13 km | 3-4 hours | +108m / -169m
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The shortest stage on the Frances, this easy half-day covers the final stretch of the deepest Meseta before reaching Sahagun. The walking is flat and straightforward through small villages and agricultural terrain.
Sahagun marks the approximate halfway point of the Camino Frances from Saint Jean Pied de Port to Santiago. The town has a rich Mudejar architectural heritage, with brick churches in the distinctive Islamic-influenced style of medieval Castile. The ruined monastery of San Benito and the churches of San Tirso and San Lorenzo are notable.
The town has good services including accommodation, restaurants, and shops. Many pilgrims use this short day to rest, do laundry, and explore Sahagun's unique architecture.
Terrain: Flat Meseta paths, village streets, gentle descent into Sahagun
Terradillos de los Templarios was a 12th-century Knights Templar commandery and marks roughly the halfway point of the Camino Frances. Has albergues with attached restaurants. No shop, pharmacy or ATM. Quiet farming village on the meseta.
Moratinos is a small adobe village in Palencia famous for the bodegas, underground wine cellars dug into a grassy mound that look like hobbit holes. Has albergues, a casa rural, a hostel, and a bar-restaurant. No shop, pharmacy or ATM.
San Nicolas del Real Camino is the last village in Palencia before the Camino crosses into the province of Leon. A small adobe hamlet.
Sahagun is a historic monastic town in Leon, traditionally the halfway point of the Camino Frances. Famous for Mudejar brick churches and the ruins of the Real Monasterio de San Benito. Multiple albergues, hotels, restaurants, supermarkets, pharmacy, ATMs
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