Visiting the Unique Cathedral of the Moorland on the Camino de Santiago

[timr]

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Hopes Cathedral of the Moorland could save Spanish village with single resident

Campaigners plan arts centre for magnificent medieval church to lure tourists and new inhabitants

www.theguardian.com

It is the same story as many villages on the CF, forty or fifty years ago. It looks a bit far for a diversion after Burgos. Does any other route provide a diversion?
Has anyone visited?

 

[SabsP]

Tim, do take a look at this thread.

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/camino-frances-route-variants.72654/#post-984841

On my list to visit.
A day walk from for instance Rabé de las Calzadas, though finding lodgings around Villamoron might be somewhat difficult.

 

[Kathar1na]

It looks a bit far for a diversion after Burgos.

So many little known and amazing treasures to the right and left of the Camino Francés!

I'd love to visit them all but I personally could not manage to do so on foot ... I copied this map from the website of the Amigos de Villamorón. They've marked the blue route out of Burgos: 34 minutes by car, 44 km.

 

[SabsP]

So many little known and amazing treasures to the right and left of the Camino Francés!

I'd love to visit them all but I personally could not manage to do so on foot ... I copied this map from the website of the Amigos de Villamorón. They've marked the blue route out of Burgos: 34 minutes by car, 44 km.

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I tried to figure out if there were hotels or hostales on the blue route?

 

[mspath]

Tim, do take a look at this thread.

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/camino-frances-route-variants.72654/#post-984841

On my list to visit.
A day walk from for instance Rabé de las Calzadas, though finding lodgings around Villamoron might be somewhat difficult.

Sabine,
One might also walk north from Hornillos del Camino passing through Villegas with another big church, Santa Eugenia. Villegas might have some accomodation.

 

[SabsP]

Sabine,
One might also walk north from Hornillos del Camino passing through Villegas with another big church, Santa Eugenia. Villegas might have some accomodation.

Does not seem so but there is a casa rural in Citores de Paramo.

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[Vacajoe]

20km from Hontanos! I’d definitely make contact with the caretaker before going as it’s be a shame to arrive and not see inside. No where to stay, but he may be able to suggest a homestay or a camping spot

 

[SabsP]

20km from Hontanos! I’d definitely make contact with the caretaker before going as it’s be a shame to arrive and not see inside. No where to stay, but he may be able to suggest a homestay or a camping spot

In between Hontanas and Villamoron is this hotel/ restaurante.

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Hotel Restaurante El Castillo.

elcastillodeolmillos.com

 

[Kathar1na]

20km from Hontanos! I’d definitely make contact with the caretaker before going as it’s be a shame to arrive and not see inside.

From the website of the Amigos de Villamorón:

Visiting hours​

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After our participation in the programme "We are open during the summer" of the Regional Government of Castilla y León and of the dioceses of our autonomous community, we inform that from now until the summer 2022, we will open the churches of Villegas and Villamorón during the last two weekends of each month, but always with prior notice in order to be able to properly organize the visits as it is not easy to have volunteers outside the summer season.​

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We recommend that you let us know in advance via the email address on our website in order to ensure adequate attention to the visits.​

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(Translated with the help of www.DeepL.com/Translator)​