Le Puy-en-Velay · Roncesvalles · Santiago de Compostela

ViaPodiensis

~1 550 km à pied.·Deux pays, soixante-cinq stages, une seule direction.

1 550kilometres
65stages
~62days
2countries
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🗺 Official route

Le Puy-en-Velay → Santiago de Compostela

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~1 550 km · ~23 000 m D+

Complete elevation profile

⛰ Elevation profile

1,528 km · 23,000 m total elevation gain

🇫🇷 France — Stages 1 to 32 · 750 km

🇪🇸 Spain — Stages 33 to 65 · 778 km

🥾 Complete itinerary

The 65 stages

● Easy ● Moderate ● Difficult
Stage
Dist.
D+
Elevation profile
Total — 65 stages · Le Puy-en-Velay → Santiago + Fisterra ~1 640 km

🖼 Iconic moments

Ten landscapes, one route

From the volcanic basalt of the Velay to the baroque cathedral of Santiago.

🗺 Regions crossed

Nine regions to cross

From volcanic Auvergne to the Basque foothills — each week brings a radically different landscape.

📋 Essential info

What we wish we had known before setting off

What the guidebooks do not always make clear.

🐚 Stage 65 — Arrival

Santiagode Compostela

Après ~62 jours de marche, ~1 550 km, deux pays — les tours baroques de la cathedral s'imposent enfin sur la Plaza del Obradoiro.
Buen Camino. 🐚

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Pierre Tabuteau's selection of ultralight gear for the Camino
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