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Stage 13 · Camino Francés

Burgos → Hornillos del Camino

488km km to Santiago
21,0 km Distance +160 m Ascent −120 m Descent 22,6 km Effort 7 h 06 Time needed · On foot

First day on the meseta

The meseta begins here, and this stage sets the tone for what is coming: 21 kilometres with 160 metres of ascent and 120 of descent, low difficulty, open country and very few villages. You leave Burgos along the riverside walk beside the Arlanzón and past the university, a long but pleasant urban stretch, and the route then follows tracks beside the road to Villalbilla de Burgos and Tardajos, about 10 kilometres in, a village with bars and a shop for breakfast.

Rabé de las Calzadas comes straight afterwards, smaller, with a bar and a spring, and from there the route climbs slowly onto the high plain along a long, straight track without a single tree, between cereal and sky. This is the meseta in its purest form: what tires you is not the gradients but the absence of landmarks.

The track ends at a rise from which you look down on Hornillos, and a short steep descent, the Cuesta de Matamulos, drops into the village. Hornillos del Camino is a single street of stone houses, with just enough to eat and sleep and a real Camino atmosphere.

Tips

Have breakfast in Tardajos or Rabé de las Calzadas and leave there with a full bottle.

The light on the meseta is tiring: sunglasses, a cap and sun cream, even in spring.

Get a stamp on the way in Tardajos or Rabé and your arrival stamp in Hornillos; the hostel and the church both stamp.

Hornillos has little accommodation and fills up early in season: do not arrive too late.

From Rabé de las Calzadas to Hornillos there is no shade, water or services: in summer avoid the middle hours of the day.

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Profile and services

Elevation profile of the stage from Burgos to Hornillos del Camino, 21 kilometres, with services placed at their kilometre point.

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Burgos 21.0 km Hornillos del Camino

The weather

19°C

Clear

Feels like
18 °C
Wind
7 km/h
Daylight
08:25 – 19:36
  1. Today ⛅ 25° 12°
  2. Wed ⛅ 26° 13°
  3. Thu ☀️ 25° 13°
  4. Fri ⛅ 19° 14° 18 %
  5. Sat 🌧️ 14° 8° 25 %
  6. Sun ⛅ 11° 5° 9 %
  7. Mon ⛅ 11° 4° 13 %

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What's there today

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Tips from people who walked it

The things that do not expire: where the fountain actually is, which bar opens at six, where not to go in the rain.

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What to see on this stage 26

  1. Iglesia de San José Obrero Church km 0,7
  2. Convento de las Trinitarias Church km 1,1
  3. Iglesia de San Lesmes Church km 1,2
  4. Attaqwa Church km 1,4
  5. Iglesia Church km 1,6
  6. Capilla de la Divina Pastora Church km 1,7
  7. Antiguo Monasterio de Franciscanas Concepcionistas de San Luis Church km 1,8
  8. Iglesia de San Cosme y San Damián Church km 1,8
  9. Iglesia de la Merced Church km 1,8
  10. Iglesia de San Nicolás de Bari Church km 2,1
  11. Iglesia de San Esteban Church km 2,1
  12. Iglesia de Santa Águeda Church km 2,2
  13. Nuevo Pacto Church km 2,3
  14. Iglesia de la Visitación Church km 2,3
  15. Capilla de la Casa Sacerdotal Church km 2,3
  16. Iglesia de San Pedro de la Fuente Church km 2,8
  17. Iglesia de Santa Rita Church km 3,0
  18. Iglesia del Hospital del Rey Church km 4,2
  19. Ermita de San Amaro Church km 4,3
  20. Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Pilar Church km 5,3
  21. Ermita del hospital de peregrinos Juan Mathé Church km 8,0
  22. Iglesia de la Asunción Church km 13,1
  23. Convento de Hijas de la Caridad la Milagrosa Church km 14,8
  24. Iglesia de Santa Marina Church km 14,9
  25. Ermita de Nuestra Señora del Monasterio Church km 15,2
  26. Iglesia de San Román Church km 22,5

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