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Markina-Xemein → Colegiata de Zenarruza
km 0 – 10.4 · 10.4 km
Bolibar, ancestral home of Simón Bolívar’s family, and the old road to Zenarruza.
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Camino del Norte · Stage 5 of 36
Through the valleys of Bizkaia to the collegiate church of Zenarruza, a former pilgrim hospital, then past farmhouses and woods to Gernika, with its Assembly House and its tree.
Profile
A stiff climb to Zenarruza and rolling ground to Gernika.
Town by town
Every town with services along the way. Out of season some bars and albergues close; the app shows you which ones are open near you as you walk.
Collegiate church and pilgrim albergue
Assembly House and the tree of Gernika
The route
Bolibar, ancestral home of Simón Bolívar’s family, and the old road to Zenarruza.
Munitibar, woods and the descent into the Gernika valley.
Tips
The Cistercian monks take in pilgrims. It is worth a stop.
Symbol of Basque liberties, next to the Assembly House.
It remembers the 1937 bombing. An essential visit.
Choose how many kilometres you want to walk each day and Suseia splits the route from Markina-Xemein to Santiago into stages based on the albergues in each town. Free and without signing up.
Common questions
About 25.9 km. Walking takes about 7 hours, with short breaks.
Moderate difficulty. A stiff climb to Zenarruza and rolling ground to Gernika.