San Olav
28.8 km, 333 m up and 284 m down, through 6 places, 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 Modúbar de San Cibrián. 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.
From here, the road is well marked all the way to Covarubbias, with a few exeptions described in this guide.
On your way just out of San Cibrian there is a small sign that is easy to overlook, especially in the dark. Turn right. The same after ca. 1 km. more. So far, the way is wellmarked. Right before Los Ausines you pass a chapel, then it is down to Los Ausines. Upon arrival here, there are no markers. I have spoken about this to the Tourist Office in Covarrubias, who said they would notify the proper authorities to get it fixed. In Los Ausines, there is a non-functional fountain. And nothing more.
DO NOT follow the road out of town, it is signed as the Camino del Cid. At the sign shown in the image turn left, and keep an eye open for a right hand turn to parallel the road.
Standing on the paved road after coming down from the chapel, you take left. After ca. 100 m. you pass a sign saying Camino El Cid (shared by the San Olav here), and after 1 km you come to a small café (closed Sunday morning). Continue on the paved road: after a right turn, you enter an endless stretch that leads straight into Revilla del Campo.
Simple walking, well marked. In Revilla del Campo you follow the signage and take to the right in the crossing inside the village. (If you follow the main road a further 200 m you will come to a friendly bar with sello. Only bottled beer here, unfortunately). Continuing on the camino, after crossing a small bridge, keep to the left through a small village. Here the camino is well marked, and it is flat walking.
In Quintanalara there is a small bar at the far end of the village, Only bottled beer, unfortunately. Very friendly. The village has its own multilingual library (!) with an eager librarian. You can sit there and read…
After a short ascent, you have 1 (short) hour of peaceful, tranquil walking through a forrest on a ridge.
Distance, climb and descent are measured along the GPS track for this camino — 372 recorded points across this span, the same track the app carries. The town-to-town figures in my data put it at 30.9 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.