Camino Aragonés
28.2 km, 407 m up and 347 m down, through 6 places, 4 of which have somewhere to sleep. Where you stop is up to you.
Every place on the path in order, with the distance from Estella. Most are too small to sleep in — a fountain, a chapel, a bar that may or may not be open — but they are what the day is actually made of.
The camino exits Estella along the river, crossing to the west bank. If you stayed in one of the albergues on the east side, cross back over the river to rejoin the route. The path passes through Ayegui and continues to the Fuente de Vino and Monasterio de Irache — about 3 km of easy walking.
Public bathrooms and a drinking fountain are at the entrance to Estella, just past the first albergue.
Watch for the arrows at the second roundabout, which direct you off the road and onto a track running uphill to the right, behind the commercial zone. At the end of town, blue arrow signs point downhill to the left — follow them, cross the main road, and continue toward the Fuente de Vino.
Sponsored by the Bodegas Irache, this is a fountain that dispenses both water and wine. Yes, really. A plaque on the wall reads: "If you want to go to Santiago with strength and vitality, of this great wine have a drink …
The Monasterio de Irache is a large monastic complex set among vineyards, its documented history reaching back to 958. It was the site of Navarra's first pilgrim hospital, and its buildings span Romanesque through Baroqu…
Azqueta is a tiny village with a handful of houses and no reliable services. The Fuente de los Moros — a medieval cistern with a double-arched entrance and a long stone staircase descending to the water — sits just off t…
The 12 km between Villamayor de Monjardín and Los Arcos is one of the more tedious stretches on this section of the Francés. The terrain is open and exposed, with long straight tracks through farmland and almost no shade. Stock up with water and food before leaving. The walking is flat but the monotony and heat (in summer) make it feel longer than the distance suggests.
The camino exits through the Arco de Felipe V and crosses the Río Odrón. A few albergues are on the west side of the river. From here the route heads through rolling country toward Sansol and Torres del Río — about 7 km with some ups and downs that earn this stretch the local nickname 'The Knee Wrecker.'
The descent from Sansol to Torres del Río is steep and short. You'll wonder why anyone built a town at the bottom of a valley with so little defensive advantage — the answer is the Río Linares and easy access to water.
The path splits here and rejoins before Sansol. Both ways are below, because the question is which to take, and that is not a question two separate pages can answer.
The 12 km between Villamayor de Monjardín and Los Arcos is one of the more tedious stretches on this section of the Francés. The terrain is open and exposed, with long straight tracks through farmland and almost no shade. Stock up with water and food before leaving. The walking is flat but the monotony and heat (in summer) make it feel longer than the distance suggests.
Distance, climb and descent are measured along the GPS track for this camino — 395 recorded points across this span, the same track the app carries. The town-to-town figures in my data put it at 28.4 km.
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.