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Camino Francés

La ruta jacobea por excelencia: 33 etapas desde los Pirineos hasta Santiago, atravesando Navarra, La Rioja, Castilla y León y Galicia.

772,3 km Distance 33 Stages +11.247 m Ascent Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port Starting point

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The climb, stage by stage

Bar chart: 33 stages, 11.247 m of climbing in total. The stage that climbs most gains 1.390 m.

+11.247 m −10.808 m

1. Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port → Roncesvalles, 24,2 km, Ascent 1.390 m 2. Roncesvalles → Zubiri, 21,5 km, Ascent 217 m 3. Zubiri → Pamplona, 20,4 km, Ascent 200 m 4. Pamplona → Puente la Reina, 23,9 km, Ascent 425 m 5. Puente la Reina → Estella, 21,9 km, Ascent 345 m 6. Estella → Los Arcos, 21,3 km, Ascent 345 m 7. Los Arcos → Logroño, 27,6 km, Ascent 295 m 8. Logroño → Nájera, 29,6 km, Ascent 410 m 9. Nájera → Santo Domingo de la Calzada, 21,0 km, Ascent 250 m 10. Santo Domingo de la Calzada → Belorado, 22,7 km, Ascent 180 m 11. Belorado → San Juan de Ortega, 24,2 km, Ascent 560 m 12. San Juan de Ortega → Burgos, 25,8 km, Ascent 180 m 13. Burgos → Hornillos del Camino, 21,0 km, Ascent 160 m 14. Hornillos del Camino → Castrojeriz, 20,1 km, Ascent 180 m 15. Castrojeriz → Frómista, 24,7 km, Ascent 190 m 16. Frómista → Carrión de los Condes, 19,3 km, Ascent 70 m 17. Carrión de los Condes → Terradillos de los Templarios, 26,6 km, Ascent 110 m 18. Terradillos de los Templarios → Bercianos del Real Camino, 23,5 km, Ascent 120 m 19. Bercianos del Real Camino → Mansilla de las Mulas, 26,8 km, Ascent 90 m 20. Mansilla de las Mulas → León, 18,6 km, Ascent 120 m 21. León → San Martín del Camino, 24,6 km, Ascent 130 m 22. San Martín del Camino → Astorga, 23,7 km, Ascent 250 m 23. Astorga → Foncebadón, 25,9 km, Ascent 900 m 24. Foncebadón → Ponferrada, 27,4 km, Ascent 180 m 25. Ponferrada → Villafranca del Bierzo, 24,2 km, Ascent 270 m 26. Villafranca del Bierzo → O Cebreiro, 28,4 km, Ascent 1.000 m 27. O Cebreiro → Triacastela, 20,8 km, Ascent 230 m 28. Triacastela → Sarria, 18,4 km, Ascent 330 m 29. Sarria → Portomarín, 22,2 km, Ascent 390 m 30. Portomarín → Palas de Rei, 24,8 km, Ascent 580 m 31. Palas de Rei → Arzúa, 28,5 km, Ascent 530 m 32. Arzúa → O Pedrouzo, 19,3 km, Ascent 320 m 33. O Pedrouzo → Santiago de Compostela, 19,4 km, Ascent 300 m
Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port 772 km Santiago de Compostela

Each bar is as wide as its stage is long and as tall as the metres it climbs. The dark ones climb more than 25 m per kilometre. Open a stage by clicking its bar.

The hardest days

The stages

1 Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port → Roncesvalles +1.390 m / −410 m Hard 1 stretch with no services 24,2 km 2 Roncesvalles → Zubiri +217 m / −633 m Gentle 21,5 km 3 Zubiri → Pamplona +200 m / −320 m Gentle 20,4 km 4 Pamplona → Puente la Reina +425 m / −500 m Demanding 23,9 km 5 Puente la Reina → Estella +345 m / −265 m Demanding 21,9 km 6 Estella → Los Arcos +345 m / −320 m Gentle 21,3 km 7 Los Arcos → Logroño +295 m / −350 m Demanding 1 stretch with no services 27,6 km 8 Logroño → Nájera +410 m / −320 m Demanding 1 stretch with no services 29,6 km 9 Nájera → Santo Domingo de la Calzada +250 m / −180 m Gentle 21,0 km 10 Santo Domingo de la Calzada → Belorado +180 m / −170 m Gentle 22,7 km 11 Belorado → San Juan de Ortega +560 m / −370 m Demanding 24,2 km 12 San Juan de Ortega → Burgos +180 m / −430 m Demanding 25,8 km 13 Burgos → Hornillos del Camino +160 m / −120 m Gentle 21,0 km 14 Hornillos del Camino → Castrojeriz +180 m / −200 m Gentle 1 stretch with no services 20,1 km 15 Castrojeriz → Frómista +190 m / −230 m Demanding 1 stretch with no services 24,7 km 16 Frómista → Carrión de los Condes +70 m / −60 m Gentle 19,3 km 17 Carrión de los Condes → Terradillos de los Templarios +110 m / −90 m Demanding 26,6 km 18 Terradillos de los Templarios → Bercianos del Real Camino +120 m / −110 m Gentle 1 stretch with no services 23,5 km 19 Bercianos del Real Camino → Mansilla de las Mulas +90 m / −130 m Demanding 1 stretch with no services 26,8 km 20 Mansilla de las Mulas → León +120 m / −90 m Gentle 18,6 km 21 León → San Martín del Camino +130 m / −150 m Demanding 24,6 km 22 San Martín del Camino → Astorga +250 m / −180 m Demanding 1 stretch with no services 23,7 km 23 Astorga → Foncebadón +900 m / −140 m Hard 25,9 km 24 Foncebadón → Ponferrada +180 m / −1.120 m Demanding 27,4 km 25 Ponferrada → Villafranca del Bierzo +270 m / −190 m Demanding 24,2 km 26 Villafranca del Bierzo → O Cebreiro +1.000 m / −180 m Hard 28,4 km 27 O Cebreiro → Triacastela +230 m / −800 m Gentle 20,8 km 28 Triacastela → Sarria +330 m / −460 m Gentle 18,4 km 29 Sarria → Portomarín +390 m / −510 m Demanding 22,2 km 30 Portomarín → Palas de Rei +580 m / −390 m Demanding 24,8 km 31 Palas de Rei → Arzúa +530 m / −650 m Demanding 28,5 km 32 Arzúa → O Pedrouzo +320 m / −380 m Gentle 19,3 km 33 O Pedrouzo → Santiago de Compostela +300 m / −360 m Gentle 19,4 km

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Seis Caminos de Santiago

The website and app of the Camino Francés

Everything you need for the Camino Francés, in Seis Caminos de Santiago: website and app in 18 languages with 100 features, 85 of them free.

Questions about the Camino Francés

Where do I get stamped on the Camino Francés?

In hostels, bars, parishes, town halls and tourist offices along the Camino Francés. In Seis Caminos de Santiago every venue has a sticker with a code: point your phone at it and the stamp goes into your digital credential and your parchment.

How do I prove I walked the Camino Francés?

With the stamped credential: the Pilgrim's Office in Santiago issues the Compostela if you walked at least the last 100 km (200 by bike) with two stamps a day on that stretch. Seis Caminos de Santiago adds the parchment, which proves with the app's stamps that you walked the whole Camino Francés.

How many stages does the Camino Francés have?

The Camino Francés has 33 stages and 772 km. Seis Caminos de Santiago has them all, with their profile, their hostels and their stretches without water or food.

Where can I see all the hostels of the Camino Francés?

Seis Caminos de Santiago lists every hostel, bar and restaurant of the Camino Francés, stage by stage, with opening times, prices, free beds and reviews.

Which app should I use for the Camino Francés?

Seis Caminos de Santiago is the website and app of the Camino Francés: it opens in the browser and installs on the phone, in 18 languages, with 100 features, 85 of them free.