Camino del Norte Day 2: San Sebastian to Zarautz

April 21, 2025

Moments of beauty: a wall of daisies

Multicereal croissant and a cafe con leche at Tahona Bakery

Catchflies along the roadside

Roadside wildflowers: 1) European columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris) 2) Spanish needles 3) white flower 4) turtle head

white asphodel (Asphodelus albus)

Gleaming skies

Walking through a beech and birch forest before Orio

A typical Santiago waymarking sign

European columbine

Walking past a vineyard

So much floral variety on the trail! 1) yellow 2) malva 3) European columbine 4) cluster

Arriving in Orio, a great place to stop for lunch

The Camino went through this building in Orio

Pintxo in Orio

A cheery roadside plant in Aia

The road goes up

Down to the ocean

Painting from Mineral Quarry before Zarautz

Winding paths

Down to Zarautz

Zarautz

Blai Blai Hostel

Pilgrim boots at Blai Blai Hostel, Zarautz. All hostels had a designated place to leave boots and poles.

A stroll along the beach at Zarautz