Oviedo to Santiago de Compostela
The original Camino. Mountain passes through the Asturian interior. The most physically demanding major route. Very few pilgrims.
Walking the Camino Primitivo from Oviedo
From Oviedo it is 311 km to Santiago de Compostela along the Camino Primitivo, walked here in 14 stages at an average of 22 km a day. Most pilgrims arrive the afternoon before, sleep in Oviedo and set off early on day one, so plan for 15 days plus any rest days you want.
Day one goes from Oviedo to Grado, 25.5 km with 650 m of climbing. The last day into Santiago de Compostela starts in O Pedrouzo, 19.5 km. The longest stage is O Cádavo to Lugo at 30 km, and the biggest climb is 970 m on the way to A Fonsagrada.
It covers more than the 100 km on foot the Pilgrim Office needs to issue your Compostela.
The walk from Oviedo in weeks
Each block on the strip is one stage, sized by distance. The cards below group the stages into weeks, with the climb and the time each day takes. Flip a card for that week on the map.
311 km of ups and downs
Move along the profile to read the height at any point.
Turn this route into your plan, night by night.
Reading about the Camino Primitivo is the easy part. Build my Camino gives you a day by day plan with a bed to book for each night, so the only thing left is to walk it.
- Pick a start and a dateAny of the 1 starting point, or any town on the route. Day 0 is the night you arrive.
- Shape your daysShorten a long stage, add a rest day or split a hard climb in two. The plan redraws as you go.
- Book a bed for each nightLive prices for the dates you chose, in one tap. Walk-in albergues and donativos are marked, so you know where you can simply turn up.
Plan on the web. Walk with Camino Koala in your pocket.
Your saved Camino opens in the app with every town, date and stay exactly as you left it, and keeps working when the signal does not.
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