One way to walk it

Camino del Norte in 37 days

37 walking days and 38 nights, from Irún to Santiago de Compostela. 37 days' walking, 38 nights, averaging 22.9 km a day. The shortest day is 14 km, the longest 30. It's an example, not a rule. Move any of these towns in the planner and everything after it shifts.

846 km
Total
22.9 km
Average day
30.5 km
Longest · into Santiago de Compostela
14.5 km
Shortest · into Gijón

Where you sleep, day by day

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DayWalkSleep inPlaces to stay
Night 1startIrún5 places to stay
Day 123.8kmSan Sebastián24 km from the start13 places to stay
Day 222.4kmZarautz46 km from the start10 places to stay
Day 322.9kmDeba69 km from the start3 places to stay
Day 423.9kmMarkina-Xemein93 km from the start4 places to stay
Day 525.4kmGernika118 km from the start3 places to stay
Day 620.3kmLezama139 km from the start3 places to stay
Day 723.5kmBarakaldo162 km from the start2 places to stay
Day 818.1kmPobeña180 km from the start1 place to stay
Day 923.1kmIslares203 km from the start3 places to stay
Day 1022.0kmLaredo225 km from the start10 places to stay
Day 1120.8kmSan Miguel de Meruelo246 km from the start1 place to stay
Day 1222.2kmSomo268 km from the start3 places to stay
Day 1319.7kmBoo de Piélagos288 km from the start1 place to stay
Day 1424.2kmQueveda312 km from the start3 places to stay
Day 1524.6kmBarrio de La Iglesia (Ruiloba)337 km from the start1 place to stay
Day 1623.2kmSerdió360 km from the start2 places to stay
Day 1719.8kmPendueles380 km from the start4 places to stay
Day 1824.2kmNiembru404 km from the start1 place to stay
Day 1925.8kmSan Esteban de Leces430 km from the start1 place to stay
Day 2024.0kmPriesca454 km from the start1 place to stay
Day 2125.3kmPeón479 km from the start1 place to stay
Day 2214.5kmGijón494 km from the start7 places to stay
Day 2324.8kmAvilés519 km from the start6 places to stay
Day 2422.5kmMuros de Nalón541 km from the start2 places to stay
Day 2515.4kmSoto de Luiña556 km from the start7 places to stay
Day 2623.6kmVillademoros580 km from the start1 place to stay
Day 2722.5kmOtur603 km from the start2 places to stay
Day 2825.0kmLa Caridad628 km from the start3 places to stay
Day 2923.9kmRibadeo651 km from the start18 places to stay
Day 3027.5kmLourenzá679 km from the start4 places to stay
Day 3125.6kmAbadín705 km from the start4 places to stay
Day 3221.0kmVilalba726 km from the start10 places to stay
Day 3319.5kmBaamonde745 km from the start4 places to stay
Day 3424.9kmA Roxica770 km from the start2 places to stay
Day 3521.5kmMadelos791 km from the start1 place to stay
Day 3623.8kmSalceda815 km from the start5 places to stay
Day 3730.5kmSantiago 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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