O camino do norte mantivo vitalidade ata o seculo xviii. What is the camino del norte an introduction recently, i headed to the north coast of spain to follow the camino del norte. Libro nuevo o segunda mano, sinopsis, resumen y opiniones. I walked the camino del norte from irun to santiago during september, october 2015. Guides gratuits en pdf pour des chemins vers compostelle.
It starts in the town of irun, near the french border and follows the atlantic coast through the basque country, cantabria, asturias and galicia. The camino del norte or the northern way is a route along the northern coast of spain, hence its name. It runs from the french border at irun, through san sebastian, bilbao, and santander to join the camino frances the main spine route of the camino. As ancient as the french way, this camino del norte was already used by the european kings in medieval times. Albergues and hotels on the camino del norte guidebooks. The camino del norte, or northern way, is a fantastic camino route along the northern coast of green spain from san sebastian in the basque country, to cantabria, asturias and finally ribadeo in galicia. The ladra river offers captivating scenery and a number of lovely spots where travellers can take a refreshing dip in the shade of the birch trees when the weather is good. Along this coastal camino, you will discover fascinating cities and fishing villages, swim in beautiful sandy beaches. Like many others, my choice to walk a different camino was made on the basis of seeing a different side of spain on a camino that was not as crowded as the camino frances.
It crosses the iberian peninsula from east to west, bordering, in a winding way, the entire cantabrian coastline. The camino crosses a strip of land between the ladra river and the a8 motorway. The stage from baamonde to sobrado dos monxes is one of the longest and difficult to make, it will take you a bit more than 10 hours to walk this distance 41. There are plenty of villages on the way but no big town and the scenery is quite amazing. This was my second camino, having walked the camino frances from sjpdp to santiago in 20.