Stage 4. Pamplona – Puente la Reina (23.9 km)

In today's stage we leave Pamplona through sunflower fields and beech and oak forests towards Puente la Reina. Before arriving we will have to climb to the top of Alto del Perdón (750 m), our main difficulty of the day. The end of the stage takes us to one of the great villages of the French Way, Puente la Reina Its name comes from the medieval bridge built by a Navarrese queen to save the passage of pilgrims and which is closely linked to the Order of the Temple.

Would you like to walk this stage with your accommodation already booked? These organised trips include it: French Way from Roncesvalles to Santiago de Compostela and French Way from Roncesvalles to Logroño.

You leave Pamplona and face the dreaded climb to the Alto del Perdón, one of the most photographed spots on the Camino, with its row of iron pilgrims battered by the wind: "where the path of the wind crosses that of the stars." After the descent, you can detour to the Romanesque jewel of Santa María de Eunate before reaching Puente la Reina and its beautiful medieval bridge.