Belorado › Agés

🗺️ Stage Map

📖 Stage Description

One of the wildest stages between Logroño and Burgos. The crossing of the Sierra de la Demanda through pine forests and oak groves is magnificent. San Juan de Ortega, an isolated Romanesque monastery deep in the woods, is a unique spiritual refuge, founded by a disciple of Saint Dominic.

🌄 Walking Conditions

Sun exposure and terrain type over 27,3 km

☀ Sun Exposure

🥾 Terrain

⏱️ Estimated Time for You

Estimate your walking time based on your profile — calculation based on Naismith's rule and the stage elevation.

📍 Villages and Waypoints

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  Belorado · Start

  Altitude : 770 m · 🇪🇸 Castile-León

• 5.4km

  Tosantos · 860 m

  Village or waypoint on Stage 43.

• 7.7km

  Villambistia · 930 m

  Village or waypoint on Stage 43.

• 10.4km

  Espinosa del Camino

  Village or waypoint on Stage 43.

• 19.2km

  San Juan de Ortega · 1000 m · Monastère isolé

  Village or waypoint on Stage 43.

• 23.9km

  Agés · End

  Altitude : 912 m

⚠️ Practical Information

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  Difficulty / Alerts

  Crossing the Sierra de la Demanda: sustained climbs with several passes (max 1150 m).

  Physically demanding stage despite reasonable distances.

  San Juan de Ortega (km 22): isolated Romanesque monastery in the forest — a recommended rest stop.
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  Water points

  Belorado

  Tosantos (km 6)

  San Juan de Ortega (km 22)

  Agés (km 27,3)
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  Supplies

  Agés km 27,3 · Supermercado · Panadería
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  AccommodationPilgrim hostels / albergues (5–15€), private rooms (30–60€).
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  Monuments & Heritage

  Villafranca Montes de Oca km 12 · Village at the foot of the Sierra, Romanesque church, ancient forest once feared by medieval brigands

  Cross of the Martyrs — Montes de Oca km 15 · Forest memorial to the victims of the Spanish Civil War, a place of quiet reflection

  Monastery of San Juan de Ortega km 22 · 12th-century Romanesque monastery founded by a companion of Santo Domingo, with capitals lit by shafts of light

  Capitals of San Juan de Ortega km 22 · Carved capitals of the Annunciation and Nativity illuminated by an equinoctial sunbeam (21 March, 22 Sept.)
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  Taxi / Retreat options

  Taxi Burgos — 947 48 10 10

  Taxi Belorado — 947 58 00 00

  Bus Agés–Burgos (15 km, fréquent)