Camino Francés
10.6 km, 152 m up and 92 m down, through 1 place, 1 of which has somewhere to sleep. Where you stop is up to you.
Every place on the path in order, with the distance from Hornillos del Camino. 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.
Hornillos is one of the best-preserved examples of a 'royal road' village: a single long street — the Calle Real — stretched along the camino, with every building facing the pilgrim traffic. This layout allowed each hous…
Don't let the endless wheat worry you. Hontanas stays hidden from view until you're almost on top of it — the village sits in a small depression that's invisible from a distance on the flat meseta.
Hontanas takes its name from the fontanas (natural springs) that dot the area. The springs still pour day and night, feeding fountains around the village. In summer, the local pool does most of the refreshing. The villa…
Distance, climb and descent are measured along the GPS track for this camino — 82 recorded points across this span, the same track the app carries. The town-to-town figures in my data put it at 10.7 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.