Camino Aragonés
18.3 km, 282 m up and 270 m down, through 2 places, 2 of which have somewhere to sleep. Where you stop is up to you.
Every place on the path in order, with the distance from Los Arcos. Most are too small to sleep in — a fountain, a chapel, a bar that may or may not be open — but they are what the day is actually made of.
The camino exits through the Arco de Felipe V and crosses the Río Odrón. A few albergues are on the west side of the river. From here the route heads through rolling country toward Sansol and Torres del Río — about 7 km with some ups and downs that earn this stretch the local nickname 'The Knee Wrecker.'
The descent from Sansol to Torres del Río is steep and short. You'll wonder why anyone built a town at the bottom of a valley with so little defensive advantage — the answer is the Río Linares and easy access to water.
The stretch between here and Viana — about 11 km — has frequent ups and downs on exposed terrain. The only shade and service point is at the Capilla de la Virgen del Poyo, where a seasonal food kiosk sets up. Carry water.
Leaving Viana, you cross the border into La Rioja. The transition is gradual — the landscape opens up as you descend from Viana's ridge toward the Ebro valley. The Ermita de la Virgen de las Cuevas marks the old boundary, and from there the approach to Logroño is flat and increasingly urban.
Distance, climb and descent are measured along the GPS track for this camino — 268 recorded points across this span, the same track the app carries. The town-to-town figures in my data put it at 18.4 km.
Esta entidad ha sido beneficiaria de una ayuda del Programa de incentivos a la movilidad eficiente y sostenible (MOVES III), gestionado por la Xunta de Galicia a través del Instituto Enerxético de Galicia (INEGA) en el marco del Real Decreto 266/2021, y cofinanciada por la Unión Europea — NextGenerationEU, dentro del Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia.