One way to walk it

Camino del Norte in 48 days

48 walking days and 49 nights, from Irún to Santiago de Compostela. 48 days' walking, 49 nights, averaging 17.6 km a day. The shortest day is 10 km, the longest 28. It's an example, not a rule. Move any of these towns in the planner and everything after it shifts.

846 km
Total
17.6 km
Average day
27.8 km
Longest · into Ibiri Auzoa
10 km
Shortest · into Vilela

Where you sleep, day by day

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DayWalkSleep inPlaces to stay
Night 1startIrún5 places to stay
Day 116.3kmPasajes de San Juan16 km from the start1 place to stay
Day 214.3kmIgueldo31 km from the start3 places to stay
Day 315.6kmZarautz46 km from the start10 places to stay
Day 427.8kmIbiri Auzoa74 km from the start1 place to stay
Day 519.0kmMarkina-Xemein93 km from the start4 places to stay
Day 617.7kmOlabe111 km from the start1 place to stay
Day 715.0kmAlto de Morga126 km from the start3 places to stay
Day 813.0kmLezama139 km from the start3 places to stay
Day 923.5kmBarakaldo162 km from the start2 places to stay
Day 1018.1kmPobeña180 km from the start1 place to stay
Day 1119.9kmCerdigo200 km from the start1 place to stay
Day 1218.6kmHazas - Liendo219 km from the start2 places to stay
Day 1320.5kmNoja239 km from the start7 places to stay
Day 1416.4kmGüemes256 km from the start5 places to stay
Day 1518.3kmSantander274 km from the start10 places to stay
Day 1614.1kmBoo de Piélagos288 km from the start1 place to stay
Day 1717.6kmCudón306 km from the start1 place to stay
Day 1816.9kmOreña323 km from the start2 places to stay
Day 1918.7kmComillas341 km from the start8 places to stay
Day 2018.8kmSerdió360 km from the start2 places to stay
Day 2117.6kmBuelna378 km from the start2 places to stay
Day 2216.8kmLlanes395 km from the start10 places to stay
Day 2318.3kmNueva413 km from the start3 places to stay
Day 2417.1kmSan Esteban de Leces430 km from the start1 place to stay
Day 2515.6kmColunga446 km from the start6 places to stay
Day 2617.6kmVillaviciosa463 km from the start10 places to stay
Day 2716.1kmPeón479 km from the start1 place to stay
Day 2814.5kmGijón494 km from the start7 places to stay
Day 2924.8kmAvilés519 km from the start6 places to stay
Day 3018.3kmSoto del Barco537 km from the start3 places to stay
Day 3119.6kmSoto de Luiña556 km from the start7 places to stay
Day 3219.9kmCadavedo576 km from the start3 places to stay
Day 3316.9kmBarcia593 km from the start1 place to stay
Day 3418.0kmPiñera611 km from the start1 place to stay
Day 3516.3kmLa Caridad628 km from the start3 places to stay
Day 3620.6kmFigueras648 km from the start3 places to stay
Day 3710.0kmVilela658 km from the start1 place to stay
Day 3820.8kmLourenzá679 km from the start4 places to stay
Day 3912.0kmMaariz691 km from the start1 place to stay
Day 4019.5kmAs Paredes - Castromaior710 km from the start1 place to stay
Day 4115.1kmVilalba726 km from the start10 places to stay
Day 4219.5kmBaamonde745 km from the start4 places to stay
Day 4314.8kmMiraz760 km from the start2 places to stay
Day 4410.1kmA Roxica770 km from the start2 places to stay
Day 4515.5kmSobrado dos Monxes785 km from the start4 places to stay
Day 4618.9kmArzúa from the Camino del Norte804 km from the start27 places to stay
Day 4719.1kmO Pedrouzo823 km from the start25 places to stay
Day 4822.3kmSantiago de Compostela846 km from the start28 places to stay

Days over 30 km are marked in red. Every town links to its own page with the albergues, the history and what the road into it is like. There are 234 towns on the Camino del Norte with somewhere to sleep in most of them, so none of these choices is forced.

Programa MOVES IIIMinisterio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico — IDAEXunta de GaliciaInstituto Enerxético de Galicia (INEGA)Financiado por la Unión Europea — NextGenerationEUPlan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia

Esta entidad ha sido beneficiaria de una ayuda del Programa de incentivos a la movilidad eficiente y sostenible (MOVES III), gestionado por la Xunta de Galicia a través del Instituto Enerxético de Galicia (INEGA) en el marco del Real Decreto 266/2021, y cofinanciada por la Unión Europea — NextGenerationEU, dentro del Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia.

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