Explore Camino Frances the most famous route to Santiago de Compostela
Across Castilla y Leon province, enjoying the sunshine & the magnificent scenery.
Indulge yourself in rooms en-suite in selected hotels in along the way and enjoy a high level of comfort.
Time travel along 1000 years of history and meet people from every horizon

The French Way is the most traditional of all the pilgrims' ways to Santiago and the best known internationally.

4th section of the Camino Frances. Starting from Burgos, the medieval city and hometown of "El Cid", and finishing in Sahagun, town renowned for its unique Roman churches. At first hilly in Palencia, you will reach the vast Castilian Plateau (900m).

At each stage, you are guaranteed a great level of comfort and gastronomy. The trail marking is extremely well done with the “Scallop Shell” showing you the way. The walk requires a good physical condition. However, it’s a highly rewarding walk including numerous great cultural highlights.

Day 1 - Coming to Burgos
You will be pre-booked in a traditional hotel in the heart of the town.
Burgos, a city in Castilla-Leon situated on the Pilgrim's Road to Santiago de Compostela, still preserves important vestiges of its medieval splendour. The city, which was the capital of the unified kingdom of Castilla-Leon for five centuries, boasts a masterpiece of Spanish Gothic architecture: the Cathedral of Burgos, declared World Heritage. Aside from a visit to the historic quarter, you can take quite an interesting walk along the banks of the Duero and Arlanza rivers. Great places to try a delicious, varied cuisine.

Town: ATM, shops. All facilities. Accommodation: 3* hotel in the historical centre of the town, en suite

Day 2 - Burgos To Hornillos del Camino (5h15, 20km, +120m -240m)
From Burgos you will go through the stepped crop fields that are typical of the region, covered with little streams and bleak plateaus. You will cross some small woods of holm oaks, and conifers, which serve as memory of the time when one of the largest forests in Europe existed on these lands. As there is no accommodation available in the village we will pick you up at 4pm, and bring you back to your hotel in Burgos for the night.

Town: 1 restaurant, 1 shop only... Accommodation: 1* hotel family ran, in the middle of that tiny village. en-suite Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

DAY 3 – Hornillos del Camino to Castrojeriz (5h, 18km, +140m -170m)
After a short transfer back to Hornillos del Camino, you will resume your walk towards Castrojeriz. Upward to another plateau and then descending toward the valley of the River Bol, it is a nice day spent between pasture and crop fields.

Town: ATM, Shops Accommodation: 2* hotel, right in the old center. en-suite. Meal: Breakfast, Dinner

DAY 4 – Castrojeriz to Fromista (6h30, 25km, +210 -220m)
After Castrojeriz, situated on the hillside between the valleys of the river Odrilla and Pisuerga, is the village of Mosterales, and the last plains of the Burgos Region. The river Pisuerga brings you into the province of Palencia, and on into the "Tierra de Campo". Don't miss Boadilla and its XIVth century church "La Asuncion", reputed for its Gothic Pillory, and beautifully carved baptismal font.

Town: ATM, Internet, Shops Accommodation: 1* hotel in the old centre of the town, en-suite Meal: Breakfast, Dinner

DAY 5 – Fromista to Carrion de los Condes (5h, 19km, +100m, -50m)
Although this stage of the Camino passes through areas that have been heavily influenced by man, we follow the very nice banks of the river Uciesa, under the shade of the trees. The route today carries on in a straight line beside a country road. Numerous rest areas have been set out along the path. Passing Villalxazar de Sirga, you will come across a good example of a Campos village: few houses and inhabitants, but an impressive church full of treasures

Town: ATM, Internet, Shops, Accommodation: 3* hotel in a 15th C. monastery, unforgettable! Meal: Breakfast, Dinner

DAY 6 – Carrion de los Condes to Calzadilla de la Cueza (4h45, 16km, +50m -20m)
For 13km you will follow the historical "Aquitana route", another famous route to Santiago starting in Bayonne, France, through isolated countryside, passing poplar woods and cross over several irrigation channels.

Town: ATM, shops. All facilities. Accommodation: 1* family ran hotel, very friendly. Close to the pilgrim refugio.. en-suite. Meal: Breakfast, Dinner

DAY 7 – Calzadilla de la Cueza to Sahagun (4h30, 15km, +80m -130m)
The Camino starts to be hilly, and you cross some "cuezas", little valleys. This part of the Camino leaves the road and heads through oak woods, before coming back to familiar cereal fields and crossing the river Valderaduey on your way to the countryside of Leon. In Sahagun, the church of San Lorenzo is purely fabulous.

Town: ATM, shops. All facilities. Accommodation: 4* Hotel 300m from the center of town, en-suite Meal: Breakfast.

DAY 8 – Sahagun, end of the trip
After breakfast we bid you farewell.

Meal: Breakfast

• Luggage transferred from Hotel to hotel
• Rooms en-suite
• Half-Board during the hike
• Detailed Walking Notes
• Map
• Pilgrim passport

• Flights
• Insurance
• Drinks
• Lunches
• Dinner 1st and last nights