Irun to Santiago

[totoroandmei]

New to the fourm and thinking about walking from Irun to Santiago if I have enough time.

I know it is hard as everyone has their own pace but for planning purposes how long does it take from Irun to Santiago and what is the "average" amount of walking per day? I need to book a flight out.

Thank you in advance

 

[mikevasey]

Hi allow yourself at least 35 days, you probably can do it quicker but with the weather turning a lot of the natural paths into quagmires, unexpected events and days off give yourself that bit of time extra. The distance is around the 830km mark and the camino is a bit harder on the feet than the Frances.

I took 26 days to get to Oviedo from Irun but I was taking it easy. So it depends on your pace.

 

[peregrino_tom]

Totoro
The simple answer is - if you have the luxury of time, give yourself as much as you can. I'd recommend 40 days, which will give you loads of options as to how to get the best out of your camino. You won't have to rush, will be able to do some half-day slacking along the beaches a.k.a 'blister recovery time', take days off in Bilbao and Santiago if you want, walk at the same speed as any excellent people you meet and fall in with. And, if you find you are still going too quickly, walk on to Finisterre or Muxia (3 days) after you've reached Santiago.
Cheers, tom

 

[hughb]

I have just completed the camino and averaged around 30 km a day which I found gave me time to see what was around and enjoy the experience. I left Irun on the 1st June, arrived in Santiago on the 26th and Finisterre on the 30th. An amazing experience, just do it. The amount of time depends entirely on you. Enjoy it, it is amazing.

 

[teredukesa]

I would like to hike the entire camino del norte but only have 10 days. would it be easier to fly to pamplona take train to Irun. Walk to Santander then fly home from here, then do the rest next year?

 

[kansas098@aol.com]

I would like to hike the entire camino del norte but only have 10 days. would it be easier to fly to pamplona take train to Irun. Walk to Santander then fly home from here, then do the rest next year?

 

[Deleted member 12253]

Watching this tread as i will be on Norte starting irun on May Day, no time restraints, 40 days, I won't stop in Santiago but straigh to finnestere and muxia, maybe camino ingles as well Buen camino

 

[Kim77]

Hi, I will start my walk in Irun June 3rd. Where can I find litterature and maps about the route? Best, Kim

 

[Tia Valeria]

Hola Kim and welcome. There are several guides available. We like the Cicerone guide The Northern Caminos (available on Amazon), the CSJ guides (2 booklets) Los Caminos del Norte A; Ruta de La Costa 1 & 2. Then there are on-line guides, our favourite is Gronze as it has good elevations, simple maps with distances and lists of accomodation. It is in Spanish, but the outline is easy to follow. We tend to use a combination of all 3 when planning, and make notes in our CSJ guides to actually carry with us.

 

[Anemone del Camino]

I would like to hike the entire camino del norte but only have 10 days. would it be easier to fly to pamplona take train to Irun. Walk to Santander then fly home from here, then do the rest next year?

Here is a link to a map of the different train lines starting in Euskadi. Seems to me your idea is a good one. http://www.renfe.com/viajeros/mediadistancia/mapas_y_trayectos/mapa_norte.html

 

[Kim77]

Hola Kim and welcome. There are several guides available. We like the Cicerone guide The Northern Caminos (available on Amazon), the CSJ guides (2 booklets) Los Caminos del Norte A; Ruta de La Costa 1 & 2. Then there are on-line guides, our favourite is Gronze as it has good elevations, simple maps with distances and lists of accomodation. It is in Spanish, but the outline is easy to follow. We tend to use a combination of all 3 when planning, and make notes in our CSJ guides to actually carry with us.

Hola Kim and welcome. There are several guides available. We like the Cicerone guide The Northern Caminos (available on Amazon), the CSJ guides (2 booklets) Los Caminos del Norte A; Ruta de La Costa 1 & 2. Then there are on-line guides, our favourite is Gronze as it has good elevations, simple maps with distances and lists of accomodation. It is in Spanish, but the outline is easy to follow. We tend to use a combination of all 3 when planning, and make notes in our CSJ guides to actually carry with us.

Hola Tia! Thank you so much! I will have a look at them. I will probably buy my flight ticket tomorrow, flying from Stockholm to San Sebastian. From San Sebastian, it seems easy to get to Irun.

 

[Walking Viking]

Hola Kim and welcome. There are several guides available. We like the Cicerone guide The Northern Caminos (available on Amazon), the CSJ guides (2 booklets) Los Caminos del Norte A; Ruta de La Costa 1 & 2. Then there are on-line guides, our favourite is Gronze as it has good elevations, simple maps with distances and lists of accomodation. It is in Spanish, but the outline is easy to follow. We tend to use a combination of all 3 when planning, and make notes in our CSJ guides to actually carry with us.

Tia,

You can translate a lot of the websites that are in Spanish, or other languages for that matter, into english.

1). Starting with a clean, fresh Internet Explorer (browser) page, type in "google" in the URL (top of the screen/page). When the "google" website comes up, there will be a search box going left to right accross the page under the Google multi colered Logo/Name
2). Type. In "gronze.com". As you are typing, options will begin showing at the left of the page with "Translate this page" showing next to "www.gronze.com".
3). Click on "Translate this page. The website (gronze.com) will come up in English. When you click on any of the caminos, they will also come up in English, as will albergues, hotels and pensions.

This really helped me plan for my end of April Camino del Norte.

P

 

[nathanael]

Hi allow yourself at least 35 days, you probably can do it quicker but with the weather turning a lot of the natural paths into quagmires, unexpected events and days off give yourself that bit of time extra. The distance is around the 830km mark and the camino is a bit harder on the feet than the Frances.

I took 26 days to get to Oviedo from Irun but I was taking it easy. So it depends on your pace.

The hostal in Irun can you refresh my memory on where it is stayed there in 2010.

 

[Tia Valeria]

@Walking Viking . Thanks for the translation tip. We speak Spanish but it will be really helpful for those who don't.

 

[Determined lass]

http://tourism.euskadi.eus/contenid...os/2011/santiago/Caminos del Norte INGLES.pdf

You can download this pdf file to your phone. I really liked this guide. At a glance; it gave you an idea of daily elevations and distances between towns.

 

[mikevasey]

The hostal in Irun can you refresh my memory on where it is stayed there in 2010.

Not really sure where it is, I had walked down the Voie littoral for 9 days previous to arriving and followed the arrows and markers without having maps, do remember that it was on the first floor of flats in a residential street. Gronze usually have a map with details of albergues.

 

[mikevasey]

And as if by magic the next thread I looked at had a map of the albergue. Have a look the Vasco del Interior topics Anniethenurse has posted a screen shot of a map which shows the Albergue in a new post.