From Burgos to Hornillos del Camino

In today's stage we definitively leave Burgos to immerse ourselves in the sober and desolate landscape of the Castilian plateau in the direction of Hornillos del Camino. Unpopulated places and medieval villages, with shadeless roads where we must protect ourselves from the scorching sun in summer and the cold in winter. We are undoubtedly in front of one of the most intimate sections of the French Way, paths that cross the most absolute nothingness, that invite to the reflection and to feel all the essence of the Camino de Santiago.

Would you like to walk this stage with your accommodation already booked? These organised trips include it: French Way from Roncesvalles to Santiago de Compostela and French Way from Burgos to León.

Set off early from Burgos to avoid the blazing sun of the meseta. You leave the cathedral behind, pass by the Monasterio de las Huelgas and cross Tardajos and Rabé de las Calzadas —"from Rabé to Tardajos, you won't be short of hard work"—. Then nine kilometres through shadeless grain fields to Hornillos del Camino, a one-street village crowned by its church, with a gorgeous golden sunset. Carry plenty of water.