Welcome to Our Camino Primitivo Blog

Pilgrimage on the Camino Primitivo

Oviedo to Santiago de Compostela

Welcome to our Camino Primitivo pilgrimage blog!  Over 12 days in April and May, we completed this 320 km pilgrimage route from Oviedo to Santiago de Compostela, Spain.  It was a wonderful experience that was unlike any of our previous pilgrimages over the years.  

Before completing the Camino Primitivo, we walked from Madrid to Leon on the Camino de Madrid, and then from Leon to Oviedo on the Camino de San Salvador.  

Thank you for reading, and 'Buen Camino '!

Camino Primitivo Itinerary and Stages

About the Camino Primitivo 

Into the Misty Mountains, Oviedo to Grado 

Adopting the Way of the Snail, Grado to Salas 

Stuck in the Middle with You, Salas to Tineo 

Varying Options and Challenging Albergues, Tineo to Campiello 

The Hospitales Route, Campiello to Berducedo 

Switchbacking and Birding, Berducedo to Grandas de Salime 

Chasing Windmills into Galicia, Grandas de Salime to A Fonsagrada 

The Way is Up, Up, Up, A Fonsagrada to O Cadavo 

Exhaustion and the Race for Beds, O Cadavo to Lugo 

Exploring, Birding, and Eurovision in Lugo 

Finding Balance and (Re)Finding our Way, Lugo to Ferreira 

Coming Into Their Own and Scattered to the Wind, Ferreira to Arzúa 

Triumph, Challenge, and Humbling Lessons, Arzúa to Santiago de Compostela

Pilgrimage From Madrid to Santiago Through the Mountains

Which Way: Comparing the Mountain Caminos of Northern Spain 

The Northern Camino and the Popular Way : Comparing the Camino Primitivo and the Camino Francés

How Does Pilgrimage Change with Experience?

Reflections and Lessons from the Camino Primitivo

Additional Hiking Adventures to Enjoy

If you enjoyed this hiking adventure, you might also like reading about our walks on the Rota Vicentina / Fisherman's Trail, the Camino de San Salvador,  the Camino de Madrid, the Camino Portugués (Lisbon to Porto to Santiago), the Camino Portugués (Coastal and Espiritual), the Camino Finisterre, the Via Podiensis / GR65, and the Camino Francés.

We have also completed several other long-distance hikes in Canada, including the Bruce Trail, the East Coast Trail, and 20,000 km of the Trans Canada Trail from the Atlantic to the Pacific to the Arctic.

 
See you on the Way!