Preparing your Camino
Camino Stage Planner
Three ready-made plans for the most walked stretch of the whole Camino, splitting the Sarria–Santiago walk into 5, 6 or 7 stages — or build your own below with a different starting point, day count or pace.
This tool covers the most walked stretch of the whole Camino: the roughly 115 km between Sarria and Santiago that meet the minimum distance the Compostela requires on the Camino Francés. If you're walking a different route — the Portugués, the Inglés, the Primitivo — or the full Francés from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, this won't help you much: see every Camino route compared to plan that stretch instead. And if you have two full weeks rather than just these last days, we cover how to split the Camino over two weeks.
Ready-made plans
5 stages
From Sarria in 5 stages
The classic pace: five days, calculated from the real route and the registered hostels.
6 stages
From Sarria in 6 stages
One day less rushed, with shorter daily distances.
7 stages
From Sarria in 7 stages
The most relaxed of the three, for a slower week on the trail.
Need a different starting point, a number of days that isn't 5, 6 or 7, or a specific month? Build your own plan below — same real route, same registered hostels.
Keep reading
The final stretch
The last 100 km: crowds and how to handle them
What really changes from Sarria, and how to avoid the worst of the crowds.
Sleeping on the Camino
Where pilgrims actually run out of beds
The towns and months where albergues genuinely fill up.
On arrival
The Compostela certificate
Requirements, stamps and where to collect it in Santiago.