French Way (Camino Francés) ‧ Etapa 18
On foot
33 Stages / 764 Kms
Terradillos de los Templarios
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Bercianos del Real Camino
23,2 Km
French Way
On foot
33 stages
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About this stage
Palencia now leads us into the province of León, through which most of the French Way runs, no more and no less than two hundred and fifteen kilometres. After passing Sahagún the Camino forks, offering us two alternatives to finally reach El Burgo Ranero, stopping first in Bercianos del Real Camino.
Recommendation Pilgrim
In the twenty kilometres or so that we will walk today we will not have to overcome many slopes or encounter particularly complicated stretches. People with some kind of disability will ride placidly over mostly flat terrain, with the exception of a negative slope at the exit of Bercianos, which they will have to take special care with. Cyclists will not find any obstacle to cover these thirty kilometres, being able to reach high speed in some sections due to the gentle orography of this stage.
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Itinerary
Km 0 ‧ Terradillos de los Templarios
We leave the town and continue along comfortable and pleasant dirt tracks, between cereal crops and away from the main road. After a kilometre and a half we come across the provincial road P-973; we follow it to the left and after 450 metres we take a dirt track on the right that takes us to Moratinos.
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Km 3,4 ‧ Moratinos
Another half an hour’s pleasant walk, over a modest hillock, takes us to the next village.
Km 6 ‧ San Nicolás del Real Camino
On leaving San Nicolás, the official road now takes us to the right alongside the national road N-120; the old road (half a kilometre longer) continued straight on along a dirt track, and did not join the N-120 until a few metres before crossing the river Valderaduey. If we take this old road, after 1.2 km we must take a track on the right. On the other hand, the official road continues alongside the national road. After four kilometres we come to the river Valderaduey.
Just after crossing the river we cross the national road to take a dirt track perpendicular to it. After 350 metres we cross the medieval bridge next to the hermitage of the Virgen del Puente. Another kilometre and a half further and we come to the N-120 national road, which we cross by a subway. We enter Sahagún along Ronda de la Estación street, and further on we cross a bridge over the railway line.
Km 12,9 ‧ Sahagún
We cross the Avenida de la Constitución and follow the long Antonio Nicolás street to the end. We cross the River Cea over the Canto Bridge and continue along a pedestrian path, with the N-120 on the right, until we reach the intersection at the access to Calzada del Coto.
After a little over four and a half kilometres, we come to a turn-off to Calzada del Coto which leads to the start of the Calzadilla de los Hermanillos by-pass; to take the bypass we cross the A-231 dual carriageway over the bridge on the right-hand side. We follow the official section and therefore continue straight on, with the dual carriageway on our right.
We walk along a comfortable pedestrian path exclusively for pilgrims. After almost three kilometres, we cross the AVE tracks underneath. Shortly after, we leave the hermitage of Nuestra Señora de Perales a few metres to the left and head towards Bercianos del Real Camino.
Km 23,2 ‧ Bercianos del Real Camino
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