From San Juan de Ortega to Burgos

Today's journey begins in San Juan de Ortega with a pleasant walk through the Sierra de Atapuerca and turns into a cumbersome and interminable succession of industrial buildings before arriving at Burgos. We recommend taking the variant via Castañares, 500 metres longer but much more pleasant than the official route. The jewel of the stage is at the end, the Cathedral of Burgos, one of the most important monuments of our country.

This stage is part of the French Way. Would you like to walk it with your accommodation already booked? These organised trips include it: French Way from Roncesvalles to Santiago de Compostela, French Way from Logroño to Burgos and French Way from Burgos to León.

From San Juan de Ortega you advance through pine forests to Atapuerca, whose famous archaeological site you can visit. You climb the Sierra de Atapuerca —loose ground but wide views, with Burgos already visible in the distance— and descend toward the city. And you reach Burgos, with its imposing Gothic cathedral, a World Heritage Site, and the tomb of El Cid Campeador.