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Campaign · Camino de Santiago

Camino Francés: the French Way, stage by stage

The most walked of the Camino de Santiago routes crosses from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port at the foot of the Pyrenees to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia. WalkSage covers it as a 33-stage campaign — but where most guides march you to the same crowded landmarks, ours slow down for the places the river of pilgrims flows straight past.

Overview map of the Camino Francés: the route runs from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port in the French Pyrenees west across northern Spain through Pamplona, Burgos, León and Ponferrada to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia.
The Camino Francés, end to end — 33 stages from the Pyrenees to Santiago.Illustrative — not for navigation. Carry a proper map, waymark sense, or GPS on the trail. A path shown here is not evidence that it is passable, safe, or open to the public. The drawn line is a stylised approximation and can sit 1.1 km or more from the actual path.Map route data © OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under ODbL 1.0 · How we source maps

How these guides are different

Each stage guide lists the towns you'll pass, the points of interest worth a detour, and a Local Angle for each — the quieter hour, the better path, the detail the guidebooks skip. Every factual claim carries cited sources, and anything we haven't verified is labelled honestly: distances we can't confirm say "see stage map", not a guessed number. Overcrowded staples are deliberately left out.

Stages

12 of 33 planned stage guides published so far. More publish as they clear verification.

  1. STAGE 1Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port → Roncesvalles≈ 24 km
  2. STAGE 3Zubiri → Pamplona≈ 21 km
  3. STAGE 12Agés → Burgos≈ 22 km
  4. STAGE 20Mansilla de las Mulas → León≈ 19 km
  5. STAGE 24Rabanal del Camino → Ponferrada≈ 32.5 km
  6. STAGE 26Villafranca del Bierzo → O Cebreiro≈ 28 km
  7. STAGE 28Triacastela → Sarria≈ 18 km
  8. STAGE 29Sarria → Portomarín≈ 22 km
  9. STAGE 30Portomarín → Palas de Rei≈ 25 km
  10. STAGE 31Palas de Rei → Arzúa≈ 28.5 km
  11. STAGE 32Arzúa → O Pedrouzo≈ 20 km
  12. STAGE 33O Pedrouzo → Santiago de Compostela≈ 18 km

Town & planning guides