sil canyons and Ribeira Sacra.
Ponferrada → Santiago de Compostela
The second Pyrenean crossing, from the Somport pass down to join the French Way at Puente la Reina.
Somport → Puente la Reina
A hard mountain link from León over the Cantabrian range to Oviedo, traditionally walked before the Primitivo.
León → Oviedo
A short Cantabrian route to the monastery holding the largest surviving fragment of the True Cross.
San Vicente de la Barquera → Santo Toribio de Liébana
The old route from Bayonne through the Basque Baztan valley to Pamplona, avoiding the Pyrenean passes.
Bayonne → Pamplona
The only maritime Camino — retracing by boat the voyage that carried the apostle's body up the Ulla.
Vilanova de Arousa → Santiago de Compostela