Pilgrim walks in Castile and Leon
Spain
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The 10 most beautiful pilgrim walks in Castile and Leon
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CF 11 Belorado - San Juan de Ortega: Across the Gansberg Mountains to the Monastery of San Juan de Ortega
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Difficulty
difficult
Stage 11
23.8 km
7:00 h
446 m
217 m
On a scenic route through the last green oasis before the barren meseta, we cross the Montes de Oca, the Gansberg mountains.
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CF 24 Foncebadón - Ponferrada: Iron Cross and Iron Bridge
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Difficulty
difficult
Stage 24
26.9 km
7:15 h
251 m
1,140 m
On this stage, we cross the highest point of the Camino francés and can lay down a soul burden at the Cruz de Ferro, symbolised by a stone. Then we descend to the Templar town of Ponferrada.
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CF 26 Villafranca del Bierzo - La Faba: The Hard Way
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Difficulty
difficult
Stage 26
25.2 km
8:45 h
789 m
367 m
On the hard way – the Camino duro – we climb today towards O Cebreiro. The pass crossing, however, is not before us until the next day.
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CF 23 Astorga - Foncebadón: Through the Maragatería into the Montes de León
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Difficulty
difficult
Stage 23
25 km
7:30 h
575 m
25 m
We now cross the land of the Marargatos, a people rich in tradition, and begin the ascent to the Montes de León, the last large mountain range before Santiago de Compostela.
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CF 19 Sahagún - Reliegos: On the royal road to Reliegos
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Difficulty
difficult
Stage 19
30.4 km
8:00 h
98 m
101 m
The royal road, the Camino Real, takes us via El Burgo Ranero to Reliegos. There are more than 70 bodegas in this small village.
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CF 16 Frómista - Carrión de los Condes: Through the campos to the city of the counts
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Difficulty
moderate
Stage 16
19.5 km
5:15 h
91 m
22 m
In between are small villages with a lot of history and culture, such as Villalcázar de Sirga or Carrión de los Condes.
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CF 21 León - Villar de Mazarife: From the city of the lion to the village of the storks
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Difficulty
moderate
Stage 21
21.6 km
5:45 h
129 m
96 m
We hike through the heath landscape of the Páramo to Villar de Mazarife, where storks have taken over the church tower with their nests.
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CF 25 Ponferrada - Villafranca del Bierzo: From the Templar city to "Little Compostela".
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Difficulty
difficult
Stage 25
23.3 km
6:30 h
219 m
270 m
The route leads through vineyards to Villafranca del Bierzo. Here, pilgrims who could no longer make it over the Cebreiro were given early absolution, which is why the place is also called „Little Compostela“.
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CF 22 Villar de Mazarife - Astorga: Through the Páramo to Roman Asturica Augusta
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Difficulty
difficult
Stage 22
30.6 km
8:00 h
176 m
199 m
Via the legendary bridge at Hospital de Órbigo, through the heath landscape of the Páramo and past the stone Cruzero de San Toribio we hike to Astorga.
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CF 20 Reliegos - León: The End of the Meseta
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Difficulty
moderate
Stage 20
25.2 km
5:30 h
149 m
124 m
Today we leave the barren Meseta plateau behind us. This stage ends in León, one of the most beautiful and culturally rich towns on the Way of St. James.
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Camino Francés by Aldo
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CF 24 Foncebadón - Ponferrada: Iron Cross and Iron Bridge by alvaro
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Camino Frances by Wolfgang
November 27, 2021
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