The way of Saint James The Way of Saint James Last year I decided to do St James Way by bike. It took me one week to cover the 700 km that separates my city from Santiago. It was a great experience; I could see a lot of places and landscapes. I used to get up very early in the morning at 5:30 AM because it’s very hot in Spain in June and I had to do so many kilometers each day (I only had one week off). Normally people do it on foot in one month from Roncesvalles and the average per day is 30 km but you also can do by bike as me. The Way of Saint James has its start point in France and finish in Spain in Santiago de Compostela, it’s 900 km long more or less (I can’t remember the exact distance right now), there are thousands of pilgrims who do the way, some of them for religious causes, others looking for adventure holidays… but for everybody is a great experience to remember. You can meet people from all over the world and all ranges of age, all the nationalities are represented in the Way: French, Corean, Italian, Japanese people… some of them are Catholics others not but all of them enjoy the way. I suppose they have so much fun because it’s so different to all the things they usually do in their life-stiles, as the only purpose on the day is get up early, eat, find a pilgrim hostel, walk and enjoy the nature, cities and villages you visit, you don’t need to think in anything, just walk. In short, in my opinion it’s such a great experience! and I recommend to do at least once in a lifetime.