Camino del Norte
8.5 km, 136 m up and 116 m down, through 5 places, 2 of which have somewhere to sleep. Where you stop is up to you.
Every place on the path in order, with the distance from Pregontoño. 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.
A hamlet on the Francés route between Arzúa and Salceda. No services.
A hamlet between Arzúa and Salceda. No services.
A hamlet on the Francés route. No services.
A hamlet on the Francés route. No services.
A hamlet on the Francés route. No services.
A hamlet on the Francés route. No services.
The camino leaves town to the right of a wedge shaped park next to La Esquipa, not along the road.
The camino rejoins the road in Salceda, and while it does not walk on the road it does remain quite close. In fact, the camino crosses the road several times between here and Santiago. The speed of traffic, the curves in the road, and the abundance of pilgrims makes this the most dangerous stretch along the camino. Cross carefully and quickly and always under the road when possible.
Distance, climb and descent are measured along the GPS track for this camino — 88 recorded points across this span, the same track the app carries. The town-to-town figures in my data put it at 8.6 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.