Nájera › Santo Domingo de la Calzada

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📖 Stage Description

This stage links two great pilgrimage towns. Santo Domingo de la Calzada takes its name from the saint who built roads, bridges and a hospital for pilgrims in the 11th century. His cathedral houses a live hen and rooster in a gilded cage — symbols of the miraculous resurrection of a wrongly hanged pilgrim. Unique in the world.

🌄 Walking Conditions

Sun exposure and terrain type over 21 km

☀ Sun Exposure

🥾 Terrain

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📍 Villages and Waypoints

• 0km

  Nájera · Start

  Altitude : 485 m · 🇪🇸 La Rioja

• 6km

  Azofra · 560 m

  Waypoint on Stage 41.

• 14km

  Cirueña · 670 m

  Waypoint on Stage 41.

• 21.0km

  Santo Domingo de la Calzada · End

  Altitude : 638 m

⚠️ Practical Information

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  Difficulty / Alerts

  Easy terrain across the La Rioja plateau, walking between grain fields.

  Santo Domingo de la Calzada: the town's patron saint built roads and bridges to help pilgrims.

  The cathedral houses a live rooster and hen — a famous medieval legend.
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  Water points

  Nájera

  Azofra (km 6)

  Santo Domingo (km 21)
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  Supplies

  Santo Domingo de la Calzada km 21,0 · Tienda · Panadería
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  AccommodationAlbergues de peregrinos (5–15€), chambres privées (30–60€).
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  Monuments & Heritage

  Azofra km 6 · Medieval village with a Romanesque church, historic pilgrim hospital and pilgrim fountain

  Cathedral of Santo Domingo de la Calzada km 21 · Romanesque-Gothic cathedral (11th–16th c.), necropolis of the saint, with live poultry in a wall niche

  Live rooster and hen km 21 · Two live birds kept in a gilded cage — a reminder of the legend of the wrongly hanged pilgrim saved by Saint James

  Tower of Santo Domingo km 21 · 18th-century Baroque tower standing apart from the cathedral, with a panoramic view over the La Rioja plain
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  Taxi / Retreat options

  Taxi Santo Domingo — 941 34 00 00

  Taxi Logroño — 941 22 21 22

  Taxi Nájera — 941 36 00 00