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.
By Cesar Rodriguez · updated
This tool covers the four gateways to the Compostela: Sarria–Santiago on the Francés (115.1 km), Ferrol–Santiago on the Inglés (113.3 km) and Tui–Santiago on the Portugués (118.9 km) and Lugo–Santiagoon the Primitivo (100.3 km). The distances come from the real OpenStreetMap trace, so they don't always match published totals to the decimal. If you're walking the full Francés from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, or the Portugués from Porto, this won't help you yet: 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.
English Way
From Ferrol in 5 stages
The same five days the English Way guide publishes, worked out stop by stop.
Portuguese Way
From Tui in 5 stages
The Portuguese Way squeezed into five days, with two of them over 25 km.
Portuguese Way
From Tui in 7 stages
One more day than the classic six: no stage goes past 21 km.
Portuguese Way
From Tui in 8 stages
The gentlest Portuguese split, with short days and an extra stop in Arcade.
Primitivo Way
From Lugo in 5 stages
The Primitivo's bare 100 km, the last 53 already shared with the Francés.
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.