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Camino Primitivo

El camino más antiguo, el que hizo Alfonso II en el siglo IX. Montaña asturiana pura, con el tramo de los Hospitales como techo emocional de la ruta.

318,4 km Distance 14 Stages +7.890 m Ascent Oviedo Starting point

The route

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The climb, stage by stage

Bar chart: 14 stages, 7.890 m of climbing in total. The stage that climbs most gains 1.100 m.

+7.890 m −8.470 m

1. Oviedo → Grado, 25,5 km, Ascent 560 m 2. Grado → Salas, 22,3 km, Ascent 760 m 3. Salas → Tineo, 19,9 km, Ascent 830 m 4. Tineo → Pola de Allande, 27,5 km, Ascent 650 m 5. Pola de Allande → Berducedo, 21,7 km, Ascent 1.100 m 6. Berducedo → Grandas de Salime, 20,1 km, Ascent 330 m 7. Grandas de Salime → A Fonsagrada, 25,5 km, Ascent 980 m 8. A Fonsagrada → O Cádavo Baleira, 24,3 km, Ascent 600 m 9. O Cádavo Baleira → Lugo, 30,5 km, Ascent 520 m 10. Lugo → San Román da Retorta, 19,5 km, Ascent 260 m 11. San Román da Retorta → Melide, 28,7 km, Ascent 420 m 12. Melide → Arzúa, 14,2 km, Ascent 260 m 13. Arzúa → O Pedrouzo, 19,3 km, Ascent 320 m 14. O Pedrouzo → Santiago de Compostela, 19,4 km, Ascent 300 m
Oviedo 318 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 Oviedo → Grado +560 m / −690 m Demanding 25,5 km 2 Grado → Salas +760 m / −650 m Demanding 22,3 km 3 Salas → Tineo +830 m / −460 m Demanding 19,9 km 4 Tineo → Pola de Allande +650 m / −880 m Hard 1 stretch with no services 27,5 km 5 Pola de Allande → Berducedo +1.100 m / −720 m Demanding 1 stretch with no services 21,7 km 6 Berducedo → Grandas de Salime +330 m / −960 m Gentle 1 stretch with no services 20,1 km 7 Grandas de Salime → A Fonsagrada +980 m / −640 m Hard 1 stretch with no services 25,5 km 8 A Fonsagrada → O Cádavo Baleira +600 m / −800 m Demanding 1 stretch with no services 24,3 km 9 O Cádavo Baleira → Lugo +520 m / −760 m Hard 1 stretch with no services 30,5 km 10 Lugo → San Román da Retorta +260 m / −270 m Gentle 1 stretch with no services 19,5 km 11 San Román da Retorta → Melide +420 m / −580 m Demanding 1 stretch with no services 28,7 km 12 Melide → Arzúa +260 m / −320 m Gentle 14,2 km 13 Arzúa → O Pedrouzo +320 m / −380 m Gentle 19,3 km 14 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 Primitivo

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

Questions about the Camino Primitivo

Where do I get stamped on the Camino Primitivo?

In hostels, bars, parishes, town halls and tourist offices along the Camino Primitivo. 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 Primitivo?

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 Primitivo.

How many stages does the Camino Primitivo have?

The Camino Primitivo has 14 stages and 318 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 Primitivo?

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

Which app should I use for the Camino Primitivo?

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