Camino Francés
10.6 km, 81 m up and 173 m down, through 5 places, 3 of which have somewhere to sleep. Where you stop is up to you.
Every place on the path in order, with the distance from Aquerreta. 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 small Basque hamlet on the hillside above the Arga. Notable mainly for a large rural hotel. The camino leaves the paved road here for a dirt track, which makes for more pleasant walking through the riverside landscape.
The camino follows the Arga valley downstream, alternating between riverside path and minor road. The terrain is gentle and the walking pleasant. Small Navarrese villages appear at regular intervals, each with stone houses and a parish church. You'll cross the river several times before reaching the outskirts of Pamplona.
From Irotz the camino continues along the Arga valley, passing through increasingly built-up terrain as Pamplona approaches. The river remains your companion, and the path alternates between gravel track and minor road.
Zabaldika sits on a hill above the river, with the Romanesque Iglesia de San Esteban as its centerpiece. The church has a beautiful semicircular apse and a carved doorway — worth a stop if it's open. The village has had…
A short walk from here brings you to the bridge over the Ulzama at Trinidad de Arre. The urban approach to Pamplona begins.
From Trinidad de Arre the camino follows the road through Villava and Burlada into Pamplona. The terrain is flat. Industrial and commercial zones give way to residential neighborhoods, then the old city appears across the Arga.
Villava is the first of the Pamplona suburbs you'll walk through after Trinidad de Arre. It's a residential town that has grown into the Pamplona sprawl. All services are available — supermarkets, pharmacies, bars — but …
Distance, climb and descent are measured along the GPS track for this camino — 217 recorded points across this span, the same track the app carries. The town-to-town figures in my data put it at 10.6 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.