Dec 28, 2014 in this video i will show you how i got to the starting point of camino frances st. Here follows an overview of the main routes of the modernday pilgrimage. After serious collision on the road, 2 men continued on a. In this video i will show you how i got to the starting point of camino frances st. The terrain on the french way is the perfect blend of mountainous, flat and. This, however, makes the route very busy during the peak summer months of july and august.
In spain, the camino frances the french way starts in roncesvalles, you leave from navarre, or in somport if you depart from aragon. We hope youll find this a useful resource when making your camino plans and get a sense of what to expect from this extraordinary journey. Total distance depending on the route you choose between 825km and 865km. An increasinglycommon alternative runs mostly along the coast, to vigo and beyond. Yearly, hundreds of thousands of people of various backgrounds walk the camino. We collect our pilgrim passports, to be stamped at hostels. Although, the name can be confusing as the route is mostly walked in spain. Yet of late, the image of the pilgrim has expanded to include knobby. Camino portugues start your camino in the fantastic portuguese city of porto.
It is a popular route with a low level of difficulty, which makes it an easy option for any beginner who wishes to embark on a hiking tour. Enjoy the unique basque and asturian cuisines as you. Theres also an interior path that goes via guimaraes and braga, before rejoining the main route. Includes route options, maps, stages, cost, packing tips, albergues. Camino last 100km sarria to santiago 8 days macs adventure. By adding an extra night you will have more time and energy to embrace all that the final stage of camino frances has to offer. This information can be downloaded as a spreadsheet. The camino finisterre travels through medieval villages. The route actually begins in france at saintjeanpieddeport. Most people dont have the time, or energy, to walk the full 641 kms 398 miles so porto has become the most popular. You simply click on a starting point and a finishing point and it tells you exactly the distance that you will walk between those two towns.
Fresco toursflickrthe network of caminos crosses europe, and you can follow a way from finland or. While the whole camino portugues has its starting point in the capital of portugal, lisbon, most pilgrims start their trip from portugals second largest city, porto or from the portuguesespanish border town of tui. The camino was traditionally walked by pilgrims for religious and spiritual reasons but nowadays many walking enthusiasts take on the trail to enjoy. Most popular section of the camino, hilly with many shaded sections. James french way or simply the way as its also known. Walk the full camino frances way of st james a journey for the spirit and soul that millions of travellers complete year after year. James is a large network of ancient pilgrim routes stretching across europe and coming together at the tomb of st. Choose to make your camino to santiago walking, hiking, by bike or horseback.
One of the few traditional aspects to the camino madrid route, as it is a modern route, not an ancient one, is the starting point. If you do not follow the popular brierley guide see below which details the authors preferred walking plan i found it much too gruelling, this is the. For example, you can download gps route files for the camino. Peregrinatio compostellana, pilgrimage of compostela. The stretch from porto to santiago has frequent pilgrim hostels and bars on the road and is. The portuguese way is the second most popular camino in terms of numbers of pilgrims. The first day, and in my opinion the toughest day of all, starts with you ascending about 900 metres up and over the pyrenees as you leave france behind and start. Pilgrims have been doing this 500mile trek across parts of france and northern spain for over 1,000 years, after all. Fresco toursflickrthe network of caminos crosses europe, and you can follow a way from finland or turkey. France has always been the favored starting point for camino pilgrims. Often there can be a difference of 1 or 2 kilometers in a day walking the same route on the gps traces. Nov 18, 2019 the camino frances is about 775 kilometers, just under 500 miles, from saintjean to santiago.
Camino frances is the most popular of the routes of the way of st. Eat in the best city for tapas in spain, and visit the fantastic cathedrals of burgos and leon. Not really a question, but an opinion on a good starting point for the camino frances. This, however, makes the route very busy during the peak summer months of. Not so hard if you live in the south of france, more difficult if youre from new zealand. Cover about 55 kilometers per day on your bike, and this pace results in about two weeks on the trail, which can be a much more manageable chunk of time to get away than the month or more it takes to walk the same route. A new name for the app formerly camino frances a wise pilgrim guide. The local authorities try to restore many of the ancient routes, even those used in a limited period, in the interest of tourism. That is not suitable for the pilgrimage, even if a lot of people use that, it is just asphalt and not even the traditional road, but part of some routes done by people who dont know the area or history and not pleasurable culturally or in landscape. Many threads on this forum deal with sjpdp as the camino starting point 11.
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