Camino Frances: León to Samos (Camino de Santiago)

Part 5: Walk with us on the Camino Frances as we leave León and the Meseta and enter the green hills of Galicia. We visit the towns of Hospital de Órbigo, Astorga, Foncebadon, El Acebo, Ponferrada, and Villafranca del Bierzo, and end in Samos with it’s historical monastery. This chapter is all about milestones! We visit the Cruz de Ferro (Iron Cross) and conquer the climb up O Cebreiro.

We started our walk on August 7, 2023 in Le Puy-en-Velay. After spending 28 days walking in France, we arrived at Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port on September 3rd. From there, we continued on the Camino Frances, arriving in Santiago de Compostela on September 29, 2023.

Part one of this journey, the Via Podiensis (Chemin du Puy, Le Puy Camino) Vlogs: https://bit.ly/viapodiensisvlogs

This is Lainey’s second time walking the Camino Frances and Shawn’s 4th. We hiked the Via Podiensis, Camino Primitivo, and Camino de Invierno in 2023, the Camino del Norte in 2019, and the Camino Frances in 2017. We packed ultralight bags for all of our journeys.

🎒🎒What’s in our bags? Camino Packing List videos:
Lainey’s: https://youtu.be/zL7vZXcuu8o
Shawn’s: https://youtu.be/Cg3Pwan8L30

Camino Tips and Advice: https://bit.ly/CaminoTips
Camino Frances Vlogs: https://bit.ly/CaminoFrancesVlogs
Camino Primitivo Vlogs: https://bit.ly/CaminoPrimitivoVlogs
Camino de Invierno Vlogs: https://bit.ly/CaminoInviernoVlogs
Camino Norte Vlogs: https://bit.ly/CaminoNorteVlogs
Via Podiensis (Chemin du Puy, Le Puy Camino) Vlogs: https://bit.ly/viapodiensisvlogs

Filmed on September 20-25, 2023.

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