Hornillos del Camino

Hornillos del Camino is the embodiment of Castilian landscape on the French Way. This Burgalian town is structured along its Royal Street, a typical feature of towns that grew at the pace of pilgrimage. Surrounded by a sea of wheat fields, Hornillos offers the pilgrim an immersive experience in the vastness and silence of the Meseta. Its traditional architecture, with stone and adobe houses, and its Gothic church of San Román, evoke a past of Jacobean hospitality that still endures. For the pilgrim, this stop is a moment for introspection and rest, a refuge against the sun and wind, and an opportunity to connect with the harsher and more spiritual face of the Way of St James.