Camino del Norte
Asturias, Spain
Spain · Irún → Santiago de Compostela
Distance
849 km
Stages
34
Difficulty
moderate
Best months
Apr-Jun, Sep-Oct
Camino del Norte · Stages and distances
Walking distances for Appy’s stages (34)
About
Eight hundred fifty kilometers of grit and glory. The Camino del Norte winds from Irun to O Pino, slicing through 34 stages of coastal paths and verdant forests.
With an elevation gain of 37,154 meters, it’s more than a trail; it’s a test of resolve. Key waypoints, Belaskoenea, Otañes, La Franca, echo with centuries of footsteps.
Savor the salty air of the Basque coast, the warmth of local cuisine, and the camaraderie of fellow travelers. Year-round access means each season reveals a new facet of this storied route, each step a journey unto itself.
Stages
34 stages
Stage 1Irún → San Sebastián
moderate- Distance
- 24 km
- Ascent
- 782 m
- Descent
- 801 m
Stage 2San Sebastián → Zarautz
moderate- Distance
- 22 km
- Ascent
- 478 m
- Descent
- 482 m
Stage 3Zarautz → Deba
moderate- Distance
- 22 km
- Ascent
- 628 m
- Descent
- 616 m
Stage 4Deba → Markina-Xemein
moderate- Distance
- 24 km
- Ascent
- 728 m
- Descent
- 652 m
Stage 5Markina-Xemein → Gernika-Lumo
challenging- Distance
- 26 km
- Ascent
- 630 m
- Descent
- 713 m
Stage 6Gernika-Lumo → Lezama
moderate- Distance
- 20 km
- Ascent
- 463 m
- Descent
- 418 m
Stage 7Lezama → Bilbao
easy- Distance
- 12 km
- Ascent
- 351 m
- Descent
- 376 m
Stage 8Bilbao → Portugalete
moderate- Distance
- 18 km
- Ascent
- 424 m
- Descent
- 413 m
Stage 9Portugalete → Castro Urdiales
challenging- Distance
- 27 km
- Ascent
- 356 m
- Descent
- 397 m
Stage 10Castro Urdiales → Laredo
challenging- Distance
- 35 km
- Ascent
- 544 m
- Descent
- 552 m
Stage 11Laredo → Güemes
challenging- Distance
- 28 km
- Ascent
- 301 m
- Descent
- 245 m
Stage 12Güemes → Santander
moderate- Distance
- 19 km
- Ascent
- 157 m
- Descent
- 199 m
Stage 13Santander → Santillana del Mar
challenging- Distance
- 38 km
- Ascent
- 326 m
- Descent
- 260 m
Stage 14Santillana del Mar → Comillas
moderate- Distance
- 22 km
- Ascent
- 335 m
- Descent
- 396 m
Stage 15Comillas → Colombres
challenging- Distance
- 31 km
- Ascent
- 435 m
- Descent
- 396 m
Stage 16Colombres → Llanes
moderate- Distance
- 20 km
- Ascent
- 133 m
- Descent
- 182 m
Stage 17Llanes → Ribadesella
challenging- Distance
- 32 km
- Ascent
- 228 m
- Descent
- 246 m
Stage 18Ribadesella → Sebrayo
challenging- Distance
- 31 km
- Ascent
- 480 m
- Descent
- 485 m
Stage 19Sebrayo → Gijón
challenging- Distance
- 35 km
- Ascent
- 520 m
- Descent
- 301 m
Stage 20Gijón → Avilés
challenging- Distance
- 46 km
- Ascent
- 366 m
- Descent
- 563 m
Stage 21Avilés → Muros de Nalón
moderate- Distance
- 22 km
- Ascent
- 393 m
- Descent
- 287 m
Stage 22Muros de Nalón → Soto de Luiña
moderate- Distance
- 15 km
- Ascent
- 277 m
- Descent
- 396 m
Stage 23Soto de Luiña → Cadavedo
moderate- Distance
- 21 km
- Ascent
- 390 m
- Descent
- 319 m
Stage 24- Distance
- 15 km
- Ascent
- 156 m
- Descent
- 149 m
Stage 25Luarca → La Caridad
challenging- Distance
- 33 km
- Ascent
- 397 m
- Descent
- 417 m
Stage 26La Caridad → Ribadeo
moderate- Distance
- 22 km
- Ascent
- 180 m
- Descent
- 208 m
Stage 27Ribadeo → Lourenzá
challenging- Distance
- 27 km
- Ascent
- 697 m
- Descent
- 649 m
Stage 28Lourenzá → Abadín
moderate- Distance
- 21 km
- Ascent
- 792 m
- Descent
- 383 m
Stage 29Abadín → Vilalba
moderate- Distance
- 20 km
- Ascent
- 233 m
- Descent
- 261 m
Stage 30Vilalba → Baamonde
moderate- Distance
- 19 km
- Ascent
- 209 m
- Descent
- 285 m
Stage 31Baamonde → Sobrado dos Monxes
challenging- Distance
- 40 km
- Ascent
- 525 m
- Descent
- 420 m
Stage 32Sobrado dos Monxes → Arzúa
moderate- Distance
- 22 km
- Ascent
- 223 m
- Descent
- 339 m
Stage 33Arzúa → O Pedrouzo
moderate- Distance
- 19 km
- Ascent
- 409 m
- Descent
- 512 m
Stage 34- Distance
- 20 km
- Ascent
- 403 m
- Descent
- 430 m
Points of interest
- Sanctuary of Virgen de Guadalupe, Hondarribia
A hillside hermitage on Mount Jaizquíbel, first mentioned in 1526 when the sailor Juan Sebastián Elcano gave it six gold ducats.
- San Vicente of Oviedo
A monastery founded in 761 according to the Monastic Pact of Oviedo of 781, the oldest document of the Asturian monarchy, though its authenticity is doubted.
- Goikoa Jauregia
19th-century palace, in San Sebastián, Spain.
- Villaviciosa jauregia
Palace in Renaissance style, in Pasaia, Spain, designated as Basque government heritage site.
- Casa de Miranda
Renaissance house of the sixteenth century on the waterfront beside the landing stage, with a columned façade, two coats of arms and three upper floors.
- Castle of San Telmo, Hondarribia
Castle in baroque style, in Hondarribia, Spain, designated as Basque government heritage site.
- Church of Santa María Magdalena, Hondarribia
Church in eclectic style, in Hondarribia, Spain, designated as Basque government heritage site.
- Towers of Jaizkibel
Five military towers survive along the crest of Jaizkibel, from the six built in the nineteenth century, during the Second Carlist War.
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