Camino Aragonés: Somport to Puente la Reina · Stage 2
Walking time measured on the mapped line (TrailSplits time model, moving time; within 22 % on four in five test legs). Outside Switzerland our walking times often run short of the times route operators publish; treat them as optimistic. Climb measured on the mapped line, on terrain heights.
From Jaca west to the hilltop village of Arrés: 25.24 km by the Federación; 25.1 km on our line. Arrés's pilgrim hostel, run by volunteers for a donation, is the only bed listed at the stage end, and it is closed from November to March.
Best season: March to October. The paths can be walked outside summer, but the pilgrim hostels decide the season. Jaca's municipal hostel opens from March to October, Arrés's is closed from November to March, Monreal's closes at the end of October, Sangüesa's municipal hostel on 31 October, and Obanos's in mid-October. Most private hostels in Puente la Reina close between 12 October and 1 November. Open all year: the Jaca Hostel, Artieda, both hostels in Undués de Lerda, a pension in Sangüesa, Tiebas and the parish hostel in Puente la Reina. Before you go
Facts read from the guide's sources and OpenStreetMap on 13 October 2026. A page can change after we read it, so confirm with your accommodation before you rely on a date or a bed.
Stage start
Town
A town with a cathedral and a station. The municipal pilgrim hostel (Hospital Viejo) is open from March to October; the Jaca Hostel of the Escolapios is open all year.
A town or village: find accommodation yourself. TrailSplits has not checked what is open.
Albergue Municipal de Peregrinos de Jaca · Hostel or bunkhouse
Season 2026: 1 March 2026 to 31 October 2026
Residencia Albergue Jaca Hostel · Hostel or bunkhouse
Season 2026: 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026
Stage end · overnight
Town
A hilltop village. Its pilgrim hostel, run by volunteers for a donation, is closed from November to March.
A town or village: find accommodation yourself. TrailSplits has not checked what is open.
Albergue de Peregrinos de Arrés · Hostel or bunkhouse
Season 2026: 1 April 2026 to 31 October 2026
Federación Española de Asociaciones de Amigos del Camino de Santiago, stage 2, Jaca to Arrés: 25.24 km; it publishes no walking times. caminosantiago.org, read 13 October 2026
Make it your trip
The traditional pilgrim hostels take no bookings: one night, in order of arrival, walkers first, with a pilgrim credential, which the Gobierno de Navarra calls the only requirement for a hostel in Navarra. Several are seasonal: Jaca's municipal hostel opens from March to October, Arrés's from April to October, Monreal's from early March to the end of October, Sangüesa's municipal hostel from Holy Week to 31 October, and Obanos's Usda from Holy Week to mid-October. The private hostels differ: Artieda advises booking, the Jaca Hostel and Undués de Lerda's youth hostel take bookings, and in Puente la Reina Estrella Guía takes only booked guests from November. In winter the beds that stay open are the Jaca Hostel, Artieda, Undués de Lerda, Sangüesa's pension, Tiebas and the Padres Reparadores in Puente la Reina, but with Arrés closed there is no listed bed at the end of stage 2.
The Federación's six stages, with the long stage 5 split at Sangüesa: seven days.
Plan this journeyThe four stages through Aragón, from the Pyrenees to the edge of Navarra.
Plan this journeyTurismo de Navarra's 56 km through Navarra, in two days by Monreal.
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Typical weather on this stage: at the lowest point (599 m) and the highest point (823 m). Select a month to see why it is rated as it is.
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| High point, day / night | 9°/2° | 11°/2° | 15°/4° | 16°/6° | 21°/9° | 25°/13° | 29°/15° | 30°/15° | 24°/12° | 18°/9° | 12°/5° | 10°/2° |
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| Rain, mm | 60 | 49 | 54 | 63 | 57 | 45 | 25 | 34 | 44 | 80 | 85 | 60 |
| Snow at high point | Frost | Frost | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Daylight | 9 h 23 | 10 h 32 | 11 h 51 | 13 h 20 | 14 h 35 | 15 h 17 | 15 h 02 | 13 h 58 | 12 h 34 | 11 h 08 | 9 h 49 | 9 h 05 |
Source: TerraClimate 1991–2020 monthly averages. Averages for the area at each point’s elevation (4 km grid, corrected for height). Not a forecast or a report of current trail conditions. Snow at the high point is estimated with a simple snowpack model from these temperatures and precipitation, not observed; steep islands and high summits can hold more snow than it shows. Daylight is for the 15th of each month. Hut, transport and park seasons are separate: check them for your dates.
Before you go
Arrange your stays, food and travel first, then check conditions again near departure.
The Federación's alerts for Somport to Jaca say the footbridge below the Canfranc reservoir is half collapsed and closed to use, and that the track has partly sunk after rain. It gives no detour, and we could not tell where the footbridge is on our line or which way round it goes, so our line is unchanged. Follow the signs on the spot and ask locally, in Canfranc or Jaca, before you walk this part. Federación stage 1 alerts, read 13 October 2026.
Federación: stage 1, Somport to JacaJaca's municipal hostel is open from March to October, Arrés's is closed from November to March, Sangüesa's municipal hostel closes on 31 October, Monreal's at the end of October and Obanos's Usda in mid-October. In Puente la Reina, Jakue closed on 12 October 2026, Gares and Santiago Apóstol close on 31 October and Albergue Puente on 1 November. Open all year: the Jaca Hostel, Artieda, both hostels in Undués de Lerda, the Pensión el peregrino in Sangüesa, Tiebas, the Padres Reparadores and Estrella Guía (booked guests only from November). Federación hostel listings, read 13 October 2026.
Federación: the Camino Francés por Aragón and its hostelsThe traditional hostels are for pilgrims on foot, by bike or on horseback who carry a credential. They take no advance bookings, fill in order of arrival, give walkers priority, and let you stay one night unless you are ill. Private hostels set their own rules: several take bookings. In low season, phone the Refugio de Ruesta first. Federación hostel rules, read 13 October 2026.
Federación: hostel rulesUndués de Lerda to Monreal is 37.8 km. Most walkers stop in Sangüesa, 10.6 km in, which leaves about 27 km to Monreal. After Sangüesa the Federación gives two ways that meet again on the way down to Izco: over the hill by Rocaforte, which our line takes, or on the flat through the Foz de Lumbier, a variant with a dark tunnel where a torch is essential. Federación stage 5, read 13 October 2026.
Federación: stage 5, Undués de Lerda to MonrealThe Federación ends the route at the hermitage of San Salvador in Obanos, where it meets the Camino from Roncesvalles, not in Puente la Reina as is often said. After Tiebas it gives two options to Enériz, by Campanas and Biurrun or by Muruarte de Reta and Olcoz; our line takes the first, and runs on to Puente la Reina. Turismo de Navarra counts 56 km from Sangüesa to Puente la Reina. Federación stage 6, read 13 October 2026.
Federación: stage 6, Monreal to ObanosGetting there
Travel around Jaca to Arrés.
Google Maps journey searches, not confirmed services. A mountain endpoint may need a booked transfer or an additional walk.
The line starts at the pass, by the bus stop "Somport - Douane". We did not check which buses reach it: the Gobierno de Aragón's T01 timetables for the Jacetania (valid from 1 October 2026) are the place to look. Jaca has a station and is the hub of the valley.
Gobierno de Aragón: T01 bus timetables (PDF)La Burundesa's Pamplona to Jaca bus runs once a day each way and stops at Monreal, Yesa, Tiermas, Escó, Sigüés and Berdún, but it may not carry you between Pamplona and the Navarra stops, so it only links Pamplona with the Aragón villages; its timetable file is dated February 2022. The Aragón line T01-12 runs from Tiermas by Escó and Sigüés to Jaca twice a day and back once, and Artieda has a bus on Thursdays only. We could not read a timetable for Sangüesa.
La Burundesa: Pamplona to Jaca timetable (PDF)La Estellesa's Pamplona to Logroño line serves Puente la Reina / Gares and Obanos (Empalme); we did not read its times. From Puente la Reina the Camino Francés goes on west to Estella and Santiago.
Turismo de Navarra: the Camino Aragonés in NavarraTake your trip with you
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Route & sources
The Federación Española de Asociaciones de Amigos del Camino de Santiago lists the Camino Aragonés (its "Camino Francés por Aragón") in six stages from the Somport pass: Jaca, Arrés, Artieda, Undués de Lerda, Monreal and Obanos, 162.23 km on its main route. It publishes no stage times: its pages give each stage's km only, shown with ours on every stage. Officially the route ends at the hermitage of San Salvador in Obanos, where it meets the Camino from Roncesvalles; this page ends at Puente la Reina, where most walkers end it, 2.98 km on by the Federación's Navarra table. Our line is 163.5 km, on OpenStreetMap relations 2163936 and 2163937 (from the planet of 11 October 2026), cut at the six stage ends: 30.7 km against the Federación's 31.4 on stage 1, 25.1 against 25.24, 17.5 against 17.67, 21.7 against 21.85, 37.7 against 37.8, and 30.8 km on stage 6 against 28.27 to Obanos. The two mapped parts do not meet in Artieda, so our router joins them through the village, about 0.5 km. Where the Federación gives two ways, the line takes the hill route by Rocaforte after Sangüesa, not the Foz de Lumbier variant, and after Tiebas the option by Campanas, Biurrun and Úcar, not the one by Muruarte de Reta and Olcoz. Our climb is measured on terrain heights.
Official guidance and mapped-source comparison checked 13 October 2026. Map data is a route reference, not confirmation of today's path, weather or accommodation availability.
Federación de Amigos del Camino de Santiago: Camino Francés por AragónMap data © OpenStreetMap contributors · Source relation