From Santo Domingo de la Calzada to Belorado

Once again we have before us a short stage, the route between Santo Domingo de la Calzada and Belorado It runs uniformly through the cereal fields of the Castilian plateau along agricultural tracks that follow the axis of the national road. Halfway, between Grañón and Redecilla, we say goodbye to La Rioja to enter the Autonomous Community of Castilla y León.

Set off early from Santo Domingo de la Calzada, crossing the Oja river. You pass through Grañón, the last village in La Rioja, and cross into Castilla y León, which will keep you company for the next two weeks. Through fields of grain and poplars along the streams, you cross Redecilla del Camino, Viloria de Rioja —birthplace of Santo Domingo— and the curious Villamayor del Río, the "village of the three lies," on to Belorado.