Stage 14. Hornillos del Camino – Castrojeriz (19.9 km)

We continue our journey into the deepest and most authentic landscape of Castilla. Between Hornillos del Camino and Castrojeriz we will find an increasingly flat path that goes through absolute nothingness. But the sadness of the landscape will be rewarded at the end of the stage, in Castrojeriz, where we will find the Collegiate Church of Santa María del Manzano, one of the best examples of the transition from Romanesque to Gothic.

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 and French Way from Burgos to León.

Another day across the golden sea of the meseta, through grain fields with almost no shade. From Hornillos you reach Hontanas, hidden from view until the last moment, and the evocative ruins of the Convento de San Antón, with its arches spanning the Camino. The day ends in Castrojeriz, at the foot of its castle, where sunset turns the fields to gold. Carry water and sun protection.