Hiking Guide - Ways of St. James: the Camino Francés | Lepère Éditions

The Camino Francés (or French Way) owes its name to the pilgrims who came from across the Pyrenees and to the many Franks who settled along this famous pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela. Today, pilgrims from all over the world travel this legendary route, making the Camino Francés the most popular and cosmopolitan of the Spanish routes to Santiago de Compostela.
From the Basque mountains to the peaks of Galicia, passing through the immense Meseta plateau, the Camino Francés still keeps its promises: its sumptuous landscapes saturated with history and legends have been for a thousand years the setting for a quest for the absolute, woven with solitude and encounters, between the silence of contemplation and the exchanges in all the languages of these pilgrims from the four corners of the world.
This guide invites you to leave from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port and travel the Camino Navarro to Puente la Reina and then the Camino Francés to Compostela and Cape Finisterre in Galicia. To help you set off with peace of mind, you'll find a detailed route description, elevation profiles, 1:100,000 topographic maps, a map of major cities, a list of accommodations, and cultural and historical information. The proposed route is the one recommended by the various Spanish pilgrimage associations.

– presentation and practical advice
– 34 stages
– detailed route descriptions
– 628 verified accommodations
– topographic maps to help you find your way
– map of major cities
– historical and cultural information