Spain 8 Day French Way (Logroño – Burgos)

The French Way is the most famous Camino route to Santiago. It runs from the eastern side of the Pyrenees at SJPP to Santiago de Compostela in the Northwest of Spain, extending to a distance of 780km. This route follows earlier Roman trade routes and traverses the Pyrenees, beech and pine forests of Navarre, the vineyards of La Rioja, the Meseta of Castile until it reaches the mountains and oak/chestnut forests of Galicia.

This 8 day walking experience takes you over the third section of this Camino from the heart of the Rioja wine region, Logroño, to the medieval city of Burgos, court of the Kings of Castile.

You leave the capital of the Rioja region, Logroño, in a westward direction and cross a wine growing territory to the town of Najera, where the Monastery houses the tombs of important noblemen including a Kings and Queen and onwards to the historic town of Santo Domingo de la Calzada. The Camino continues through vineyards until you reach the meseta as you get close to the historical city of Burgos which was the seat, first of the Counts of Castile and later on of the Kings of Castile and Leon. Burgos was a very important centre for the wool trade, with privileges granted to their merchant population for the export of wool to Flanders and England.