Camino de Santiago

Ways to Santiago through Europe

Main ways to Santiago

The Camiño de Santiago(galician) or Camino de Santiago(spanish) (known also as the Way of Saint James among other names) is a network of pilgrims' ways or pilgrimages leading to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. It popular for hikers, pilgrims and bicyclists. This page gathers information about mapping the whole network of hikers trails (for bicycle route see EV3) and is part of the European long-distance paths project (see path E3 in particular).

You can see the map here : http://hiking.waymarkedtrails.org/#?map=6!47.3584!4.1638

Relations structure

Because the network is very large, it is not practical to put all its ways to one relation. Instead it is separated to smaller parts, which contain individual ways. All these parts should be added into the network relation 153968 153968. In some countries there is another national network-relation introduced, which makes hierarchy with two levels: 153968 153968 includes national level relation which includes relations for individual parts of route.

Overview of network parts

The following is overview of parts of the whole trails network. Following conventions are used

• Quality of mapping is marked with colours: unknown quality very bad quality bad quality medium qualitygood quality very good quality

• Completness of mapping is marked with various line styles: fully mapped quite all mapped partially mapped - few parts mapped - empty -

Main Ways
way	from	to	relation	mapped	state
Via Podiensis the oldest way	Le Puy-en-Velay Le Puy-en-Velay	Camino navarro at Roncesvalles Roncesvalles	138227 138227	444.60/756km partial, segmented	Le Puy - Saugues - Aubrac - St Côme-d'Olt - Espalion - Estaing - Golinhac - Conques - Figeac - Salvagnac-Cajarc - Cahors - Montcuq - Lauzerte - Moissac - Lectoure - La Romieu - Condom - Larressingle - Eauze - Nogaro - Aires-sur-l'Adour - Navarrenx - Ostabat, Stèle de Gibraltar - Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port - Puerto de Ibañeta - Roncesvalles.
Voie de Vézelay	Vézelay Vézelay	Via Podiensis at Ostabat, Stèle de Gibraltar Ostabat, Stèle de Gibraltar	1106898 1106898	56.40/925km	Vézelay - Bazoches - Nevers - St Pierre-le-Moûtier - St Amand-Montrond - Neuvy-St-Sépulcre - Eguzon - La Souterraine - Bénévent-l'Abbaye - St Léonard de Noblat - Limoges - Châlus - Thiviers - Périgueux - Bergerac - Duras - Monségur - La Réole - Bazas - Roquefort - Saint-Pierre-du-Mont - Saint-Sever - Hagetmau - Sault-de-Navailles - Orthez - Sauveterre-de-Béarn -Saint-Palais - Ostabat, Stèle de Gibraltar
Via Turonensis	Paris	Via Lemovicensis at Saint-Palais	187781 187781	170.29/925km started	Paris - Orléans - Cléry St André - Tours - Châtellerault - Poitiers - Melle - Aulnay - St Jean d'Angeli - Saintes - Pons - Blaye - Bordeaux - Belin-Belier - Saugnacq-et-Muret - Vieux-Richet - St Paul-les-Dax - Sorde-l'Abbaye - Sauveterre-de-Béarn - Saint-Palais
Via Tolosane	Arles	Camino aragonés at Col du Somport	389715 389715	253.24/830km	Arles - St Gilles - Montpellier - St Guilhem le Désert - Lodève - Le Bousquet d'Orb - Castres - Toulouse - Gimont - Auch - Barran - Montesquiou - St Christaud - Maubourguet - Morlaàs - Lescar - Oloron-Sainte-Marie - Sarrance - Lescun - Borce - Col du Somport
Camino Navarro	Via Podiensis at Roncesvalles	Camino Francés at Puente la Reina	no own relation		at the moment mapped as Camino francés, I think the "navarro" is artificial.
Camino Aragonés	Via Tolosane at Col du Somport	Camino Francés at Puente la Reina	226725 226725	174.03/200km	Col du Somport - Canfranc - Jaca - Sangüesa - Monreal - Eunate - Obanos - Puente la Reina
Camiño Francés	Puente la Reina	Santiago	66261 66261	829/703km segmented, some bugs	Puente la Reina - Estella - Los Arcos - Torres del Río - Logroño - Navarrete - Nájera - Santo Domingo de la Calzada - San Juan de Ortega - Burgos - Castrojeriz - Frómista - Villalcazar de Sirga - Carrión de los Condes - Sahagún - Mansilla de las Mulas - León - Hospital de Órbigo - Astorga - Rabanal del Camino - Foncebadón - Ponferrada - Villafranca del Bierzo - O Cebreiro - Triacastela - Samos - Sarria - Portomarín - Palas de Rei - Arzúa - Santiago de Compostela
Camiño Primitivo	Oviedo	Camino Francés at Melide	1029959 1029959	268/350km	Oviedo - Grado - Salas - Tineo - Pola de Allande - La Mesa - Grandas de Salime - Fonsagrada - Cadavo Baleira - Lugo - San Román de Retorta - Melide
Camiño Inglés	A Coruña / Ferrol	Santiago	1102966 1102966	total 144km of 85 / 120km	A Coruña / Ferrol - Bruma - Santiago
Camiño Portugués	Lisboa	Santiago	385135 385135	129/800km?	Lisboa - Coimbra - Oporto - Valenca do Minho - Tui - Pontevedra - Padrón - Santiago
Secondary Ways
way	from	to	relation	mapped	state
Czech Camino de Santiago	superrelation containg all branches in Czechia		254280 254280
Voie de Soulac	Soulac-sur-Mer	Camino de la Costa
Via Francigena	Italy	Via Tolosane
Via Gebennensis	Geneva	Via Podiensis at Le Puy-en-Velay Le Puy-en-Velay	961610 961610
Camino de la Costa	Voie de Soulac	Santiago	360167 360167	371 km partial, segmented
Vía de la Plata	Sevilla	Astorga	241329 241329	615/700km segmented
Camino Sanabrés	Granja de Moreruela	Santiago	6895237 6895237	341km partial, segmented
Camino de Madrid	Madrid	Sahagún	112925 112925	265km partial, segmented
Camino Mozárabe	Granada	Mérida	1211396 1211396
Camino de Santiago de Levante	Valencia	Chinchilla de Montearagón	3624753 3624753
Camino de Santiago del Sureste	Alicante	Benavente	2401811 2401811	942/753 Km. full.	Alicante - Orito - Petrer - Villena - Yecla- Montealegre del Castillo - Pétrola- Albacete - La Roda - Minaya- El Toboso - La Puebla de Almoradiel- Tembleque- Almonacid de Toledo- Burguillos de Toledo - Toledo - Novés- Escalona- Cadalso de los Vidrios- Cebreros- San Bartolomé de Pinares - Ávila - Gotarrendura - Arévalo- Medina del Campo - Tordesillas- Mota del Marqués- Villalpando - Benavente.
Camino de Santiago del Azahar (por Jumilla)	Cartagena	Chinchilla (Albacete)	2625037 2625037
Camiño a Fisterra - Muxía	Santiago	Fisterra / Muxía	385098 385098	124km partial, segmented
Camino del Ebro		Logroño	62932 62932
Camino Catalán por Lleida	Barcelona/L'Hospitalet	Logroño	382741 382741	300km partial, segmented
Camí de Sant Jaume per Huesca	Tàrrega	San Juan de la Peña / Sta. Cilia de Jaca	380796 380796	235km almost complete, segmented
Camino Olvidado	Bilbao	Villafranca del Bierzo	17264003 17264003
Via Mosana (Meuse River's way) via Belgium (Liège, Huy, Namur)	Aachen, Germany	Via Lemovicensis, at Vézelay, France	151765 151765	145 km partial, segmented	Aachen - Liège - Huy - Namur - Reims - Vézelay
Via Gallia Belgica	Hélécine, Belgium	Via Turonensis, at Paris, France
Via Baltica Cross the Baltic States. Ancient pilgrim way to Santiago de Compostela. Not related information of the cities where is crossing. Please update this page with more info. a small group of people from Vidzemes University (Latvia) is interested to walk this Camino in Latvia country ans signpost with traditional yellow arrows.	Tallin, Estonia	Riga, Latvia	Kaunas, Estonia		waiting for a super-relation, Projekt_Jakobsweg
Via Regia	Görlitz, Germany	Vacha, Germany	6 relations		waiting for a super-relation, Projekt_Jakobsweg see also [1]
Via Garona	Via Tolosane, at Toulouse	Chemin du Piémont, at Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges	7235528 7235528	147km, complete
Chemin de Conques à Toulouse	Via Podiensis	Via Tolosane, at Toulouse	8306554 8306554	209km, complete
Chemin du Piémont via Foix	Narbonne	Oloron	368453 368453	partial
Camino de Santiago del Estrecho	Algeciras	Puerto Real (-> Camino de Cadiz)	3421730 3421730	partial
Tertiary Ways
way	from	to	relation	mapped	state
JW Köln-Aachen	Köln, Germany	Via Mosana, at Aachen, Germany	35121 35121	78 km
Fränkisch-Schwäbischer Jakobsweg (FSJ)	Würzburg, Germany	Ulm, Germany	86644 86644
Jakobswanderweg Odenwald, Main- und Taubertal (JMT)	Miltenberg am Main, Germany	Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany	181038 181038
Jakobsweg Rothenburg o.d.T. - Rottenburg (JRR)	Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany	Rottenburg am Neckar, Germany	96761 96761
Access from Colomiers	Colomiers, France	Via Tolosana, France	536104 536104	3 km, complete
Mittelfränkischer Jakobsweg (MFJ)	Nürnberg, Germany	Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany	154579 154579
Variant Ways
way	from	to	relation	mapped	state
Via Podiensis by Rocamadour

Mapping: the Relations

Tags

Each way must be a relation according to the following example :

Tag	Note
type=route
route=hiking
pilgrimage=camino_de_santiago
osmc:symbol=blue:blue:shell_modern
ref=*
name=* e.g. Via Podiensis, Le Puy-en-Velay - Conques
int_name=Camino de Santiago
network=iwn
symbol=NNN
religion=christian

Members

Type	Role	Discussion
	(blank) or 'forward' or 'backward'	the ways making up the route.
	place_of_worship	Main churches along the way or at stages where are services for pilgrims.
	information	Information resource for pilgrims see information=*

Other

Don't forget mapping the amenities (shelter, fountain, drinking water, bench, toilets, pharmacy... amenity=*), shops (shop=*) and other touristic features (hostel, camp, picnic_site, viewpoint... tourism=*) along the way that could have interest for the pilgrims, but WITHOUT including them into the relation.

Links

Internal

• (de) German parts of the network

Wikipedia

• (de) Wege der Jakobspilger
• (en) Way of St. James
• (es) Camino de Santiago
• (gl) Camiño de Santiago
• (fr) Chemins de Compostelle, Pèlerinage de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle, Patrimoine
• (it) Cammino di Santiago di Compostela

Routes

• http://www.amis-st-jacques-tours.org/
• http://www.itinerairesbis.com/choix_monde/europe/espagne/compostelle.htm
• https://www.santiagooo.com/itineraires/via-podiensis/
• http://www.lyon-compostelle.com/
• http://www.af-ccc.fr/
• http://www.jakobsweg.ch/
• http://www.chemins-compostelle.com/Leschemins/leschemins.html
• https://www.ign.es/web/resources/publicaciones/Camino-Santiago/index.html (ES)
• https://centrodedescargas.cnig.es/CentroDescargas/loadCamSan.do (ES)

Culture and UNESCO heritage

• http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/669 Spanish Camino francès
• http://whc.unesco.org/fr/list/868/ French part. Because the Camino has lot of things registered as heritage.
• Detailed list and article about UNESCO heritage In 1998, several sites in France were added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites under the description: Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France. They are places related to the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Western Spain, a part of the Way of Saint James.

Notes

• Needs to be corrected: Most part of the Spanish mapped way is from the EV3.
• French part legislation problem: According to the French Legistation, the GR (Chemins de Grande Randonnée) can't be mapped as they are intellectual property of the Fédération Française de Randonnée Pédestre. but pluri-secular ways like the ways to Santiago de Compostella should be in OpenStreetMap. For this purpose, for distinguishing the Camino, as pilgrimage, from the GR, as hiking, main churches (as Vézelay, Le Puy-en-Velay, Conques, Moissac...) must be added to the relation as role=place_of_worship (see below).