Pilgrims on the road and friends along the way send me changes every day, and they go out the same day. The Camino Francés app carries all of it offline, and it's still being built — new features arrive routinely.
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Nothing says you have to stop here, or there. These are simply the towns within a comfortable day's walk, so you can decide tonight.
| Town | km from here | Shared | Private | The walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Juan de Ortega | 11.9 | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | |
| Agés | 15.8 | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | |
| Atapuerca | 18.2 | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | |
| Cardeñuela Riopico | 24.0 | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | |
| Orbaneja Riopico | 26.3 | — No | ✓ Yes | |
| Castañares | 31.1 | — No | ✓ Yes |
The Alto de la Pedraja marks the highest point of the Montes de Oca crossing. Picnic tables at the top offer a rest. The forest continues on both sides.
Along the climb you'll pass a monument to a group of men from Burgos whose bodies were dumped here after their execution during the Spanish Civil War. These roadside memorials appear periodically across northern Spain — quiet reminders of a conflict whose scars are still raw.
The descent from the alto continues through forest toward San Juan de Ortega. The path intersects with ATV trails at several points — follow the yellow arrows carefully. Like the river valleys of Navarra, this dense woodland was once a favorite haunt of bandits preying on pilgrims.
20. September 2026 - 10:03
Dr P, aka Capitán del Cafe has great coffee, watermelon, bananas as water. Also sells hand painted shells and poetry. Very nice man— stop and chat with him!
1. June 2026 - 9:24
Still there beginning of June 2026
25. May 2026 - 10:12
On the way down
14. May 2026 - 16:52
Well past the summit, on the mostly-flat part pf the road through the forest (following the descent), at the intersection of two dirt/gravel roads.
16. September 2025 - 7:49
Small kiosk selling watermelon juice and coffee as well as banana. Around 2 or 3km from Alto de la Pedraja. Was here around 7.45am
29. May 2024 - 18:59
Small food truck here yesterday, about 5km up from Villafranca. Soft drinks for sale.
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.