The official routes

Every official Camino de Santiago

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.

Difficulty
Country

Camino Francés

French Way
UNESCO

The classic crossing of northern Spain, and the route almost every film and book means by "the Camino".

775km
33days
2countries

Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port Santiago de Compostela

Camino Portugués Central

Portuguese Way (Central)

The second-busiest Camino: Roman roads, granite villages and vineyards from Porto north into Galicia.

241km
12days
2countries

Porto Santiago de Compostela

Camino Portugués de la Costa

Portuguese Coastal Way

The Atlantic alternative from Porto — boardwalks, fishing towns and ocean on your left for a week.

283km
13days
2countries

Porto Santiago de Compostela

Camino del Norte

Northern Way
UNESCO

The long coastal route along the Bay of Biscay — the hardest of the major Caminos, and the most scenic.

815km
34days
1country

Irún Santiago de Compostela

Camino Primitivo

Original Way
UNESCO

The oldest Camino of all, and the toughest — mountain walking from Oviedo across inland Asturias.

306km
14days
1country

Oviedo Santiago de Compostela

Camino Inglés

English Way

A short Galician route from the port of Ferrol — the shortest way to earn a Compostela on foot.

120km
6days
1country

Ferrol Santiago de Compostela

The great south-to-north route, following a Roman road from Seville up the western spine of Spain.

713km
28days
1country

Sevilla Astorga

Camino Sanabrés

Sanabrés Way

The western branch of the Vía de la Plata, turning off for Santiago through the Sanabria highlands and Ourense.

370km
15days
1country

Granja de Moreruela Santiago de Compostela

Camino de Fisterra-Muxía

Finisterre–Muxía Way

The only Camino walked outward from Santiago, ending at the cliffs the Romans called the end of the earth.

118km
5days
1country

Santiago de Compostela Muxía

The medieval winter bypass of the snowbound O Cebreiro pass, through the Sil canyons and Ribeira Sacra.

245km
10days
1country

Ponferrada Santiago de Compostela

Camino Aragonés

Aragonese Way
UNESCO

The second Pyrenean crossing, from the Somport pass down to join the French Way at Puente la Reina.

163km
6days
2countries

Somport Puente la Reina

A hard mountain link from León over the Cantabrian range to Oviedo, traditionally walked before the Primitivo.

126km
5days
1country

León Oviedo

Camino Lebaniego

Lebaniego Way
UNESCO

A short Cantabrian route to the monastery holding the largest surviving fragment of the True Cross.

72km
3days
1country

San Vicente de la Barquera Santo Toribio de Liébana

Camino Baztanés

Baztanés Way

The old route from Bayonne through the Basque Baztan valley to Pamplona, avoiding the Pyrenean passes.

111km
5days
2countries

Bayonne Pamplona

Ruta do Mar de Arousa e Ulla

Arousa Sea and Ulla River Route

The only maritime Camino — retracing by boat the voyage that carried the apostle's body up the Ulla.

56km
2days
1country

Vilanova de Arousa Santiago de Compostela