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How long is Camino de Santiago?

How long is Camino de Santiago  

After hiking Camino de Santiago, I am frequently asked: How long is Camino de Santiago?
First of all, let’s make it clear: There’s no single Camino de Santiago route. 
Camino de Santiago refers to a network of routes across Europe to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. 

To tell the truth, some Camino de Santiago routes are more popular than others. And, somehow Camino Frances became a synonym for Camino de Santiago in modern times. 
But, among popular Camino de Santiago routes, Camino Inglés with a length of 71 mi (115 km) is the shortest Camino de Santiago route, and Camino Mozárabe with a length of 932 mi (1500 km) is the longest Camino de Santiago route.
Taking into account that a Camino pilgrim walks about 20-25 km on average every day, Camino Ingles is walked in 5 days, and Camino Mozarabe in 70 days on average.

And, if you are thinking of walking the famous Camino Frances you will need between 30 and 35 days to walk the entire route of 482 mi (777 km). But if you decide to go even further after Santiago – to ‘the End of the World’ (aka Camino Finisterre), you will walk 55 mi (90 km) or 4 days more.
If you sum it up, your entire Camino journey will be around 1000 km or between 35-40 days long.

How long is Camino de Santiago KM / MI

Camino de Santiago length

But to answer the question of how long the Camino de Santiago is, here’s the summary of the lengths of the most popular Camino de Santiago routes: 

1. CAMINO FRANCES from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Santiago de Compostela: 482 mi (777 km)
2. CAMINO DEL NORTE from Irun to Santiago de Compostela: 514 mi (828 km)
3. CAMINO DE LA PLATA from Seville to Santiago de Compostela: 621 mi (1000 km) 
4. CAMINO MOZARABE from Almeria to Santiago de Compostela : 932 mi (1500 km) 
5. CAMINO SANABRES from Granja de Moreruela to Santaigo de Compostela: 234 mi (378 km)
6. CAMINO PORTUGUESE CENTRAL from Lisbon to Santiago de Compostela: 385 mi (620 km) 
7. CAMINO PORTUGUES DA COSTA from Porto to Santiago de Compostela: 161 mi (260 km)
8. CAMINO INGLES from Ferrol to Santiago de Compostela: 71 mi (115 km)
9. CAMINI PRIMITIVO from Oviedo to Santiago de Compostela: 192 mi (310 km)
10. CAMINO INVIERNO from Ponferrada to Santiago de Compostela: 163 mi (263 km)

There are two additional Caminos from Santiago to ‘the End of the World’ on the Atlantic coast of Galicia.
They are symbolic endings of the Camino de Santiago trail:

1. CAMINO A FINISTERRE from Santiago de Compostela to Finisterre: 55 mi (90 km)
2. CAMINO A MUXIA from Santiago de Compostela to Muxia: 54 mi (88 km)   

CAMINO DE SANTIAGO DISTANCE
Length of Camino de Santiago

However, not many people have enough time to walk the entire route. Still, they want to hike the Camino de Santiago and get their Pilgrims Certificate.

There’s a minimum of 100 km that needs to be walked, and a minimum of 200 km that needs to be done by bicycle, to be eligible for getting a Compostela.
Distances are recorded by stamps sealed on pilgrims’ passports. If you are planning to walk the required minimum of 100 km to get a Compostela, please keep in mind that in that case, you will need to collect 2 stamps a day.

If you average 20-25 km a day, you will need to walk the Camino for 5 days to reach Santiago and to get your Compostela certificate.

Here are the starting points of the last 100 km of each Camino route:

• Camino Frances: Sarria
• Camino del Norte: Vilalba
• Camino de la Plata: Ourense
• Camino Mozarabe: Ourense
• Camino Sanabres: Ourense
• Camino Portugues Central: Tui
• Camino Portugues Da Costa: Tui
• Camino Ingeles: Ferrol
• Camino Primitvo: Lugo
• Camino Invierno: Chantada

I hope this article has helped answer how long the Camino de Santiago is by giving the length of each Camino route.

So far, I hiked Camino del Norte, Via de la Plata from Salamanca (via Camino Sanabres), and Camino Finisterre.
Here you can read my guides:
Camino del Norte
Via de La Plata
Camino Sanabres
Camino a Finisterre
And here’s the Camino packing list I used for my Caminos: Packing list Camino de Santiago

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Milijana is an independent female solo traveler from Croatia. She enjoys nature, history, art, culture, and spiritual pursuits. Milijana is a foodie who enjoys sampling cultural food around the world, and a hiking enthusiast who did numerous trail around the globe. She greeted sunrise from the top of Mount Sinai in Egypt after a night hike and said hello to the Atlantic Ocean from Finisterre in Spain on one-month-long hike. However, she is not reluctant to rent a car and embark on a spectacular road trip. She believes that some scenic destinations like Tuscany in Italy and Andalucia in Spain are best enjoyed by car.

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