Albergues and hotels on the camino del norte guidebooks. I walked the camino del norte from irun to santiago during september, october 2015. 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. Along this coastal camino, you will discover fascinating cities and fishing villages, swim in beautiful sandy beaches. What is the camino del norte an introduction recently, i headed to the north coast of spain to follow the camino del norte. It starts in the town of irun, near the french border and follows the atlantic coast through the basque country, cantabria, asturias and galicia. 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. When the southern regions were brought back to peace and it was no longer required to travel through this northern way, it lost a lot of popularity, however, the camino del norte is working on its return and is gaining popularity again. 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.
This was my second camino, having walked the camino frances from sjpdp to santiago in 20. The camino crosses a strip of land between the ladra river and the a8 motorway. 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. It crosses the iberian peninsula from east to west, bordering, in a winding way, the entire cantabrian coastline. 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. O camino do norte mantivo vitalidade ata o seculo xviii. As ancient as the french way, this camino del norte was already used by the european kings in medieval times. Pass by as casas novas, contariz, casamuino, a castineira and the carmen chapel. Libro nuevo o segunda mano, sinopsis, resumen y opiniones.