Villarmentero de Campos to Calzadilla de la Cueza

What you pass through

Every place on the path in order, with the distance from Villarmentero de Campos. 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.

1. start
   Villarmentero de Campos789 m3 to stayBar

   Another tiny meseta village between Revenga and Villalcázar de Sirga. No reliable services. The landscape here is pure Tierra de Campos — flat, agricultural, and vast.

2. 4.0 km
   Villalcázar de Sirga807 m6 to stayBar · food

   The Iglesia de Santa María la Blanca dominates the village with the appearance of a fortress-church — which is exactly what it was. The Knights Templar built and maintained it, and the military architecture is unmistakab…

3. 10.0 km
   Carrión de los Condes835 m13 to stayBar · food

   Carrión de los Condes sits at the junction of the pilgrim road and the Río Carrión, a position that made it a prosperous medieval town. Today it's quieter, but enough of the old architecture survives to justify a proper …

   When leaving Carrión de los Condes, stock up on water. The next 17 km to Calzadilla de la Cueza have little shade and no reliable water source. In recent years a seasonal roadside kiosk has appeared at roughly the halfway point, but don't count on it.

4. 27.0 km
   Calzadilla de la Cueza859 m4 to stayBar · food

   Several route variants exist between here and Ledigos (6.2 km). A stone marker at the edge of town indicates the options. Most detours take you further into the hills and away from the road — they merge back to the main route before Ledigos. The terrain is open and gently rolling.