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Stage guide · Holy Year 2027
About 770 km from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, at the foot of the Pyrenees, to the Praza do Obradoiro. It is the most walked pilgrim route in the world and the easiest to organise: there is an albergue, a bar and a fountain in almost every village.
Work out your Camino
Move the slider to your pace. Suseia then splits the route into stages based on the albergues in each town, and you can adjust them by hand.
Each dot is a day of walking to Santiago.
The route at a glance
The Pyrenees and the beech forests of Navarre, the vineyards of La Rioja, the endless meseta of Castilla y León and the green Galicia of fog and stone. Each stretch changes the landscape, the weather and even the way you walk.
Stage by stage
The classic split used by the guidebooks. Nobody follows it to the letter: shorten or lengthen each day to suit your legs and where you want to sleep.
It starts with the hardest stage of the whole Camino, crossing the Pyrenees via Roncesvalles. Then beech forests, Pamplona and cereal fields as far as Los Arcos.
Vineyards, Logroño and its tapas, and the cathedral of Santo Domingo de la Calzada, where legend says the hen crowed after being roasted.
The longest stretch: the Montes de Oca, Burgos, the meseta of Palencia, León and Astorga, the Cruz de Ferro and El Bierzo. Lots of plain, little shade and enormous skies.
You enter by climbing to O Cebreiro. Then stone hamlets, oaks, fog and rain. From Sarria the Camino fills up: that is where the last 100 km begin.
Distances are approximate: they can vary by a kilometre or so depending on the variant you take.
When to go
May, June, September and the first half of October are the best months: mild temperatures and every albergue open. In July and August the Castilian meseta is very hot and in Galicia it is hard to find a bed without booking.
You can walk it in winter, but many albergues close and the Napoleon Route over the Pyrenees is closed from November to March; you have to go via Valcarlos.
2027 is a Holy Year: 25 July falls on a Sunday. More pilgrims than ever are expected, so plan ahead and book on the busiest stretches.
The Compostela
To receive the Compostela you must walk at least the last 100 km to Santiago. Sarria, about 115 km away, is the most popular starting point: it is five stages and fits into a week including travel.
On this stretch your credential needs two stamps a day. Almost every bar, albergue and church has a stamp.
Start with the Sarria – Portomarín stage →Common questions
About 770 km from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port. From Roncesvalles it is about 745 km and from Sarria about 115 km.
Between 30 and 35 days at about 23 km a day, not counting rest days. The calculator on this page shows how many days you need at your own pace.
Public albergues cannot be booked: beds go in order of arrival. In high season, and especially from Sarria, it is worth booking private albergues.
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