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Stage 14 · Camino del Norte

Comillas → Colombres

499km km to Santiago
27,9 km Distance +520 m Ascent −480 m Descent 33,1 km Effort 10 h 18 Time needed · On foot

Oyambre, San Vicente and the Deva

A long stage with a great deal of sea: 27.9 kilometres with 520 metres of ascent and 480 of descent, moderate difficulty. You leave Comillas by the Rabia estuary and the Oyambre nature park, with the beach and the dunes on your right and easy tracks underfoot, and reach San Vicente de la Barquera before halfway. You enter over the Puente de la Maza across the estuary, with the castle and the church of Santa María de los Ángeles above and the Picos de Europa behind on clear days. This is the place to eat and to shop.

From San Vicente the route climbs through La Acebosa and runs inland, between meadows and small villages such as Estrada and Serdio, with constant switchbacks on tarmac and track. It is the longest and loneliest part of the day, with few places to stop.

You cross the Nansa at Pesués and drop to Unquera, on the river Deva, which is the border with Asturias. From the bridge a short climb leads to Colombres, already Asturian, with its indiano houses and the Archivo de Indianos in the Quinta Guadalupe. Colombres is a small village with just enough to eat and sleep.

Tips

Buy what you need for the evening and the night in San Vicente de la Barquera: there is little in Colombres.

Carry water from San Vicente; between Serdio and Unquera there are few fountains and stretches without shade.

The Oyambre path invites you to stop at the beach; if you swim, do it early, because the stage is long.

In Unquera you can get a stamp in any bar and try the corbatas, the local pastry, before the last climb.

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Elevation profile of the stage from Comillas to Colombres, 27.9 kilometres, with services placed at their kilometre point.

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Comillas 27.9 km Colombres

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What to see on this stage 15

  1. Iglesia de San Cristóbal Church km 0,0
  2. Capilla Panteón de los Marqueses de Comillas Church km 0,3
  3. Ermita de Santa María Church km 4,2
  4. Ermita de Santa Ana Church km 4,8
  5. Ermita de San Juan Church km 5,5
  6. Ermita de Santa Marina Church km 6,8
  7. Ermita de San Pedro Church km 7,4
  8. Convento de San Luis Church km 11,3
  9. Iglesia Church km 11,3
  10. Iglesia de San José Church km 13,8
  11. Iglesia de San Bartolomé Church km 18,3
  12. Iglesia de San Julián Church km 19,3
  13. Iglesia de San Pedro ad Vincula Church km 23,9
  14. Iglesia de Santa Maria de la Asunción Church km 28,3
  15. Ermita del Santo Cristo Church km 29,6

What you will find 278