French Way (Camino Francés) ‧ Stage 17
On foot
33 Stages / 764 Kms
Carrión de los Condes
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Terradillos de los Templarios
26,3 Km
French Way
On foot
33 stages
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About this stage
This stage does not pose a great challenge in terms of orography, but it does pose a challenge in terms of its length and the absence of services for a little over ten kilometres. We will not pass through too many villages either, so it is necessary to carry plenty of water, especially in summer.
Once again, the endless straights between cereal fields will make the journey somewhat monotonous, but in exchange, we will walk along the Via Aquitaine itself, an ancient Roman road that linked Bordeaux with Astorga. We will start this journey with our sights set on Terradillos de los Templarios, where legend places the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Recommendation Pilgrim
This stage is not a complicated stage, tage but you have to take into account that between Carrión de Los Condes and Calzadilla de la Cueza there are no available services and no springs or fountains. In summer you can find a mobile bar located a little bit forward from the Abadía de Benevívere abbey. You have to pay attention to the road crossings because there are a lot of traffic.
For cyclists, this stage is not complicated but for people with reduced mobility there could be some inconvenient, especially in Vía de Aquitania, so we recommend them go through the N-120 from Carrión de los Condes.
Your greatest enemy here will be heat in summer.
Distance and elevation
Stage profile
Route
Itinerary
Km 0 ‧ Carrión de los Condes
We face the longest distance without services of the entire French Camino. In Carrión de los Condes we follow the street of Santa María, walk in front of the church of Santiago and continue straight on along Esteban Collantes street; at the end of this street we turn left into Piña Blanco street. We cross the river Carrión over the stone bridge, pass the monastery-hotel of San Zoilo on our left, reach a roundabout and continue straight on.
Shortly afterwards we cross the N-120 national road and follow a quiet local road in the direction of Villotilla. After a little over five and a half kilometres we leave the road and continue straight on along a wide dirt track; this was part of the important Roman road known as the Via Aquitania. We continue though a track until we finally reach the village of Calzadilla de la Cueza.
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Km 17,2 ‧ Calzadilla de la Cueza
On leaving Calzadilla we cross the N-120 national road and continue along a path next to it. We continue along the side of the national road. At kilometre point 222 of the N-120, there is a fork with two options for reaching Ledigos: the official one continues straight on along the same path next to the road, and crosses it at the entrance to the village; the unofficial one follows the dirt track perpendicular to the road (which we cross), and, 200 metres further on, turns onto a track on the left, leading to the upper part of the village (where the church is). There is no difference in distance.
Km 23,4 ‧ Ledigos
On leaving Calzadilla we cross the N-120 national road and continue along a path next to it. We continue along the side of the national road. At kilometre point 222 of the N-120, there is a fork with two options for reaching Ledigos: the official one continues straight on along the same path next to the road, and crosses it at the entrance to the village; the unofficial one follows the dirt track perpendicular to the road (which we cross), and, 200 metres further on, turns onto a track on the left, leading to the upper part of the village (where the church is). There is no difference in distance.
Km 26,3 ‧ Terradillos de los Templarios
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