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On the Camino de Santiago to Santiago de Compostela (Camino Francés)
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The cathedral of Santiago de CompostelaPhoto: Hartmut Wimmer, Outdooractive Premium
The Spanish Camino de Santiago takes us in 33 stages from the French Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port over the Pyrenees to Navarra and into the vineyards of Rioja. Through the Castilian cultural city of Burgos and the barren expanses of the Meseta, we reach León, the last major city before Santiago de Compostela. From there we hike over the Montes de León and through the green hills of Galicia to the tomb of Saint James – the destination of every pilgrim on the Camino.
Camino francés – that is the name of the Spanish Camino de Santiago, which leads pilgrims through the north of the Iberian Peninsula to Santiago de Compostela. We want to walk the historic pilgrimage route in a total of 33 daily stages. The first section takes us from the Pyrenees in twelve days to Castilian Burgos. As access to the Camino francés, we choose the Navarrese Way from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port in the French Basque Country over the Pyrenees. In Puente la Reina, this meets the second Pyrenean route, the Aragonese Way starting from Somport, and now runs as the Camino francés towards Santiago de Compostela. We hike through the landscape of Navarra, into the wine region Rioja, and Castilla y León – where we cross the wooded ranges of the Montes de Oca and approach the barren Castilian plateau, the Meseta. The crowning conclusion of the first part of the Camino is the city of Burgos, whose cathedral is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In the second part, we take it a bit
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Svenja Trachte “They take pictures of the mountain climbers at the top of the mountain. They don’t take pictures along the way cause who wants to remember the relentless climb, the pain and anguish of taking it to the next level – nobody takes pictures of that, nobody wants to remember. We just want to remember the view from the top, the breathtaking moment at the edge of the world. That’s what keeps us climbing and it’s worth the pain, that’s the crazy part. It’s worth anything.“ – Anonymous
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