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Which route do I choose?
The question is not which is best: it is which one fits. Tell us how many days you have and we will tell you which fit whole and, for the rest, which town you would have to start from.
Enter the days you have and you will see which fit.
| Route | Days | Km | Stages | Ascent | Average toughness | Beds per stage | Stretch with no services |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camino Francés | 36 days | 772 | 33 | +11.247 m | 26,8 | 262,4 | 16,7 km |
| Camino del Norte | 38 days | 824 | 35 | +16.830 m | 28,3 | 378,1 | 13,7 km |
| Camino Primitivo | 15 days | 318 | 14 | +7.890 m | 28,4 | 137,6 | 19,4 km |
| Camino Portugués | 11 days | 241 | 11 | +3.970 m | 25,5 | 424,4 | Not on record |
| Camino Inglés | 6 days | 120 | 6 | +2.390 m | 24,0 | 155,8 | 20,7 km |
| Vía de la Plata | 46 days | 1.005 | 42 | +14.950 m | 27,5 | 153,5 | 27,8 km |
| Camino Finisterre-Muxía | 6 days | 118 | 5 | +2.280 m | 28,2 | 280,6 | 11,6 km |
What these numbers look at
- Days
- The days come from your kilometres a day, not from the stages in the book. Nobody walks the official stages.
- Average toughness
- Equivalent kilometres of an average stage, with the mountain rule the whole guide uses: a hundred metres of climb cost about a kilometre on the flat. Comparing on bare kilometres puts the Primitivo next to the Inglés.
- Stretch with no services
- The longest stretch of the whole route with no water, food or bed. It comes from the services we have imported.
- Beds per stage
- How many places to stay there are on average per stage, out of the ones in our database. Not how many exist in the world.
There is no "which is best" column, and there will not be one: that is an opinion, not a fact, and this site does not have one.