Belorado – Burgos Old Town loop from Tosantos

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Belorado – Burgos Old Town loop from Tosantos

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Belorado – Burgos Old Town loop from Tosantos

09:51

144km

1,590m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 16, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 58.1 km for 51 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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4.81 km

Belorado

Highlight • Settlement

Belorado is the most important town in the province of Burgos, an enclave known for its geographic location between the Sierra de la Demanda and the border with the autonomous community of La Rioja.
The 22 municipalities of these lands are operated under a common association. Belorado was an important strategic location. Its birth as we know it today is closely related to an early medieval castle which controlled the passage through the Ebro Valley to the plateau during the Reconquista. The town was the first place in Spain to celebrate a fair. It was in 1116, thanks to the privilege granted by King Alfonso I of Aragon.

In the eighties Belorado was an important place, specializing in the production of animal fur products. Despite this history only a few factories remain, although its glorious past in the fur industry is still visible by a multitude of old posters that still hang on the facades of the buildings.
If you are traveling on the Camino de Santiago or are planning to do so soon, you should know that the distance separating Belorado from Santiago de Compostela is 543 kilometers.
vivecamino.com/en/belorado

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19.0 km

Sunflower Fields Near Briviesca

Highlight • Natural

The landscape here is indescribably beautiful.

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26.9 km

Santo Domingo de la Calzada Historic Center

Highlight • Historical Site

Located in a strategic point along the French route to Santiago, the village of Santo Domingo della Calzada remembers the Saint who worked so hard to make the passage of pilgrims heading to the tomb of the apostle James the Greater easier

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27.5 km

Santo Domingo de la Calzada Cathedral

Highlight • Religious Site

In addition to the fact that it is the only church-fortress in La Rioja, what is most striking is that inside it houses a henhouse in which a real rooster and hen live, which are also protected as an Asset of Cultural Interest by the Government of La Rioja.
The animals are replaced every two weeks and allude to the legend of the hanged man. The myth tells that a pilgrim was hanged after being unjustly accused of theft. When his parents went to see the body they found their son alive and he told them that Santo Domingo de la Calzada had saved his life. The parents proclaimed that their son was alive, but the mayor of the city did not believe them and told them something like: "Your son is as alive as the roasted rooster and hen that I am eating." And suddenly, according to legend, the animals regained their feathers and came back to life.

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28.1 km

Santo Domingo de la Calzada Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

Nice bridge of masonry stone that was built in the 11th century for the passage of pilgrims.
At the entrance, on the banks of Santo Domingo de la Calzada, there is a small hermitage and, behind it, a picnic area with two tables.

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58.1 km

Pilón

Lake

74.0 km

Church of San Juan Bautista, Olmillos de Sasamón

Highlight • Religious Site

Beautiful paths for both pilgrims and touring bikers.

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99.2 km

Burgos Old Town

Highlight • Settlement

Capital of the province of the same name in the autonomous community of Castile and Leon. A must-see city, which is dominated by the cathedral built in the French Gothic style

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106 km

Bosque de Villafría

Forest

144 km

View of the Hermitage of the Virgen de la Peña (Tosantos)

Highlight • Religious Site

The hermitage, located next to the Compás viewpoint, was excavated in the rock by a Carmelite monk in the second half of the 17th century. In it is the image of the Virgen de la Peña, patron saint of Mijas, who according to legend was discovered in 1586 by two shepherd children who were guided to the place by a dove.
turismo.mijas.es/es/cultura/monumentos/ermita-viren-de-la-pena

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144 km

End point

Bus stop

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