The best photos of the Camino de Santiago

Camino de Santiago

If you are thinking of disconnecting from your daily routine by doing the Camino de Santiago, the photos you will see below will be the push you needed to convince you at all. Next, you will be able to observe some of the best photos of the Camino de Santiago taken by the pilgrims themselves from some of the most beautiful places that you will see during your tour and that will serve as a motivation to get into the adventure of making the Camino de Santiago this year .

Photos of the cathedral of Santiago

The Camino de Santiago has many starting points but only one goal and that is the Cathedral of Santiago. Arriving at the Plaza del Obradoiro and having before your eyes the imposing Cathedral of Santiago is the moment that most marks the pilgrims because it is the end of an experience full of hard stages that they have managed to overcome.

Photos from Roncesvalles

Roncesvalles is one of the first municipalities that every pilgrim who makes the French Way from its first stage, will have to cross. Although it is not the original starting point of this stage, many people begin their journey from that point and take a picture to remember it. The photo with the sign that marks the remaining 790 km to Santiago is almost a tradition for all those pilgrims in Roncesvalles.

Photos from Grandas de Salime

Anyone who makes the Primitive Way in the direction of Santiago de Compostela, can enjoy stunning views of the Navia River, in a section near the Asturian town of Grandas de Salime. The panoramic view offered by this place means that many of the pilgrims who pass through this route cannot resist taking a picture.

Finisterre Photos

After completing all the stages that lead to Santiago, many pilgrims choose to complete the Camino a Finisterre. Finisterre is the westernmost point of continental Europe, and any pilgrim who travels the route there will discover the unique landscape that shows the immensity of the Atlantic Ocean.

Photos of the Alto de Mostelares

Touring the French Way, near the town of Castrojeriz in the province of Burgos we find the High of Mostelares. The pilgrims who follow their path crossing this hard stretch of the French Way, affirm that the effort is worthwhile since from there you can enjoy a panoramic view of wide fields that change color depending on the season of the year.

Photos from O Cebreiro

In the province of Lugo, there is the parish of O Cebreiro, located in the municipality of Piedrafita del Cebreiro and 152 km away from Santiago de Compostela. From its 1330 km altitude, the pilgrims who cross the French Way can observe from another perspective the stages passed days before and admire the landscape in which lands of Castile and Leon are mixed, and of the Galician community.

Photos of the Cruz de Ferro

Between the towns of Foncebadón and Manjarín, is one of the most famous cruises within the French Way. La Cruz de Hierro, or Cruz de Ferro in Galician, is a 5 meter high cruise ship with an iron cross on its top. This cross is a replica of the original which is in the Museum of the Ways of Astorga.

Photos from Alto del Perdón

In the stage Pamplona - Puente La Reina within the French route is one of the best known places, the Alto del Perdón. From Alto del Perdón, located 770 meters high, we can find the Pilgrim Monument, created by the artist Vicente Galbete. This monument is composed of a group of sculptures in real-size sheet metal that represents pilgrims at different times.