Camino Francés
15.8 km, 70 m up and 53 m down, through 3 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 Ermita de San Nicolás. 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.
Just beyond the ermita is the Puente Fitero, which crosses the river of the same name and brings you into the province of Palencia.
Crossing the Puente Fitero brings you into the province of Palencia. The bridge here has survived the centuries, though others to the south disappeared long ago — taking with them the pilgrim traffic whose commerce built…
The Iglesia de San Pedro Apóstol at the entrance to town has an image of Santiago Peregrino. The village name, the river, and the word for the stone markers (hitos) that mark the camino all share a common Latin root — it…
The camino leaving Boadilla joins a path alongside the Canal de Castilla, an 18th-century waterway built for both irrigation and transport. You'll follow the canal to the outskirts of Frómista, crossing at one of the locks. It's flat, pleasant walking with water alongside — a novelty on the meseta.
Leaving Frómista requires retracing your steps to the main intersection — don't wander blindly through town. If you're departing before dawn, scout the arrows the evening before. The trail follows a straight path alongside the road toward Población de Campos.
Distance, climb and descent are measured along the GPS track for this camino — 109 recorded points across this span, the same track the app carries. The town-to-town figures in my data put it at 15.5 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.