Stage 5: Puente la Reina – Estella-Lizarra
Stage 5 in brief
Stage 5 of the French Way covers 21.8 km from Puente la Reina to Estella-Lizarra, Navarre, Spain.
It climbs 489 m and descends 414 m, topping out at 497 m; it starts at 355 m and ends at 430 m.
The DIN 33466 walking time is 6 h 40 min without breaks (4 km an hour on the level, 300 m an hour uphill, 500 m downhill).
In terms of effort it counts as demanding.
10% of the route runs through forest.
The best months are February–March, June and September, judged by temperature and rain at the highest point.
At the high point the warmest month, August, averages 29° by day.
A bus stop or station lies within 800 m of the start or the finish. There is a car park near the start.
This is a suggested stage: it ends in a village or town with beds (albergue, hostel or a town with places to stay) and keeps the day lengths even. The way itself has no fixed daily stages.
Facts
- Distance
- 21.8 km
- Ascent / descent
- 489 m / 414 m
- Highest / lowest point
- 497 m / 334 m
- Walking time
- 6 h 40 min
- Effort
- demanding
- Steepest kilometre
- 12 %
- In forest
- 10 %
- Best months
- Feb–Mar · Jun · Sep
- Start
- Puente la Reina
- Finish
- Estella-Lizarra
- Network
- International route
- Stages
- 5 / 35
The line on the ground
Elevation profile
Height every 20 mThe year month by month
- Jangood, wetter
- Febgood
- Margood
- Aprgood, wetter
- Maygood, wetter
- Jungood
- Julpossible
- Augpossible
- Sepgood
- Octgood, wetter
- Novgood, wetter
- Decgood, wetter
Climate at the high point (497 m)
Averages 1981–2010 adjusted to the height with 6.5 °C per km; daylight at the start| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 9° | 10° | 14° | 17° | 21° | 26° | 28° | 29° | 24° | 19° | 13° | 9° |
| Average low | 2° | 2° | 4° | 6° | 9° | 13° | 15° | 15° | 12° | 9° | 5° | 2° |
| Precipitation | 70 mm | 59 mm | 61 mm | 84 mm | 72 mm | 54 mm | 36 mm | 34 mm | 47 mm | 76 mm | 85 mm | 84 mm |
| Daylight | 9 h 23 min | 10 h 33 min | 11 h 53 min | 13 h 22 min | 14 h 37 min | 15 h 18 min | 15 h 01 min | 13 h 57 min | 12 h 32 min | 11 h 06 min | 9 h 47 min | 9 h 04 min |
This week on the route
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Kilometre by kilometre
| km | What | Name | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0 | Town or village | Puente la Reina | 352 m |
| 0.0 | Town or village | Obanos · 2.6 km off the route | 416 m |
| 0.0 | Sight | Church of Santiago, Puente la Reina | – |
| 0.0 | Pilgrim hostel | Albergue Amalur | – |
| 0.0 | Pilgrim hostel | Albergue Gares | – |
| 0.0 | Pilgrim hostel | Albergue Puente | – |
| 0.1 | Hostel | Hostal Plaza | – |
| 0.1 | Sight | Casa de los Cubiertos | – |
| 0.3 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 0.3 | Pilgrim hostel | Albergue Estrella Guía | – |
| 0.3 | Viewpoint | – | – |
| 0.4 | Sight | Puente la Reina | – |
| 0.4 | Viewpoint | Puente Románico | – |
| 4.2 | Shelter | – | – |
| 4.5 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 4.8 | Pilgrim hostel | Albergue Lurgorri | – |
| 4.8 | Town or village | Mañeru | 460 m |
| 4.8 | Pilgrim hostel | Albergue de Peregrinos El Cantero | – |
| 7.2 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 7.4 | Town or village | Cirauqui | 491 m |
| 7.5 | Shelter | – | – |
| 7.6 | Pilgrim hostel | Albergue de Peregrinos Casa Maralotx | – |
| 8.1 | Picnic spot | – | – |
| 13.0 | Picnic spot | – | – |
| 13.2 | Shelter | – | – |
| 17.0 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 17.3 | Shelter | – | – |
| 17.5 | Town or village | Villatuerta | 428 m |
| 17.7 | Pilgrim hostel | Albergue de Villatuerta (La Casa Mágica) | – |
| 17.8 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 18.9 | Picnic spot | – | – |
| 21.1 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 21.2 | Pilgrim hostel | Albergue - Hostería de Curtidores | – |
| 21.4 | Sight | Church of the Santo Sepulcro, Estella | – |
| 21.5 | Pilgrim hostel | Albergue de ANFAS | – |
| 21.5 | Sight | Church of Santa María Jus del Castillo | – |
| 21.6 | Sight | Palacio del Gobernador de Estella | – |
| 21.6 | Pilgrim hostel | Albergue Municipal de Peregrinos de Estella | – |
| 21.6 | Pilgrim hostel | Albergue parroquial San Miguel | – |
| 21.6 | Hostel | Ágora Hostel | – |
| 21.6 | Sight | Church of San Miguel, Estella | – |
| 21.8 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 21.8 | Town or village | Estella-Lizarra | 430 m |
| 21.8 | Town or village | Ayegui · 1.6 km off the route | 493 m |
| 21.8 | Sight | Palacio de los Reyes de Navarra, Estella | – |
| 21.8 | Sight | Church of San Pedro de la Rúa, Estella | – |
| 21.8 | Sight | Barrio de San Pedro la Rúa | – |
Surface, shade and gradients
Seen along the route
Start, stops and airports
- Start
- 42.67213° N, 1.81448° W · 355 m
- Finish
- 42.66936° N, 2.02941° W · 430 m
- Car park at the start
- yes · 101 m
- Stop at the start
- Gares / Puente la Reina · Bus stop · 119 m
- Stop at the finish
- Estella Renolit · Bus stop · 93 m
- Nearest airport
- Pamplona Airport (PNA) · 17.5 km
- Nearest airport
- Logroño-Agoncillo Airport (RJL) · 47.7 km
Conditions change: check the official sources, the signposts and the weather before you set off. Walking times follow DIN 33466 and do not include breaks. Route data as of 2026-10-16. Report an error