Stage of the Camino
Stage Description
The second day across La Moraña, almost twenty-four kilometres of cereal plain with barely any gradient, linking the lagoons of El Oso with the historic capital of the district. The path strings together small villages — Hernansancho, Villanueva de Gómez, El Bohodón, Tiñosillos — separated by long stretches of track among crops, with brick Mudéjar towers as the only reference on the horizon. It is an easy stage to walk and a demanding one to endure when the sun beats down or the north wind blows, with no reliable shade and no sure fountains. The arrival in Arévalo, at the confluence of the Adaja and Arevalillo rivers, more than makes up for it: its Mudéjar ensemble is one of the most complete in Castilla y León.
The second Moraña stage is sister to the previous one: plain, cereal and horizon. Nearly twenty-four kilometres covered with practically no gradient, descending barely sixty metres between the starting and finishing points. All the difficulty lies in the exposure: there is no shade, the wind blows unobstructed and intermediate services are scarce and irregular.
The route leaves El Oso and its lagoons and heads north along land-consolidation tracks. It links the scattered settlements of La Moraña — Hernansancho, Villanueva de Gómez, El Bohodón, Tiñosillos — all of them small, with low houses and wide streets, and brick churches with bell gables that can be made out kilometres before arriving. In spring the green wheat covers the view from side to side; in summer, after the harvest, the same landscape turns ochre and hard.
The final kilometres descend towards the confluence of the Adaja and the Arevalillo, where Arévalo sits on a tongue of land between the two rivers. The approach gradually reveals a first-rate monumental ensemble: the castle, with its cylindrical keep, where Isabel of Portugal lived with her daughter, the future Isabella the Catholic; the Plaza de la Villa, arcaded and presided over by the church of Santa María la Mayor; and above all the brick Mudéjar, which here reaches one of its richest ensembles in all of Castile.
Arévalo, historic capital of La Moraña, preserves churches such as San Martín, with its twin towers known as the Storks' Towers, San Miguel and Santo Domingo de Silos, as well as an old town listed as a historic-artistic site. It is also a place of good food, famous for its roast suckling pig. For the pilgrim it means a full resupply point before entering the province of Valladolid on the way to Medina del Campo.
The route leaves El Oso and its lagoons and heads north along land-consolidation tracks. It links the scattered settlements of La Moraña — Hernansancho, Villanueva de Gómez, El Bohodón, Tiñosillos — all of them small, with low houses and wide streets, and brick churches with bell gables that can be made out kilometres before arriving. In spring the green wheat covers the view from side to side; in summer, after the harvest, the same landscape turns ochre and hard.
The final kilometres descend towards the confluence of the Adaja and the Arevalillo, where Arévalo sits on a tongue of land between the two rivers. The approach gradually reveals a first-rate monumental ensemble: the castle, with its cylindrical keep, where Isabel of Portugal lived with her daughter, the future Isabella the Catholic; the Plaza de la Villa, arcaded and presided over by the church of Santa María la Mayor; and above all the brick Mudéjar, which here reaches one of its richest ensembles in all of Castile.
Arévalo, historic capital of La Moraña, preserves churches such as San Martín, with its twin towers known as the Storks' Towers, San Miguel and Santo Domingo de Silos, as well as an old town listed as a historic-artistic site. It is also a place of good food, famous for its roast suckling pig. For the pilgrim it means a full resupply point before entering the province of Valladolid on the way to Medina del Campo.
Last updated: 17/08/2026
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Accommodations in this Stage
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Hotel Spa Viña Real
Posada Real Los Cinco Linajes
Hotel Fray Juán Gil
Alojamiento turístico Carvi
Apartamento la moraña
Apartamentos turísticos Desiree
Apartamentos Turísticos La Casa Grande
Casa Abuela Carmen
Casa La Real
EL BALCÓN DE LA PLAZA.
El Pasaje
El rinconcito de alicia
Hostal del campo
Hostal Las Fuentes
La Casa del Castillo
Malocar
Mi Isabelita
Mi Villa Arévalo
Pauliva
Piso Azul
Piso María
Piso Tesa
Piso Turístico Arévalo
Piso Turístico Perotas
Villa lopez
Vivienda Uso Turístico Las Gemelas de Arevalo
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