Pilgrim walks in Aragón

The Via Tolosana is one of the four major French pilgrimage routes to Santiago and is considered the wildest and most adventurous of the four routes.

The pilgrimage route follows the path that the later canonized Ignatius took in 1522 from his birthplace Loyola (Azpeitia) to Manresa.

The Camino Aragonés connects the Via Tolosana on the Pyrenees from the France-Spain border at the Col du Somport to the Camino Francés at Puente La Reina.

The Camino Aragonés connects the Via Tolosana in the Pyrenees from the France-Spain border at the Col du Somport to the Camino Francés at Puente La Reina.

The Camino Aragonés connects the Via Tolosana in the Pyrenees from the France-Spain border at the Col du Somport to the Camino Francés at Puente La Reina.

This hike takes us from Arles in France to the Pyrenean pass "Col du Somport." The Via Tolosana is also called "chemin d'Arles" in France.

The Camino Aragonés connects the Via Tolosana in the Pyrenees from the France-Spain border at the Col du Somport to the Camino Francés at Puente La Reina.

The Camino Aragonés connects the Via Tolosana in the Pyrenees from the France - Spain border at the Col du Somport to the Camino Francés near Puente La Reina.

Tackle the highest pass on any of the Camino variants that cross the Pyrenees, the Port de Bucharo at 2270m. This route through the Hautes-Pyrénées "Vallée des Gaves" starts in the pilgrimage town of Lourdes and heads south towards Gavarnie before crossing the Bucharo pass and descending to St Nicolas de Bujaruelo, 1000m below. From here connect with the GR11 or the Camino and continue west towards Santiago de Compostella. This route is roughly 7 days walking from Lourdes to St Nicolas de Bujaruleo in Spain.

The “Ignatius Way” describes the route from Ignatius' birthplace (a manor house in Azpeitia, in the Basque Country) to the “Ignatius Cave" in Manresa (near the Montserrat monastery in Catalonia). Catalonia welcomes the pilgrims of the Ignatius Way with open arms on its 7 stages, stages 21-27 of the entire route towards Montserrat and Manresa.