Santiago de Compostela amadziwika kuti ndi umodzi mwa mizinda yofunika kwambiri mu dziko lachikhristu, ndipo uli mu tchalitchi chachikulu komwe mafupa a St James akuti akupumula. Pali njira ndi miyambo yochokera ku Yudeya yomwe inkapita ku Santiago kuyambira kale, ndipo ngakhale zaka za m'ma 1200, inali ulendo wotchuka, ndipo Codex Calixtinus inali buku kuyambira nthawi imeneyo yomwe inalongosola njira imodzi yopita ku Santiago. Panali ochepa oyendayenda pamsewu kumayambiriro kwa zaka makumi awiri ndi makumi awiri, koma kubwezeretsedwa kumapeto kwa zaka za makumi awiri ndi makumi awiri, kuphatikizapo kusintha kwa maofesiwa ndi filimu ya Hollywood 'The Way', yathandiza Camino de Santiago kubwerera bwino kuposa kale lonse .
Pali njira zosiyanasiyana zosiyana siyana, zomwe zimapereka zochitika zake zosiyana ndikuyenda, komanso ngati mukufunafuna kuyendayenda kapena zochitika zachipembedzo, izi ndizofunika kuziganizira.
01 ya 06
Camino Francés
Iyi ndi njira yotchuka kwambiri ku Santiago panthawiyi, ndipo imayamba ndi kukwera kovuta pa Pyrenees kuchokera ku St Jean Pied de Port kum'mwera kwa France, kupita ku Roncesvalles ku Spain. Njirayi imayenda mumtunda wa makilomita 800 kudutsa kumpoto kwa Spain, kudutsa mumzinda wodabwitsa wa Pamplona, Burgos, ndi Leon panjira. Ichi ndi chimodzi mwa njira zabwino kwambiri kwa iwo omwe akufunafuna malo oyenera, monga momwe nthawi zambiri mumakhala mabungwe a albergues omwe akuyang'ana mabedi, pamodzi ndi malesitilanti ndi mahoitchini, ndi malo omwe akukhalapo nthawi zambiri, pamodzi ndi chiwerengero cha anthu omwe mudzawawona, pamene mukuyandikira Santiago.
02 a 06
Camino Primitivo
Njira yomwe ingayende yokha kapena yosiyana ndi ya Camino Frances, Primitivo imayambira mumzinda wa Leon ndikupita kumpoto ku Oviedo, komwe amwendamnjira amakafika ku Church of San Miguel de Lillo. Izi ndizovuta kwambiri ndipo zimakhala ndi masiku ena omwe akudutsa m'mapiri, ngakhale kuti ambiri omwe amakonda mapiri adzalandira malingaliro ndikuyenda pampando wa Primitivo mochititsa chidwi kwambiri kuposa a Frances.
03 a 06
Camino Portugués
Monga momwe dzinali limasonyezera, njira iyi yopita ku Santiago de Compostela imadutsa m'madera ambiri okongola a Portugal, ndipo ili njira ya kumidzi, kuyambira mumzinda wa Lisbon, ndikuyenda kudutsa ku Coimbra ndi Porto. Njira yachidule ndiyo kuyenda kuchokera ku Tui ku Galicia, yomwe ili pafupi ndi makilomita 100 kuchokera ku Santiago kuti alole amwendamnjira kuti apatsidwe ndi compostela , kalata yoperekedwa kwa iwo omwe amaliza ulendo wopita ku Santiago. Kamera iyi ndi makilomita 620 kuchokera kumayambiriro a Lisbon, ndikukula m'malesitilanti, migahawa, ndi albergues pamsewu, zomwe zapangitsa kuti izi zikhale zabwino kwambiri pazaka zaposachedwapa.
04 ya 06
Inglese za Camino
Njirayi ndi imodzi yomwe oyendayenda ochokera ku England, Wales, Ireland ndi Northern Europe akhala akugwiritsidwa ntchito kwa zaka mazana ambiri, monga momwe amachitira kukafika ku doko la La Coruna, ndipo amachoka kumeneko kapena ku tauni yapafupi ya Ferrol. Iyi ndi njira ina yomwe imakhala yotchuka pakati pa iwo omwe anali kufunafuna chidziwitso cha camino popanda ziwerengero zazikulu zomwe zimapezeka pa Camino Frances, ndipo malo okongola a Galicia pamene mukugwira ntchito kumwera kwa Santiago ndizochititsa chidwi kwambiri.
05 ya 06
Camino Norte
Pamene Camino Frances amayenda kudutsa kumpoto kwa Spain, Camino Norte amakumbatira gombe la kumpoto kuchokera ku San Sebastian kudzera ku Bilbao, Santander, ndi Gijon asanayambe kupita ku Santiago. Izi ndi zabwino kwa iwo omwe amasangalala ndi kuyenda panyanja ndi nsomba, ndipo amakhulupirira kuti akutsatira njira yakale ya Aroma yomwe nthawi ina inkatsatira nyanja. Njirayi imayenda pang'ono m'misewu ya dziko kusiyana ndi njira zina, komabe imadodometsa midzi ndi midzi yodabwitsa kwambiri kuti ikhale pamsewu.
06 ya 06
Camino Le Puy
Ngati makilomita 800 kuchokera ku St Jean Pied de Port kupita ku Santiago sizitali ndithu, kutenga njira yomwe ikuyambira mumzinda wa France wa Le Puy yowonjezera makilomita 736 kupita ku njira yonse, miyezi yakuyenda. Zizindikiro apa zikudziwika kuti ndi Grande Route 65, ndipo ndithudi pali zina zazikulu zomwe zikuyenda panjira, pomwe gawo ili liri ndi zambiri komanso zochepa, koma zimapangitsanso chidwi chokhacho chomwe chidzakondweretsa omwe akuyamba kuchokera ku St Jean.