Camino Del Norte in 10-12 days - where to start

[Hilary Van Norstrand]

My wife and I plan on walking the Camino Del Norte in Sept 2016. We are hoping to walk about 15-20 miles per day but only have about 10-12 days to complete the pilgrimage. What is the most realistic start point? What city should we fly to from the US? Thank you in advance for the help.
Hilary and Kevin

 

[Anemone del Camino]

What do you mean by "to complete the pilgrimage"? Do you want to get to Santiago?

If not, th most beautiful part of that route is starting in Irun. You could make it as far as Bilbao. Take at look at this site: http://caminodesantiago.consumer.es/los-caminos-de-santiago/del-norte/.

To get there, fly to Paris, then to Biarritz. Fly out back to Paris out of Bilbao.

 

[Hilary Van Norstrand]

What do you mean by "to complete the pilgrimage"? Do you want to get to Santiago?

If not, th most beautiful part of that route is starting in Irun. You could make it as far as Bilbao. Take at look at this site: http://caminodesantiago.consumer.es/los-caminos-de-santiago/del-norte/.

To get there, fly to Paris, then to Biarritz. Fly out back to Paris out of Bilbao.

What do you mean by "to complete the pilgrimage"? Do you want to get to Santiago?

If not, th most beautiful part of that route is starting in Irun. You could make it as far as Bilbao. Take at look at this site: http://caminodesantiago.consumer.es/los-caminos-de-santiago/del-norte/.

To get there, fly to Paris, then to Biarritz. Fly out back to Paris out of Bilbao.

Thank you for the reply....we would like to end in Santiago, but need a reasonable start point. I believe we can walk about 18-20 miles per day but only have 10-12 days to complete the walk. This is a pilgrimage for us so it is important that we end in Santiago. Is it feasible to start in Gijon and end in Santiago in 10-12 days? Any help is very much appreciated.

Hilary

 

[Marc S.]

Hello Hilary. It is app. 330 km from Gyon to Santiago (dont know how much this is in miles). Dont know how fit you are, but
I think you have to walk fast if you want to do this in 10-12 days (it took me longer) & I think it is never a good idea to be in a rush.
I do not know if you have chosen the Norte already, or are open for other possibilities. For example. If you walk from Porto (Camino Portuguese) of Oviedo (Primitivo) you can walk to Santiago in 10-12 days.
Marc.

 

[oursonpolaire]

Use this page (http://www.gronze.com/camino-norte) and work it backward out of Santiago. Perhaps starting out of Ribadeo?? or Luarca??

 

[Anemone del Camino]

@Hilary Van Norstrand , take a look at the website I mentioned and work backwards from Santiago. All the information you need is on that site.

 

[AJ]

Is it feasible to start in Gijon and end in Santiago in 10-12 days? Any help is very much appreciated.
Hilary

This took me 13 days last year. There were two 25 mile days, three just over 20 and the rest under 20 miles.

 

[Conor2015]

Hi,

I am returning week to complete the norther route. By my reckoning it is feasible to walk from Aviles situated on the coastline and walk onto Santiago in 12 days. Gijon is the nearest big city just before it in terms of transport access. The walk out of it GIJON however, is not supposed to be attractive based on my guide book so that is why it might make sense to start in Aviles.