The Camino de Santiago's northern route, the Camino del Norte, follows the Cantabrian coast right past our corner of the world. You do not need five spare weeks to taste it.

Taster stages that work

The stretch around San Vicente de la Barquera gives day-walkers the full Camino feeling: yellow arrows, clifftop paths, estuary crossings and the pilgrim statue photo everyone takes. Groups walk a stage of ten to twelve miles, finish at a harbour-front table, and are back at the house for dinner.

The pilgrim details

Yes, you can collect sellos (stamps) in a pilgrim credential even as a day walker; churches, bars and town halls along the route oblige happily. Some groups build two or three consecutive stages into their week and treat it as a mini-pilgrimage with a fixed bed.

Why this beats hostel-hopping

Pilgrim albergues are part of the classic Camino, but a group of twenty sleeping in one quiet casona, with luggage that never moves, is a very civilised heresy. Plan a Camino-flavoured week with us.