We leave Burgos crossing the university campus and we enter the Plateau, the great Castilian plain. In these stages there will be few trees and little shade, so we advise you to go prepared (hat, sunscreen ...).

We pass through the villages of Tardajos and Rabé de las Calzadas, where there is a beautiful hermitage at the exit, and we begin a climb that will take us to Hornillos del Camino, a medieval town built around the pilgrimage.

After Hornillos, we continue our way through the Castilian Plateau, between fields of wheat and crossing the villages of Arroyo San Bol and Hontanas. Just before reaching Castrojeriz, we will cross one of the most magical places on the Camino: the ruins of the monastery of San Antón.

Castrojeriz is a town with several hostels and three churches that are worth visiting, especially that of Nuestra Señora del Manzano, which today houses a museum of religious art.

As soon as we leave Castrojeriz, we will have to face the climb to the top of Mostelares, the highest point of the Meseta. Once crowned, we enter the Tierra de Campos, known as the granary of Spain. We cross the river Pisuerga through the Fitero Bridge (or Bridge of Itero), a medieval bridge located next to an old hostel of pilgrims, and we cross the towns of Itero de la Vega and Boardilla del Camino. In this last town you have to stop to contemplate its roll of justice, one of the best preserved in Castile.

After Boadilla, the road follows the route of the Canal de Castilla, one of the most important engineering works built in Spain in the eighteenth century. It was built to facilitate the transport of grain from the interior of Spain to the northern ports. We follow the channel until we reach Frómista, our destination. The most remarkable of this town is the church of San Martín, of Romanesque origin but extensively restored during the nineteenth century.

Today we have an almost flat stage through Castile, following the road. Shortly before reaching our destination, we will meet the town of Villalcázar de Sirga, founded by the Templars, where we can visit the church built by this order.

Carrión de los Condes, our next stop, is another of the towns that grew under the protection of the Camino during its boom. Half a dozen churches and various shelters attest to this. We can also visit the monastery of San Zoilo, now converted into a documentation center on the Camino.

After Carrión de los Condes we will find the longest stretch of the Camino between one town and another (17 km.), Until we reach Calzadilla de la Cueza, so we advise you to go well provisioned and protected from the sun. The route follows the old "Via Aquitaine", a Roman road that linked Bordeaux (France) with Astorga.

After Calzadilla de la Cueza, we will find some unevenness that will alleviate somewhat the monotony of the Camino. We will pass through Terradillos de los Templarios, a town whose name shows the presence of the famous military order in these lands (as we saw in Villalcázar de Sirga), and later by Moratinos and San Nicolás del Real Camino, the last village before entering the province of Lion.

Sahagún, our destination, is a town that grew up around the Benedictine monastery of San Benito, which became one of the most important in Spain, to the point of being called the "Spanish Cluny". Only the ruins remain today.

We will continue on our way starting from Sahagún, between fields of wheat. The Camino in this area is following the road, but it is well marked and conditioned. Even a paved road has been built on one side for those who make the Camino by bicycle. After crossing Bercianos del Real Camino, we arrive at El Burgo Ranero. The landscape remains flat afterwards, but trees have been planted next to the Camino to give some shade. We will pass through Reliegos before making a stop at Mansilla de las Mulas, where we can contemplate the medieval wall.

Then we will finally arrive at León, a monumental city with hundreds of years of history. Just before reaching it, on the top of the Portillo, we will cross the road through a bridge installed a few years ago.

In León you have to visit, of course, the Gothic cathedral, one of the most famous in Europe, but you can also see Casa Botines, by Antonio Gaudí, and try the tapas of the Barrio Húmedo.