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When you do not have enough experience or knowledge about Jacobean route, the option with greater security and better equipped with services, is undoubtedly the French Way of Santiago.
It is a journey that consists of 33 stages, but you can choose the one that best suits you in reference to your time available for the pilgrimage. It is the best marked route until you reach Plaza del Obradoiro.
Reasons that make it the best option on the Camino
· Unlike the other routes of the Camino de Santiago, its main charm is in the large influx of pilgrims and the variety of hostels in the different towns that converge.
· In case you choose another Camino on the Jacobean route, most have deviations towards this route.
· The different starting points that it has are adapted to your time available for the pilgrimage.
· Regardless of the season, you will always find an influx of pilgrims.
· In case of doing the Camino de Santiago in winter, it is the route that has the most hostels in operation during the season.
What can I see on the French Way?
On this pilgrimage route you can see the cultural fusion of the path with local traditions, offering a range of environments that will give much to talk about after completing your pilgrimage.
Monuments to see on the French Way of Santiago
In Roncesvalles you can visit the Royal Collegiate Church of the town, or get to the Cathedral of San Pedro de Jaca
to delight in the architecture of the church. The Cathedral of Santo Domingo de la Calzada offers you a view of one of the towns where one of the best-known legends around the Camino originated.
The different towns have a lot to offer to the visitors and pilgrims who walk their streets, regardless of nationality or age. The French Way is the section best known for its cultural wealth around the route that leads to the Cathedral of Santiago.
It has one of the shortest but most culturally rich sections of the Camino
The route from Sarria to Santiago de Compostela is full of culture and an eternal road company, contrasting between the urban and the rural areas surrounding the capital. In the last sections of this tour, enjoy the Galician gastronomy of the towns offered such as the cheese route or its exquisite variety of seafood.
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