This is the most popular route. It begins in the Pyrenees and has two variants depending on where you choose to enter: Roncesvalles (through Navarre) or Somport (through Aragon). Both routes meet in the town of Puente la Reina, and then continue on through the territories of La Rioja and Castile-León towards Galicia.
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Did you know?
The reason the scallop shell became the symbol of the Way of Saint James was that in the old days, these shells, commonly found on the Galician coastline, were brought home by pilgrims as proof of having completed the route.

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