The French Way is the Camino de Santiago in which most of the European medieval pilgrimage routes converge, being therefore the road of greatest historical relevance and the one most followed by pilgrims. Its starting point, today, can be considered both Roncesvalles and Saint Jean Pied de Port through Valcarlos (Luzaide). The road is characterized by its landscape variety and extraordinary monumental wealth. Overcrowding is its biggest drawback. Although the long-haul pilgrimage is becoming, year after year, a percentage minority phenomenon, at present there are still many who begin our Way in the Pyrenees. It is evident that starting the route at the top of a mountain, or in the valley that precedes it, lacks historical meaning and does not respond to any tradition, but only to a convention established throughout the twentieth century. Crossing the Pyrenees on foot is one of the most satisfying and exciting experiences a pilgrim can make. In addition to feeling both heirs and protagonists of a great tradition, we will enjoy magnificent panoramas, and in the hardness we will group with other companions and make the first friendships of the route. In addition, if only for one day, we will experience the genuine international dimension of the Jacobean pilgrimage, nothing to do with the shameful invention that reduces the experience to a comfortable walk from Sarria. https://www.gronze.com/camino-frances/informacion