The Route

For those of you unfamiliar with the Camino de Santiago, let me begin by explaining that there are several routes that you can follow. Some start together then diverge and others start at different places but join closer to Santiago de Compostela. I am following the traditional route, The Camino Frances (or French route). We start in St Jean Pied de Port in southern France, can either that the Valcarlos route or Napoleonic route over the Pyrennes and the head west through Spain to Santiago. I took the higher route, the Napoleonic route through the Pyrennees to Roncesvalles in northern Spain. From Roncesvalles, I travelled to Zubiri, Pamplona, Cizor Mayor, Puenta La Reina, through Los Arcos towards Logroño and then follow the route to Burgos, then Leon etc. In some places there are alternate routes as well but whether I take them will depend on time, energy, places to stay, food etc. You can probably just google Camino Frances to get a list of websites that will show you the route and have pictures of the way as well.