Camino de la Lana
Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Spain · Alicante → Burgos
Distance
676 km
Stages
27
Difficulty
moderate
Best months
Apr-Jun, Sep-Oct
Camino de la Lana · Stages and distances
Walking distances for Appy’s stages (27)
About
About 680 km of sweat and spirit, from Alicante to Burgos. The Camino de la Lana is not for the faint-hearted.
With 18,376 meters of elevation gain, this spiritual route demands grit. Ancient churches, like the Church of San Juan Bautista in Bañuelos, stand sentinel over rustic villages that whisper tales of medieval trade.
Twenty-seven stages weave through Castilla’s flat plains and rugged hills, each with its own story. You’ll find solace in the aroma of fresh bread wafting from local bakeries.
It’s a journey of endurance, and a feast for the senses.
Stages
27 stages
Stage 1Alicante → Orito
moderate- Distance
- 23 km
- Ascent
- 555 m
- Descent
- 304 m
Stage 2Orito → Petrer
moderate- Distance
- 20 km
- Ascent
- 310 m
- Descent
- 136 m
Stage 3Petrer → Villena
moderate- Distance
- 21 km
- Ascent
- 288 m
- Descent
- 211 m
Stage 4Villena → Caudete
moderate- Distance
- 15 km
- Ascent
- 98 m
- Descent
- 60 m
Stage 5Caudete → Almansa
challenging- Distance
- 26 km
- Ascent
- 254 m
- Descent
- 117 m
Stage 6Almansa → Alpera
moderate- Distance
- 22 km
- Ascent
- 359 m
- Descent
- 194 m
Stage 7Alpera → Alatoz
challenging- Distance
- 26 km
- Ascent
- 266 m
- Descent
- 276 m
Stage 8Alatoz → Casas Ibáñez
challenging- Distance
- 29 km
- Ascent
- 382 m
- Descent
- 517 m
Stage 9Casas Ibáñez → Villarta
challenging- Distance
- 26 km
- Ascent
- 185 m
- Descent
- 134 m
Stage 10Villarta → Campillo de Altobuey
challenging- Distance
- 30 km
- Ascent
- 438 m
- Descent
- 270 m
Stage 11- Distance
- 32 km
- Ascent
- 521 m
- Descent
- 442 m
Stage 12- Distance
- 23 km
- Ascent
- 318 m
- Descent
- 312 m
Stage 13Fuentes → Cuenca
moderate- Distance
- 22 km
- Ascent
- 285 m
- Descent
- 322 m
Stage 14Cuenca → Bascuñana de San Pedro
moderate- Distance
- 24 km
- Ascent
- 440 m
- Descent
- 352 m
Stage 15- Distance
- 27 km
- Ascent
- 247 m
- Descent
- 506 m
Stage 16Villaconejos de Trabaque → Salmerón
challenging- Distance
- 28 km
- Ascent
- 558 m
- Descent
- 533 m
Stage 17Salmerón → Viana de Mondéjar
moderate- Distance
- 22 km
- Ascent
- 530 m
- Descent
- 484 m
Stage 18Viana de Mondéjar → Cifuentes
moderate- Distance
- 20 km
- Ascent
- 443 m
- Descent
- 427 m
Stage 19Cifuentes → Mandayona
challenging- Distance
- 26 km
- Ascent
- 420 m
- Descent
- 441 m
Stage 20Mandayona → Atienza
challenging- Distance
- 36 km
- Ascent
- 779 m
- Descent
- 480 m
Stage 21Atienza → Retortillo de Soria
moderate- Distance
- 22 km
- Ascent
- 508 m
- Descent
- 443 m
Stage 22- Distance
- 24 km
- Ascent
- 315 m
- Descent
- 590 m
Stage 23- Distance
- 19 km
- Ascent
- 224 m
- Descent
- 324 m
Stage 24San Esteban de Gormaz → Quintanarraya
challenging- Distance
- 31 km
- Ascent
- 497 m
- Descent
- 418 m
Stage 25Quintanarraya → Santo Domingo de Silos
challenging- Distance
- 25 km
- Ascent
- 427 m
- Descent
- 357 m
Stage 26- Distance
- 23 km
- Ascent
- 536 m
- Descent
- 556 m
Stage 27Mecerreyes → Burgos
challenging- Distance
- 35 km
- Ascent
- 425 m
- Descent
- 554 m
Points of interest
- Monasterio de San Blas, Cifuentes
17th-century monastery, in Cifuentes, Spain.
- Monastery of San Juan Bautista
Monastery, in Burgos, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Castle of Almansa
Castle, in Almansa, Spain, designated as bien de interés cultural.
- Convent of the Capuchin Poor Clares
Convent of the Capuchin Poor Clares, built with income granted by the city council, local townspeople, Prince John of Austria and King Charles II of Spain.
- Monasterio de la Preciosísima Sangre
Monastery of the Most Precious Blood. Monastery, in Alicante, Spain, designated as cultural heritage.
- Convent of San Agustín in Alicante
17th-century monastery, in Alicante, Spain.
- El Monastil Archaeological Area
Archaeological site, in Elda, Spain, designated as cultural heritage.
- Las Agualejas Roman Villa
Archaeological site, in Elda, Spain, designated as Property of Local Relevance.
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