🐚 Camino de Santiago

French Way: From the Pyrenees to Galicia — the big one.

The Camino. The one from the movies, the one medieval pilgrims walked, and the one half the world still walks today. It crosses all of Spain from the Pyrenees: Navarra, La Rioja, the endless plateau of Castilla, the cold of O Cebreiro, and finally Galicia. Roncesvalles, Puente la Reina, Burgos, León, the Cruz de Ferro where you leave a stone from home.

800 km33 stagesFrom Saint-Jean-Pied-de-PortDifficulty: moderateMay–Jun · Sep

Download it freefor iPhone Download it freefor Android

Pilgrims resting at an albergue on the French Way

800 kmin total

33stages

30–35 daysabout 25 km per day

Moderatedifficulty

Who it's for

For anyone who can gift themselves a whole month of their life. It's tough, it's long, and it changes you. The meseta leaves you alone with yourself for days — that's the best and the worst thing about it.

The moment you'll remember

Roncesvalles · Cruz de Ferro.

When to go

May–Jun · Sep.

Good for your first timeReal mountains

In the app

You pick this Camino and start it with one tap: your circle knows.
Every morning, what lies ahead: the weather, the elevation, and an honest tip.
When you arrive, "I've made it to the hostel" and a stamp on your credential.
Your people see you advance; anyone without the app gets a link.
When you reach Santiago, the scallop shell with your stages and your kilometers.

Everything Estela does on the Camino →

If you have more days

Combine it

El Aragonés + el Francés

35 days · Somport → Santiago

Enter through the Pyrenees from Aragón instead of Roncesvalles, and join the Francés at Puente la Reina. The same great journey, with a lonelier beginning.

We answer your questions

Frequently asked questions

How many kilometers is the French Way?

800 km from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, in 33 stages. 30–35 days · about 25 km per day.

When is the best time to walk the French Way?

The season the app recommends is May–Jun · Sep. For anyone who can gift themselves a whole month of their life. It's tough, it's long, and it changes you. The meseta leaves you alone with yourself for days — that's the best and the worst thing about it.

What does Mi Estela do for me on this Camino?

Your circle sees you advance stage by stage, you let them know you've arrived at the albergue with a single tap (even with no signal—it goes out when it comes back), you send a link to anyone who doesn't have the app, you check tomorrow's weather and your stage's elevation, and you have SOS and the emergency number right at hand. Free for the entire Camino.

Do I need cell service?

Not for the essentials: the Caminos and your stages are saved on your phone, and alerts to your people go out on their own as soon as the signal comes back.