Los Arcos to Logroño
Endurance
- Distance
- 27.6 km
- Climb
- 368 m up, 433 m down
- Ground
- 384 to 500 m
- Time
- 6 to 8 hours
- Difficulty
- moderate
- Underfoot
- dirt, gravel, paved, urban
Where this day sits on the Camino Francés
Above, the highest and lowest ground of each of its 33 stages. Below, the word each day is given.
From open-pilgrimages: each stage's highest and lowest ground and its interior theme.
The day
At 27.6 kilometers, this is the longest day you have faced so far. The path from Los Arcos stretches through rolling farmland with few villages and fewer distractions. Your feet hurt in new places. The final kilometers into Logroño feel endless. But something shifts today — you stop counting kilometers and start trusting that you will arrive. This is the day your body stops arguing and begins cooperating.
What pilgrims often meet here
- Hitting the wall around kilometer 22
- The relief of crossing the bridge into Logroño
- Celebrating with pintxos on Calle Laurel
- Realizing you are tougher than you believed
What is the difference between the discomfort that means stop and the discomfort that means keep going?
The ground
The light
Sunrise and sunset in Los Arcos depend on the day you walk.
Walk it with Pilgrim
In Pilgrim's Honor mode you can walk this stage as it is drawn here, and save its maps for days with no signal. The morning opens with this day's word, Endurance, and its story. When you arrive, it asks the question above, and you can answer out loud. Your walk stays on your phone.
With Pilgrim on your phone, this opens the stage, ready to begin. Without it, you'll see the stage and where to get the app.