From Somport in the Aragonese Pyrenees to Puente la Reina where it joins the French Way.
Stages(8)
Somport → Jaca
A spectacular start of the Aragonese Way from the Somport pass (1,640m) on the French border. Continuous descent through the Aragón valley among beech and pine forests. Pass through Canfranc and its abandoned international station, a modernist jewel. Jaca was the first capital of the Kingdom of Aragon, with an 11th-century Romanesque cathedral.
Jaca → Arrés
Leave Jaca and its star-shaped citadel to walk through the Canal de Berdún, a wide valley between the Pyrenees and the pre-Pyrenean sierras. Open landscape of cereal fields with snow-capped peaks in the background. Arrés is a small Aragonese hamlet with a Romanesque church and absolute tranquility.
Arrés → Ruesta
A short stage towards the Yesa reservoir. Cross semi-abandoned villages of the Aragonese Pyrenees. Ruesta is an abandoned medieval village that has been partially recovered as a pilgrim hostel, with views of the Yesa reservoir and the Sierra de Leyre. A place with a unique, ghostly atmosphere.
Ruesta → Sangüesa
Cross from Aragon to Navarra through the Lumbier gorge, a spectacular canyon carved by the Irati river. Sangüesa is a medieval Navarrese town with the church of Santa MarÃa la Real, whose Romanesque portico is one of the masterpieces of Spanish medieval sculpture.
Sangüesa → Monreal
A stage through the middle lands of Navarra, among gentle hills and cereal fields. Pass through Izco and villages with rural Romanesque churches. Monreal is a Navarrese town at the foot of the Sierra del Perdón, with a medieval bridge and ruins of the royal castle. From here you can already see the way to Puente la Reina.
Monreal → Puente la Reina
The final stage of the Aragonese Way. Cross the Sierra del Perdón with its famous iron pilgrim monument at the summit, before descending to Puente la Reina. This medieval town owes its name to the 11th-century Romanesque bridge where the Aragonese and French Ways converge to continue united towards Santiago.
Alternative: Jaca → Santa Cilia
A variant of the Aragonese Way leaving Jaca on the alternative historic route. Walk through the Aragón river valley passing through Santa Cruz de la Serós, with its 11th-century Romanesque monastery. Santa Cilia is a quiet hamlet at the foot of the pre-Pyrenean sierras with a well-equipped pilgrim hostel.
Santa Cilia → Puente la Reina via Arrés
Continuation of the alternative variant reconnecting with the main route. From Santa Cilia join the path at Arrés and continue through the Canal de Berdún. This variant offers more solitary landscapes and a visit to the monastery of San Juan de la Peña, a jewel of Aragonese Romanesque architecture hidden under a huge rock.