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This 27 day 795 km walk along the Camino de Santiago Francés or French Way starting in St Jean Pied de Port going to Santiago de Compostela passing over the Pyrenees mountains through Roncesvalles, Pamplona, Logroño, Burgos, León, Ponferrada and Sarria in late summer of 2023.
The Camino de Santiago, known in English as the Way of St. James, is a network of pilgrims’ ways or pilgrimages leading to the shrine of the apostle Saint James the Great in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwestern Spain, where tradition has it that the remains of the saint are buried.
The Camino Francés (French Way) is the most popular of the routes, with the most deep-rooted historical tradition. Typically it takes at least four weeks to cover the 790 km long route, allowing for a few days rest days along the way.
Don’t want to walk with the crowds in the summer… watch my winter walk:
Filmed on Samsung Galaxy Note 10+, insta 360 one R, DJI Mini 3 Pro
Edited in Davincci Resolve Studio.
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CAMINO FRANCES STAGES:
00:00. Intro
00:33. Stage 0 Pamplona to Saint Jean Pied du Port
02:23. Stage 1 Saint Jean Pied de Port to Roncesvalles
06:00. Stage 2 Roncesvalles to Zabaldica
09:40. Stage 3 Zabaldica to Puente de la Reina
13:43.Stage 4 Puente de la Reina to Estella
17:19.Stage 5 Estella to Sansol
20:32.Stage 6 Sansol to Navarette
24:37.Stage 7 Navarette to Santo Domingo de la Calzada
26:39.Stage 8 Santo Domingo de la Calzada to Belorado
28:26.Stage 9 Belorado to Riopico
32:35.Stage 10 Riopico to Tardajos
35:03.Stage 11 Tardajos to Castrojeriz
37:50.Stage 12 Castrojeriz to Boadilla del Camino
40:13.Stage 13 Boadilla to Carrión de Los Condes
43:32.Stage 14 Carrión de Los Condes to Sahagún
45:26.Stage 15 Sahagún to Mansilla de las Mulas
48:03.Stage 16 Mansilla de las Mulas to León
58:55.Stage 17 León to Hospital de Órbigo
51:48.Stage 18 Hospital de Orbigo to Santa Catalina
53:43.Stage 19 Santa Catalina to El Acebo
56:35.Stage 20 El Acebo to Ponferrada
59:13.Stage 21 Ponferrada to Villafranca del Bierzo
01:01:45.Stage 22 Villafranca del Bierzo to Las Herrerías
01:03:46.Stage 23 Las Heredias to Triacastela
01:07:55.Stage 24 Triacastela to Sarria
01:09:39.Stage 25 Sarria to Goznar
01:12:55.Stage 26 Goznar to Melide
01:14:48.Stage 27 Melide to Santiago de Compostela
I’m here at the bus station in Pamplona waiting for my bus to St Jeann and there two buses one at noon and then at 1:30 takes about 2 hours to get up to St Jean from here and it costs € 22
I just made it into St jean it took just over 2 hours and I’m going to grab a bite to eat FL town a bit and then go look for my albergue which should be just out of [Music] town St jean looks really really [Music] pretty this is a
Pilgrim’s office here where you can get your credencial sealed very cool stamp [Music] waiting pilgrims [Music] I’m getting a bit of a early start today it’s 23 km but it’s like a 1000 meter climb so it should be a bit of a challenge we’ll see how it goes [Music] 0:02:59.760,1193:02:47.295 [Music] I’m a bit out of breath I’m almost at the top of this hill I think and it’s only about another 2 km to Orisson where there is an albergue I’ll get my breakfast or at least the coffee
But it is steep uphill all the way all the way down in the valley is St Jeann and the [Music] fogs and it looks like another beautiful day on the Camino [Music] it is about another 14 km to Roncesvalles I think but so far it’s
Been uphill uphill uphill uphill but the scenery has been absolutely stunning one of my favorite walks of all walks so far as I’m really glad I came back to do the Frances I missed this walk on my first Cameo because it had snowed and also because I didn’t want
To do the uphill walk but here we are and it’s a beautiful beautiful morning [Music] taking a quick break having a quick sandwich good cheese [Music] all in all I’d say I counted 40 pilgrims which is not all too bad as they all spaced out[Music]
It’s few hundred ft and we’ll be there I’m looking forward to it it was a tough walk [Music] it’s about 6:30 I’m just leaving this is the albergue behind me it’s a very nice albergue but it’s run by really bad hospitaleros they have all rules for everything so you
Felt more like going to jail you didn’t feel very welcomed and it’s 755 km to Santiago it is a bit narrow and you do share the road I got out early because there were hundreds of pilgrims getting ready at 6 so I decided just leave before the rush really really
Very pretty just stopped for [Music] breakfast right I always love this blue sky you get in the morning and by the look of it we’re going to have another close to perfect day weather wise [Music] just walking through the forest here it’s about another 12 km to Zubiri be but I
Hope to make it a bit further but it’s been a really beautiful walk this morning even though walked the stretch before last time I walked it was in the winter a few pilings one or two noisy ones behind me but it’s easy to get rid of them they simply walking a bit
Faster it’s been a really really beautiful walk here this morning these villages are really beautiful and spotless some countries have milk delivery they have bread delivery I just stopped at a little roadside stand and my back here I have an extra
Stick somebody forgot and they called the cafe so hopefully I’ll be able to give it to [Music] her just about in Zubiri I I’m going to stop here for a quick break and to get some money
Out of the ATM and then I’ll carry on and go as far as I can beautiful bridge and now I’m heading towards Pamplona or at least as close as I can get to it but it’s much flatter now so
I should be able to make up some decent distance as a little streams but no major challenges had a quick rest there and then right out into this little town there was a gravel path going steep
Down and it just took one misplaced footstep and everything started to slide and I went for a major major tumble and headed upside down in a fence so my backpack got a bit torn up but thankfully that
Was it the reason I had my boots on this morning was so that I wouldn’t fall on those really bad sections just about arriving at the final stop it’s an Albergue Parroquial which means it’s run by nuns or monks
And this one’s run by some really nice nuns with a really good experience I am just leaving the albergue here behind us the hospitalero out there wishing everybody a goodbye I am about 8 km outside of Pamplona so today I’m going to make it to Puente la Reina hopefully if everything goes well
Instead of crossing the bridge today I’m going to keep on going straight that way you cut out all the walking through the city even though I think I might just run over the bridge quickly because there’s a beautiful church to get a quick stamp a very cool
Stamp this is the actual Camino as you can see there’s a marker there but on this way you go all the way through town I am going to go on the other side just following the the river back there which is supposed to be a lot of parks it is very beautiful stretch
[Foot steps] here beautiful entrance to the city and this is a beautiful beautiful city I’m just going to have a stop and then I am going to continue stopped for coffee and this fancy looking [Music] thing [Music] it’s following the camino signs [Music]
I finally made it out of Pamplona it took about 2 hours in total from the entrance to the exit but it was really nice this time because it didn’t go through any industrial area this now is the
University and up ahead is the climb to the Alto del Verdon so it’s a steep climb up the windmills are up ahead you can see them way in the distance and that’s something that you’ll notice on the Camino Frances wherever the windmills that’s where you’re usually [Music] heading
Another quick rest up it’s been my third rest on his way up from Pamplona but this is really beautiful place with a nice old cross as you can see there it’s about another two kilometers up to Alto del Perdon and it’s a climb up but it’ll take me probably another
45 minutes so I’m top there and then it’s another 8 km 9 km from there to Puente la Reina just want a little town before the Alto del Perdon a bunch of pilgrims wanted to stay here but the albergue
Is closed so good thing is is that I booked ahead and had planned going up the hill anywhere [Music] I changed them to my boots because I remembered it being rather treacherous but I said dangerous because of all these rocks that it’s 10 km to Puente la Reina n
So it’s about 2 and 1/2 hours so I should be there by 6:30ish something like that[Music] I had a very good night’s sleep because I had my own room with very nice sheets and it’s just about 8:00 it’s just getting light and I’m heading down to the [Laughter] [Music]
Bridge and there is the famous bridge crossing the Agra river [Laughter] here today I’m going to Estella it’s only 21 km so it should be easier making it a bit shorter day yesterday I did 36 km according to my watch which is quite a lot
But I felt really really tired when I got to the hostel because it was very hot yesterday some pilgrims ahead of us and there’s a sign to the bar where I’m heading so I got [Music] myself a coffee and a bocadillo de tortilla de chistorra
And of and now we’re on to the next stretch and if I don’t remember wrong the next stretch is really really Pretty beautiful town here back on a little section of the Roman Road it’s really nice it’s much more difficult to walk on these roads because they’re rather Rocky but the view coming up I remember from my first
Camino Frances is really spectacular cuz you got the old Roman Road and you have the brand new highway that I think goes all the way to Santiago from here and it is actually like it would have been in the Roman times not all the big big giant Stones because
The Romans used to walk 20 to 30 km a day uh just like I’m trying to do right now the fin a little stretch into Etella it’s actually a beautiful walk here about another kilometer or so to go but it’s nice because it’s in the shade finally and it’s not quite as hot
I’m looking for my albergue which is supposed to be somewhere very close by and this is a fantastic albergue because you have curtains easy stairs to go up and a beautiful little nook with the light upad and storage lockers further
Down it’s about 6:30 just leaving the Agora hostel fantastic hostel it is still dark you can see everybody was up early so I decided to make a early day we going to just go to
Sansol today which is just beyond Los Arcos which would be the normal stop so it’s a bit longer too but it should be a good day I can bearly make out where I’m going with my flashlight but here
In Irache they have a very special fountainhere somebody is filling up it’s not the best wine in the world though it’s a beautiful crisp morning sun is rising and we just were at the point where there was a bend off one goes over the mountains and it’s about a kilometer shorter Beautiful fields not a single cloud in the sky yet [Music] it’s really really pretty it is getting warm there’s a castle all the way on the hill on the back there was a rest area behind there a lot of the pilgrims stopped there but it’s only 2 km to Los Arcos I’m going to stop for a coffee there and
Then from there it’s another 7 km to Sansol where I’m staying tonight [Music] [Music] leaving Los Arcos myself an ice cream and it’s another 6 km or so to Sansol and that way makes it 27 km which is not a bad day [Music]
A beautiful old palaces in the albergue here very nice rooms but it’s pretty full I’m lucky I reserved cuz I did get a bottom bunk bed but they had to kick somebody out of the bottom bunk [Creeking door][Dog Barking[Bell]] [Birds Chirping] just coming up to something that I thought was days ago hope you can make it out proper there all these little towers and then there’s a tree pretty cool it’s a beautiful morning it’s not too cold fresh fields oh and
Some rocks in the middle of the road you have to watch out we just made it over the peak and down there in the distance all the way down there is Logroño where we’re heading and then I’m going to go a bit beyond that
But it’s been very nice because there’ve been very few pilgrims this morning and we’re going down the main street here I’m going to stop for some breakfast stop for breakfast I got my I had my coffee and now I’m heading on to Logroño and it’s
Only another 8 km to Logroño so it’s another 2 hours I’m not going to stay in Logroño because I do want to keep on going so that I’m not on the regular schedule of everybody else so that it doesn’t become a big problem finding hotels and so and we’re slowly entering into
The Rioja region where most of the Spanish wines or most known Spanish wines come from [Music] here on the hill is a funny looking Bull and what it actually is is an advertising campaign that was so
Successful that when they banned billboards this guy got to stay it’s for a brandy called Osborne so they’re very cool they’re all over Spain and whenever you see one they’re always fun just made it into Navarette I’m looking for the municipal albergue which I think is right up here the good
Thing about albergue municipales is that you cannot reserve ahead of time everything else was booked up be sure to check out the church because it’s unbelievable Got a bit of a limp today um I don’t know why exact here I put my knee brace on and hopefully that will do the trick I am going to try to make it to Cigueña which is right before Santo Domingo de la Calzada it’s about 30 km [Music]
This is normally where you would stop if you would have started in Logroño there are a bunch of albergue in town that I’m going to keep on going probably another 10 km or so so that I’ll end up with like 26 to 30 km today but it is a pretty town[Music]
[Music] made it into Santo Domingo de la Calzada and I’m just looking for albergue [Music] there was a major snores so I snuck out to an empty dorm room today’s a short day it’s only 22 km to Belorado and I did book myself a private room I just had my breakfast I did notice yesterday that if I don’t
Have my breakfast in the morning I’m really really I’m slow so it should be a quick easy walk it is overcast but I’m not sure it’s supposed to rain Here is the sign that we’re entering Castilla León and it is a long stage I think it is around 3 or 400 km at least so this is basically where the Meseta start it goes all the way to Galicia about 150 km from Santiago
it’s been quite a long walk today here to Belorado but thankfully it never rained and I’m just about down to the place I reserved. Today I reserved a single room so I can rest a bit that’s also one reason
I like to get in a bit earlier so I can really take advantage of having a single room Just outside of Belorado about a kilometer or 2 I had my first coffee here at the gas station because all the bars and cafes were closed I am heading to Atapuerca today I think it’s
Like 25 26 km it is very overcast in the background there you can see the pilgrim slowly slugging up the hill I have been trying to get away from the crowds cuz if you get up a bit too
Late or a bit too early there masses of people leaving but as you can see it’s really really foggy [Music] just stopped in Montes de Oca the beautiful little town lots of cafes and whole bunch of alburgues and last time I came through this area was also very very
Foggy it’s 12 km till the next up with no services no villages but so far this morning it’s been really nice there been a whole bunch of villages so there’ been a lot of little stops and now it’s a beautiful section through the forest
[Music] a long straight before we head down to where we very nice little town there were two albergue there but I decided just to carry on and carry on to where I wanted to go today to Atapuerca and that sign there points to where they found the oldest human remain
The artifacts and the scull are actually not here they Museum in Burgos so if you want to see more about it and learn more about it I highly recommend the museum in Burgos because
It’s a huge fantastic modern museum and you can go down and see the actual skull and know learn more about the whole story about it but it’s fascinating there are two or three albergues here one right here let see if they got space sadly I’m not staying in Atapuerca
Because the hostel was I don’t know was all but there was so many people waiting to get in so I called the one in the next town and I got myself an ice cream so I’ve got fuel to
Make it to the next one but been a bit longer than I expected today like 36 km in total but
Thankfully the weather was very cool so made it very easy but here we are Rio Pico is the name of his town very funny name but I guess there must be a little river somewhere I got a whole room to myself there only there’s only one other pilgrim
from Taiwan and two French pilgrims that I met in Atapuerca because they were waiting to get a room there when I arrived they had been waiting for 15 20 minutes and they were getting annoyed so I just called up this place and here we are a very nice little place
it’s just about getting light I took it bit easy because only 12 km into Burgos and it is drizzling a bit so I’m covered up I put on a small rain jacket I got my umbrella just in case
It starts to rain a bit more but it didn’t seem to be enough for using the poncho cuz the poncho is a pain to put on and off and it’s just like a heavy drizzle nice little village on the horizonthere and the Camino that’s running next to the road
We’re on a little variant that takes you away from the industrial area we will be passing the airport and then before Burgos coming into a very nice long Park this building here is where Columbus came to talk to the Kings to get funding for his journey to the new world [Music] [Ambient Noise] [Music] I just visited the cathedral got my stamp Burgos was is absolutely stunning just standing here by the entrance to the town and the river is right here Tardajos of that is 10 km from here so it’s not a big long walk look scruffy when you first arrived
Got myself a private room that I think I deserved it and this is actually very nice room [Music] it’s still rather dark outside supposed to start to rain in the next day or this
Afternoon I have my poncho in my back pocket so that in case it starts to rain I can just pull it out because there’s a big storm front coming up just entering Rabe de la Calzadilla very pretty beautiful beautiful
Little town and here we go down the street and there’s a very special mural coming up [Music] the sun is rising behind me and it is just stunningly beautiful and we got a big giant rainbow up here in front of us beautiful
it’s raining a bit but it’s off and on so I’m just using my trusty little umbrella here because putting on your poncho and taking off your poncho of pain and umbrella is up and down in 2 seconds just going by a police car which is patrolling the whole area here
Which is makes you feel good because a lot of times you’re just out here in the nowhere with nothing we just entering Hornillos del Camino I’ve stayed here before we have the central Plaza and in the bottom corner there is the albergue municipal
Just about in Hontanas down the bottom of the valley there the clouds are slowly starting to appear and in the background it doesn’t look all too nice Buen Camino [Birds Chirping] just had my coffee actually had two coffees today cuz I know that there’s no coffees
Coming up the sun has come out and just looking around here it looks really really beautiful it’s about a 300 M climb that is very manageable it’s not all too bad at all but the wind is still very very strong [Wind] 0:39:06.626,1193:02:47.295 [Bell] [Music] I’m just leaving Itero de la Vega and it was the first town outside of Castrojires very funny little town I had lunch here because there’s nothing for the next 8 km so it’s been like 10 – 11 km
Till here and that’s another 10 km so I had a nice lunch at a very funny Place very funny hosts at the Albergue La Mochila but it was very very nice I’m going to stay here I’m going to check out the albergue it’s only another 5 km to Fromista but
I’ve stayed in Fromista before I think this might be a better choice I am leaving the Albergue here as you can see I have my poncho on because it is raining today and it’s supposed to
Rain all day yesterday was a super windy day and today is supposed to be a super rainy day today it is only like 23 km so it’s not all too bad and I’m covered up with my new poncho hopefully it’ll be a
Good poncho and hopefully it’ll be a bit less windy than it’s been so far because it’s been really really windy last days I think I am it’s about 5 km to Fomista which is actually a very pretty to but I decid to stay stay here because I’ve already stayed in Fromista before
One thing that’s really cool here is you get to walk over the locks pretty ancient [Water rushing] I’m off to Carrion de los Condes now I just had a coffee and as you can see I’m no longer in my poncho because it stopped raining hopefully they’ll stay like this
I got my poncho ready just in case I need it but it’s 19 km to Carrion I should be there by 2 o’clock we’re finally just about in Carrion it’s about a half kilometer and it’s been a miserable last
Hour and a half of 6 km cuz it rained like crazy and even though I’ve got fancy boots and a poncho I still got wet took off my gaters and the bottoms of my pants because they were
Totally soaked and all the water that hits your pants goes down into the boots so my feet are wet even though these boots are Gortex and everything they are totally soaked[Music] so I’m taking a rest day turns out to be a beautiful day today
And this is my hotel place truly is pretty fantastic even the ceilings here are just absolutely incredible I am just leaving the hotel tell here in Carrion it’s about 7:00 a.m. it is very cold it’s about 5° Centigrade which is probably the low 30’s or high 20’s
And today I’m hoping to make it to the halfways point of Sahagún and we’ll see how it goes but there is no wind right now and I see stars in the sky so it’s a good sign it’s about 35 km or something like that but it is flat
It’s about 17 km from Carrion to the first stop so it’s a bit longer stretch this morning but every now and then they have these little rest stops set up because there aren’t any services it’s quite a long stretch actually with nothing
Just beyond this little dip here we have Calzadilla and it’s rather scruffy there are a few albergue but otherwise there’s not much but I’m going to keep on going to [Music]
Milestone in in a way very nice Sahagun marks the halfways point of the Camino Frances so it’s quite the albergue it’s called the Albergue Cluny very nicely separated and there were very few people in the albergue my stuff at the albergue heading down to the little Monument that marks the halfways point
Of the Camino Frances so it’s been 390 km that I’ve walked so far and it’s another 390 km to go [Door creeking open] it is still rather dark I’m going for my coffee right now there is a coffee shop right here
but I’m going a bakery around the corner open they open at 6:30 which is very nice and I know that they make good coffee because I’ve stopped there on my last camino I’m going to try to make it as close to León as possible today that way I get
A bit more time in Leon tomorrow it’s about 50 km to or something like that I’m not 100% sure 50 or 60 but it’s a bit too long to make it in one stretch my main goal today is to make up as much distance as possible
And when you’re on the Meseta here that’s literally what you want to do you want to make up as much distance in as short a time as possible just walking through Burgo Raierno which normally would be the stage end
It’s only 18 km so I’m going to carry on to the next one which would be Mansilla de las Mulas The Cameo here is extremely flat as is a terrain but all the way in the back there
Are the Picos de Europa. We are next to road but there’s absolutely no traffic on the road the one thing I’ve noticed is that whenever you carry on after a stage there are no pilgrims left
We’re still walking next to the road it’s about another kilometer or so to we in Mansilla de las Mulas and as you can see there clouds have come back it’s um been a long walk today
just stoped for a coffee and I got this which is a “torrija” which is delicious kind of like a french toast another 18 km from here to León. It’s a very flat camino it’s reall the nicest section of the Camino there was only one little nice
Part which is a bridge and then it’s all pretty much sidewalk and industrial area so I didn’t film much but we’re just about in oldtown starts just up front here and tonight I’m booking a single room for €35 which isn’t much more than albergue in Mansillas [Water tickeling]
I’m just on my way out of León right in front of me is a bridge that crosses over to the Camino Frances behind me is the Parador which is a very fancy hotel which cost $450 it
Didn’t used to used to be quite reasonable but I’m going to try to make it to Hospital Obrigo which is about 30 km today so we’ll see how that goes the walk out of Leon isn’t really very pretty it’s mostly just sort of nondescript residential areas and now
We’re making it out to the industrial area there’s still markers on the floor marking that it is the Camino and there always are the little arrows painted everywhere so you really
Can’t get lost the Camino bends off into two sections the North and a South section I’m going to take the north section because I know it’s shorter we’re next to a very very busy road here [Music] here sadly there aren’t any storks around
I just got myself a bocadillo of jamon and cheese because I didn’t want to stop at a restaurant didn’t waste too much time there still a long ways to go but these bocadillos for 3 euro really really really delicious [Music]
I’m just about in Hospital de Obrigo it’s a beautiful beautiful town as you’ll see in a second [Music] The two very good albergue here so hopefully they have space I ended up switching albergue because cuz there were so many people but this one is really really nice I am leaving the albergue here in Hospital de Obrigo absolutely wonderful albergue called the Albergue Verde
The camino this morning is still next to the road but in a short while we’re going to be bending off it’s a stunning sunrise we’re still next to the highway by the way but only because I took the different variant of the Camino the short version without actually knowing it
Approaching Astorga which is all the way down in the bottom there there’s a little town before it’s about another 5 or 6 km way further than it actually looks [Music] the weather has become a bit boggy wsh it’s not raining it’s a
Slight drizzle maybe not even that bad I’m going to continue on another 7 or 8 km just so that I’m a bit ahead and there are a whole bunch of little towns there’s one in 2 km then one in 4 km and so forth
It’s still very early to quit for my liking so I’m going to give it another hour and then I’m going to take a rest[Music] ahead is Santa Catalina the town I’m going to be staying in tonight
it is starting to drizzle a bit heavier and it’s about 4:00 so I think it’s time to call it a day [Music] As you can see it’s very wet it’s been raining all the way I’m going to stop dry out a bit here before I continue the poncho before and I was soaked underneath totally so I changed the layer and I Saran wrapped my knees hopefully I’ll stay a bit drier this way
I’m heading on to Rabanal now I think it’s another 8 km if I’m not wrong and then it’s uphill to the Cruz de Ferro and then downhill I put on my hat underneath because you need the brim at least keeps the uh poncho off from flying in my face all the time
It’s still raining and rather wet the path is going next to the road but some pilgrims actually walking on the road and I prefer to be out here because when you see the cars come by they really get sprayed but it is raining not very much but just
Enough to keep it really wet as you can see my poncho is soaked Got myself a Sopa de Ajo which should help warm me up I just changed into different pants and a different shirt because everything is soaked it’s about another 8 km to Acebo where I want to head today
I’m here by the Cruz de Ferro the a is a place where you’re supposed to bring a little stone and offer it the rains are getting more intense and the wind’s getting more intense I am walking on the road because the Camino just ends up being a river of water coming
Down at you and it is very foggy so you can’t see much but it’s been a long and very wet walk today It’s really dark I got my headlight on just walking through the next little town um as you it’s still raining it’s another 6 km to Molinaseca it’s pouring down but it is pretty you can see all the fog rolling in
I just came around the curve and I then got blown take a bus from Molinaseca there a lot of cars and taxis running around so we need to be pretty careful especially in the cure s straight down there in the valley ahead is Molinaseca Just stop for breakfast here in Milinaseca a giant tomato tostada and the day is looking way nicer than before and finally came out but we’ll see how it goes cuz I would like to go beyond Ponferrada
Molinaseca is a beautiful town as you can see there are a whole bunch of albergue and beautiful little streets on the side definitely a place to stop and this is actually where I wanted to stop
But it rained so badly yesterday that there was no ways I was going to make it down here the rains and the winds were just was terrible yesterday and I got soaked the walk from Molinaseca to Ponferrada is all along the road on a sidewalk so it’s not very interesting at all [Music]
I am just leaving the albergue here in Ponferrada very nice place got a beautiful kitchen and everything and the rooms were excellent the dorm I had to whole dorm six person dorm to myself very comfortable beds
But I am going to… where am I going? to Villafranca del Bierzo I’m leaving a bit late as you can see there’s light outside which is quite unusual and this albergue is right on the Camino one of the reasons I left a bit later today because it was still supposed to rain at 7:00 a.m.
today it’s only 24 km so I could take my time [Birds chirping] [Music] Sat by the fire for a second and had a soup and now its another 9 km to Villafranca we just had a quick downpour after 15 minutes so I’m walking on the side of
The road here so not much traffic but the countryside is absolutely beautiful I don’t want to get on the Caminos here because I know how muddy they can be cuz last time I was on it when I did it in the winter and it was super muddy we’re
Just walking into Villafranka beautiful little Castle tonight I’m staying in a monastery and I got myself a private room today even though they did have some dorm beds here but I think I deserved it and this is actually a very nice room [Music]
Getting ready to leave here I’m just looking out of the window it looks like a beautiful day today today I’m not heading all too far it wasn’t supposed to be raining this morning but it looks like a fantastic day it’s only about 20 something km because I
Wanted to avoid hiking up to o’Cebreiro the last part of the day because it’s about a 11 km uphill walk and I wanted to avoid that so I’m staying just before the the uphill section I’m heading towards a bridge to cross the river and to get on the Camino
Over here we have the Camino but they have improved this since the last time and they put in a sidewalk so you no longer have to walk on the road itself every now and then you get off the road here the little sleepy Villages really are nice [Moo]
I’m just walking out of la Herreiras tiny little village there’s only 20 people living in this town but the hotel was absolutely fantastic one of my favorites so far today it’s a long walk up
or steep walk up to o’Cebreiro that’s why I’m getting a bit of a early start because I want to make it to Samos the monastery in Samos and it is a quite an incline going up I think it’s a
1000 m gain and it’s like 8 km of uphill and it’s supposed to rain a bit later so right now there’s no rain which is [Music]
Good taking a quick breather through here it is a very strenuous path up here it is rather rocky and rather wet but I’d say it is much more strenuous than the path up to after St Jean to Roncesvalles it is muddy but it looks like it’s going to be
A good day uand the sun has just risen and it’s about another 4 km to a o’Cebreiro so should be another hour or so but it’s been really really nice and thankfully it hasn’t been too cold and it hasn’t rained so far
behind me here is the sign that we’re officially entering Galicia it’s been around 15 days walking through Castillia León and now it’s only another 5 days till Santiago from here for me cuz I’m going to speed up my walking a bit [Bells] [Birds] it’s a beautiful Camino today
We have Triacastella in our view there Just as I was departing it started to rain so now I’m in this little room and I really had no desire of staying in an albergue tonight to tell the truth
Turns out to be a beautiful day today yesterday I stopped for a coffee at around 4:30 but the second I left it started to rain and when I went out to eat it was still raining so it was a good choice
It’s a bit longer but the monastery is supposed to be absolutely worth it [water rushing] The monastery in Samos was absolutely fantastic it’s about another 10 km to Sarria Just entering Sarria actually going to try to get something to eat first before make up my mind what I’m going to do next [Music] I am just leaving my hotel here in Sarria it is supposed to rain as there’s
A big storm front coming up uh and I am dressed for the occasion so we’ll see how that works [Bells] there are a whole bunch of pilgrims the reason being is because Sarria is one of the points where you can start your Camino and still get the credential stating that you
Walked the Camino Frances it’s only 113 km from here to Santiago and a lot of people are taking six to 7 days to do it and hopefully I’ll be in Santiago in 3 days as you leave there are two different routes you can take one that leads you through the
Valley and one that cuts up right where the train tracks are this one is much shorter than the other one so that’s why I’m taking it cuz I I want to get as far as possible today just arriving at the spot where the two variants of the Camino come together
The variant I came down I didn’t see a pilgrim for about an hour [Music] This is the Rio Miño here, I’m going to stop here for lunch and then carry on[Music] Just had a quick lunch in Portomarin and now I am carrying on another 8 or 10 km depending on the albergue situation
But it’s nice to walk in the afternoons because they way less people I haven’t seen a pilgrim since I left town and I don’t expect to see many pilgrims I”m in front of the Albergue Municipal in Goznar and I’m headed off to Melide today it was supposed to be a rainy day once again and it did rain overnight but right now it looks pretty good so off we go well it wasn’t going to rain this morning when I left the albergue
So I didn’t even have my poncho on and then 5 minutes later it started to rain Just as it was starting to rain I pulled in and stopped in this albergue I was there get a beautiful place and thankfully I did stop there for like 15 minutes because it started to hail like crazy but the weather has moved on and I’m moving on pretty crazy weather today
we have Palas de Reis peeking through the forest here but I’m going to keep on walking to Melide the weather it looks like is holding just leaving the hostel here in Melide and today I’m going to try to make it as far as
Santiago so it’s a long long long walk hopefully I’ll be able to make it it is not the nicest weather today but the sky is clearing up a bit so hopefully it would it
Won’t be as bad as it seems I’m just taking a quick shelter here because it is coming pouring down and I’m looking for a coffee shop there are some pilgrims ahead of me and it is still quite dark so it’s difficult to see the rocky terrain coming out here [Music]
Arzua is one of the main stops on the Camino just stopped for breakfast and they got some churros and my coffee [Music] Arzua is a place where the Camino Primitivo and the French merge I’ve been down this part
Of the Camino a few times the rain has gotten a bit better here’s one of those trucks that will send your backpack it is nice and light again so and see where I’m going we’re on the final stretch here of my Camino Francess number two
I just past o’Pedroso actually just went straight instead of going into town you don’t have to walk through town and you’re always in the forest which is kind of nice I’m getting close the final little forest here before for the airport
Somebody got rid of that boot right at the end of the camino [Bells] [Bagpipe Music] [Bells]
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Muy gracias Rolf Saludos!!!
Muy buen video Rolf!! En que fecha comenzaste a caminar?
Hi Rolf…enjoyed your video.
When did you arrive in Santiago?
I think you were not far behind me.
I arrived after completing my third Frances on September 24th.
I will be arriving in Seville on the 29th April to walk the VdlP/Sanabres….I found your videos very helpful for planning that.
Ultreia et Suseia.
What months were you walking please? Enjoy your vlogs – keep them coming 🙂
Thank for this spectacular journey! I am deeply impressed with the cinematograhy, the stunning views, the insights into the whole camino process and your discipline in mastering all of the challenges you faced!!
Amazing coverage and videography Thank you Rolf
I like you videos. you are a very fast hiker.. chapeau! the way you do your videos impresses me. which kind of equipment do you use for active tracking? a dji drone and something else? regards. buen camino
Castrojeriz is beautiful, best lunch on the camino there
Thanks for another very nice movie! BTW, at 1:16:00 : it is also the Camino del Norte that joins the Frances in Arzua, not only the Primitivo. I have done 3 del Nortes and will do the Frances next. Can recommend the del Norte for your next adventure, though. Ultreia!
Brings back good memories from my walk back in September! 🙂 Gorgeous video by the way!
What date did you depart St Jean?
We will be doing our first Camino this September 2024 via Frances and we will be flying to pamplona You mentioned you took a bus SJPDP I wonder if the bus will accommodate our 2 bikes Thank you for sharing your journey just subscribe
Wow beautiful, we arrived Oct 4th, trying to figure out how we missed all that rain 😂
another great video!
All the roads are magical
I loved your journey! Thank you sooooo much 😊
Hola! Great vid Rolf! What month was this?
Hola Rolf , muy buen video .y me los vi todos . Estoy pensando seriamente hacerlo este año , comenzando en Burgos . Vamos a ver si es posible , un abrazo
Vou matar minhas saudades peregrino, ainda bem que tem legenda.
Great Video….I plan on Starting the Camino Frances mid April this year…Question.Should I pre book my sleeping accommodations?…..I was told it was slow time ..Any suggestion are appreciated
Fiquei neste albergue em Boadilla
Danke! Beautiful pictures and well assembled. Amazing that you cover all these distances and still find time to do all the filming!
Thanks for sharing your Camino with us.
Greetings from KaterOnBike, who biked the Camino from Germany to Santiago. Check it out 😊
First of all, thank you do much for your video and then, how can I register my name for the Camino de Santiago this July?
Finally saw all the video.. Great information… Is it easy to get a bus ride or train from Madrid to Pamplona the day of ?or should I pre book that segment .Gracias
What do you use to film? I just watched the movie the way and now very interested to walk this hike
Very well done!
Tiresome. Isn't it?
A beautiful piece of artwork. Thank you for doing it for us all Rolf 👍🏽😃❤️
Heading out in May so very nice to see what I have ahead