![]() ![]() ![]() Astorga CaminoĪstorga is at the junction of the Camino Frances and the Via de la Plata, which starts in Seville. There is a lot to see in Leon, least not it’s splendid cathedral, one of the most handsome in all of Spain. It’s very accessible from Madrid and is around 310 km to Santiago. Leon is another major stop on the Camino Frances and is also a popular starting point for pilgrims. Burgos itself is a wonderfully vibrant city to spend a few days and is just before the Meseta, the flat vast expanse that will be the pilgrim’s main environment for a couple of weeks. It would take on average 25 days to walk to the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. Pamplona is easy to get to from Madrid and other parts of Spain.# Burgos Caminoīurgos is one of the main cities along the Camino de Santiago and is a popular starting place, at just under 500km from Santiago. It is the first major city along the route and is a very popular start point for Spanish. The city made famous by the running of the bulls is a very popular starting point for the Camino Frances also. St Jean is easily accessible by train or bus from Bayonne and there is a season bus service from Spain too, provided by Alsa. ![]() Very popular with international pilgrims, St Jean is just over the border in France and is also the end point of Caminos from other parts of France, including the Le Puy route. There are many other popular starting places along the Camino Frances. The reason is because in order to gain the compostela from the cathedral in Santiago, one must have walked at least 100km to Santiago, this is why Sarria is so popular, particularly with Spanish pilgrims. Sarria, which is 116km from Santiago, is the most popular starting point. We sell products through our online partner Redbubble, who will create and ship your product worldwide and in your own currency. The map, like all our maps, was digitally created taking many weeks and lots of dedication Many thousands of pilgrims make the journey by starting in St Jean Pied de Port, just over the border in France, but walkers and cyclists start at all points along the way. The French Way or Camino Frances is the most well known of the Camino pilgrim paths and goes for 775km across northern Spain. In addition, its gastronomy has the reputation of being a successful memory of our journey, so the choice of this route is synonymous with sure success in our desire to discover the magic of the Camino de Santiago. The Northern Way is possibly one of the options that will provide us with the most beautiful landscapes, thanks to its discourse between sea and mountain, where the greenery of small Basque, Cantabrian, Asturian or Galician villages is blurred in the distance with the pristine blue of the Cantabrian Sea. It is the second longest route, only behind the Silver Route, which will surround us with the tranquillity of the coastal and sailor villages that we will reach on our way and with a route that, except in the climbs to the mountains, where we will need to have our full strength, is characterized by being quite quiet. We find in this slope, a less overcrowded Way than the French, which has a good signaling but on the other hand also has less infrastructure. The presence of these Christian temples, Templar settlements or pilgrim hospitals also contributed to positioning the route along the coast in the place it occupies today. In spite of it, the persistence of pilgrimages that sometimes arrived by coast to the Basque and Cantabrian ports, finally managed to consolidate what would become known as the Coastal Way.Ĭelebrity pilgrims contributed to this process of rebirth and consolidation of the Northern Way, as in the case of San Francisco de Asís, who made a pilgrimage to Santiago in 1214 and who, according to legend, took advantage of his pilgrimage to found numerous Franciscan temples. ![]() However, it lost protagonism due to the stabilization of the southern peninsular territories after the Reconquest and the development of the French layout by the 12th century monarchy. It was the route used many times by the kings of the whole European continent to reach Santiago. This is one of the routes with the greatest history together with the Primitive Way, and with an age similar to the French route. Arrived at the locality of San Vicente de la Barquera, in Cantabria, there is the opportunity to follow a route with its own history, so important is that it has its own Jubilee Year, sharing this honor with the pilgrimages to Rome or Santiago de Compostela itself, this route is called the Lebaniego Way. ![]()
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