Terradillos de los Templarios to Bercianos del Real Camino
Halfway
- Distance
- 23.2 km
- Climb
- 119 m up, 154 m down
- Ground
- 840 to 880 m
- Time
- 5 to 7 hours
- Difficulty
- moderate
- Underfoot
- dirt, paved
Where this day sits on the Camino Francés
Above, the highest and lowest ground of each of its 33 stages. Below, the word each day is given.
From open-pilgrimages: each stage's highest and lowest ground and its interior theme.
The day
You survived yesterday's longest stretch without shelter on the entire route, and you did not break. Sahagún marks the geographical midpoint of the Camino Frances. Its Mudéjar brick towers — Islamic architecture built by Christian hands — speak of a Spain where traditions blended rather than fought. You are halfway. The realization lands differently than you expected. There is no fanfare, no ceremony. You simply walk through a town and keep going. But halfway also means you cannot turn back without walking as far as you have already come. You are committed now, in a way you were not before.
What pilgrims often meet here
- The quiet significance of reaching the halfway point
- Calling home and struggling to explain what is happening to you
- Admiring the Mudéjar architecture in Sahagún
- A deepening commitment to finishing
Now that turning back is as far as going forward, what does commitment feel like in your body?
The ground
Passes through Sahagún, a significant historical town with Mudéjar architecture.
The light
Sunrise and sunset in Terradillos de los Templarios depend on the day you walk.
Walk it with Pilgrim
In Pilgrim's Honor mode you can walk this stage as it is drawn here, and save its maps for days with no signal. The morning opens with this day's word, Halfway, and its story. When you arrive, it asks the question above, and you can answer out loud. Your walk stays on your phone.
With Pilgrim on your phone, this opens the stage, ready to begin. Without it, you'll see the stage and where to get the app.