Map of the Route

Below is a map of the route I have been taking. There are several different routes which all end in Santiago de Compostela. The route I have taken is known as the Camino Francés (the French Way) as it is the road from France. This is the most popular of the caminos and as a result there are more amenities for pilgrims along this way.

Some call this the "real" Camino, but that is not really true. For most of its history, the pilgrims who walked the camino started from their hometown and wherever they would find a road to Santiago could be considered the real camino. For sure, pilgrims of the past didn´t fly to Europe and take the train to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port in France to start walking!