Camino del Norte
Irun → Santiago de Compostela
A long route across northern Spain, following the Cantabrian coast for much of its journey before turning inland toward Santiago.
CaminoFinder maps that Irun → Santiago walk using certified public route data. Day-by-day stages are not yet provided.
At a glance
Essential facts
- Start
- Irun
- End
- Santiago de Compostela
- Mapped route
- ≈865 km
- Ascent
- ≈21,838 m
The mapped route
Route map
Along the walk
Elevation profile
- Total ascent
- ≈21,838 m
- Total descent
- ≈21,577 m
- Highest point
- ≈711 m
One continuous profile from Irun to Santiago. The high point, around 711 m, is on the northern route before Galicia. The profile shows the shape of the walk, not a plan of daily stages.
Across northern Spain
The journey
From Irun the mapped route follows the Cantabrian coast through the Basque Country, Cantabria and Asturias — by Donostia / San Sebastián, Santander and Llanes — then turns inland through Oviedo toward Galicia.
At Arzúa, the Camino del Norte joins the Camino Francés for the final approach to Santiago.
Irun
Donostia / San Sebastián
Santander
Llanes
Oviedo
Ribadeo
Vilalba
Arzúa
Santiago de Compostela
This page orients you in the geography of the walk from Irun to Santiago. It is not a day-by-day itinerary, and CaminoFinder does not yet prescribe walking days.
About this map
Source note
Route geometry comes from public Camino de Santiago route data distributed by Spain’s National Geographic Institute (CNIG) and created by FEAACS. After Arzúa the mapped line follows the already-certified Camino Francés corridor to Santiago. Elevation is derived from Spain’s MDT05 terrain model using CaminoFinder’s documented methodology. The mapped length and climbing figures are approximate; published Camino distances vary.
FEAACS (creator). O.A. CNIG (distributor). «Rutas de Caminos de Santiago». CC-BY 4.0 FEAACS. Derived from MDT05-cob1 2008–2015 CC-BY 4.0 scne.es.