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Camino Francés in 37 days

37 walking days and 38 nights, from Saint Jean Pied de Port to Santiago de Compostela. A basic itinerary for a 37 day itinerary. Most days are around 20km, with a shorter starting day and a few longer days. It's an example, not a rule. Move any of these towns in the planner and everything after it shifts.

769 km
Total
20.8 km
Average day
27.5 km
Longest · into El Acebo
8.5 km
Shortest · into Borda

Where you sleep, day by day

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DayWalkSleep inPlaces to stay
Night 1startSaint Jean Pied de Port43 places to stay
Day 18.5kmBorda9 km from the start1 place to stay
Day 215.8kmRoncesvalles24 km from the start5 places to stay
Day 321.7kmZubiri46 km from the start15 places to stay
Day 420.6kmPamplona67 km from the start48 places to stay
Day 523.8kmPuente la Reina90 km from the start18 places to stay
Day 621.7kmEstella112 km from the start40 places to stay
Day 721.1kmLos Arcos133 km from the start13 places to stay
Day 818.4kmViana152 km from the start5 places to stay
Day 922.2kmNavarrete174 km from the start13 places to stay
Day 1017.9kmNájera192 km from the start10 places to stay
Day 1120.7kmSanto Domingo de la Calzada212 km from the start15 places to stay
Day 1222.6kmBelorado235 km from the start13 places to stay
Day 1323.6kmSan Juan de Ortega259 km from the start5 places to stay
Day 1426.3kmBurgos285 km from the start19 places to stay
Day 1520.8kmHornillos del Camino306 km from the start7 places to stay
Day 1619.9kmCastrojeriz326 km from the start15 places to stay
Day 1719.3kmBoadilla del Camino345 km from the start3 places to stay
Day 1824.3kmCarrión de los Condes369 km from the start13 places to stay
Day 1923.2kmLedigos392 km from the start2 places to stay
Day 2026.3kmBercianos del Real Camino419 km from the start7 places to stay
Day 2126.1kmMansilla de las Mulas445 km from the start13 places to stay
Day 2218.8kmLeón464 km from the start21 places to stay
Day 2320.3kmVillar de Mazarife484 km from the start3 places to stay
Day 2416.5kmSantibáñez de Valdeiglesias500 km from the start3 places to stay
Day 2520.8kmSanta Catalina de Somoza521 km from the start4 places to stay
Day 2627.5kmEl Acebo549 km from the start5 places to stay
Day 2715.2kmPonferrada564 km from the start14 places to stay
Day 2824.2kmVillafranca del Bierzo588 km from the start19 places to stay
Day 2920.0kmLas Herrerías608 km from the start6 places to stay
Day 3019.7kmFonfría628 km from the start4 places to stay
Day 3119.3kmSamos647 km from the start8 places to stay
Day 3212.3kmBarbadelo659 km from the start2 places to stay
Day 3317.9kmPortomarín677 km from the start29 places to stay
Day 3424.3kmPalas de Rei702 km from the start21 places to stay
Day 3525.8kmRibadiso da Baixo727 km from the start3 places to stay
Day 3622.2kmO Pedrouzo750 km from the start25 places to stay
Day 3719.4kmSantiago de Compostela769 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 259 towns on the Camino Francés 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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