Edition 2020 - The Exile route - 1500 1400 Atienza 1200 Berlanga de Duero Burgos Covarrubias Vivar del Cid 1000 Peñaranda de Duero Castillejo de Robledo El Burgo de Osma www.caminodelcid.org Bicycle Touring Guide for The Way of El Cid 0 km 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 300 320 340 360 UTM Desarrollos We invite you to follow El Cid into exile, accompanying him on his journey from Vivar del Cid—his hometown—to the magical castle of Atienza, in Guadalajara. Cross DistancE 360 km Cumulative ascent 4.400 m Physical difficulty Medium through the river Duero, which was a natural border in medieval times, and follow El Estimated time 6/7 days Cumulative descent 4.015 m Technical difficulty Low Cid’s steps along the valleys and mountain ranges in the provinces of Burgos, Soria Fact Sheet and Guadalajara. Information for bicycle tourists be some improvements that are not recorded here. Traffic alerts are subjective for they are based on the authors’ experience and may This is an ideal route for road bicycle touring. The route is vary depending on the period of the year and the days of the week , where El Cid was a governor. Follow El Cid into exile Caliphate-style fortress in Gormaz highly varied, with no challenging gradients and, in general, it (for example, weekends and bank holidays). Two of Castile’s foundational monasteries, San Pedro de This route recreates the route taken by El Cid on the first days runs along secondary roads with low and very low traffic. Cardeña and Santo Domingo de Silos, are along the route. Also the of his exile, as narrated in El Cantar. It also bears connection to However, ride carefully, for distracted riding can be Weather route runs close to the monastery of Arlanza, which is only 8km other passages from the poem, as for example Afrenta de dangerous. away from Covarrubias. In addition, you will get to visit mythical This route runs along the foothill of the Sistema Ibérico, whose Corpes. El Cid, who left Vivar with a company of knights, was places in the history of El Cid such as Vivar del Cid, San Pedro de peaks are in between 825 m high in Langa de Duero and required by royal decree to abandon Castile within nine days. Roads with symbolic significance 1.375 m high in Miedes de Atienza. The area is, therefore, Cardeña, Castillejo de Robledo, San Esteban de Gormaz and, of The term "Road with Symbolic Significance" along The Way of El Cid Before the deadline, he took his wife and daughters to the course, Burgos, which is well-equipped for bicycle tourists. You will dominated by intense continental climate, though the monastery of San Pedro de Cardeña, he purchased a stock of refers to stretches of road of high symbolic value in terms of their see interesting Romanesque samples, as for example the cloister cycling, landscape, historic or artistic significance. Along this influence of the Mediterranean Sea results in drier summers. supplies and he included new knights and soldiers to his of Santo Domingo de Silos, the paintings in the chapel San Miguel particular route you will encounter the following roads with symbolic Winters run from mid-November to the end of March. A freeze reduced company. Although El Cid left Castile through Sierra de (Gormaz), the churches in San Esteban de Gormaz and small rural significance: BU 911 in between Santo Domingo de Silos and may occur even in seasons other than winter and, in general Pela, which currently separates Soria from Guadalajara (in the Romanesque towns. The 7th century Visigothic chapel in Quintani- Espinosa de Cervera (10 km) and SO 4228 and SO 4126 in terms, it is cold at dawn, which is why it is important to carry year 1081 this was a naturally occurring barrier between the lla de las Viñas, which is placed under the castle of Lara, deserves between Navapalos and Gormaz (15 km). warm clothing and windbreaker jackets, even in the summer. kingdom of Castile and Toledo), the route ends in another special mention. Snow falls during the winter, though there are no stretches of important town, which was a “Muslim territory” at the time: the Along this stretch of the route you will ride through dozens of Road surface condition and traffic route where snow falls heavily; that is to say, snow will only small, pleasant, medieval-like towns such as Covarrubias, historical village of Atienza. The village, which is built on a This section contains information about hard shoulders, road cause exceptional inconvenience to travellers. The heavier military square of Andalusian origin, was of great importance in Santo Domingo de Silos, Peñaranda de Duero, Langa de Duero, surfaces, traffic lanes and traffic volume in relation to each road. falls of rain occur in spring and autumn, though rain is rarely the 10th and 11th centuries. San Esteban de Gormaz, El Burgo de Osma, Berlanga de Duero Note that the condition of hard shoulders and road surfaces can torrential and will not stop a well-equipped cyclist. and Atienza (in the province of Guadalajara), all of which have vary depending on maintenance work, which means that there may What there is to see? been declared Historic and/or Artistic Sites. When you reach The landscape along this route is made of non-irrigated areas Santo Domingo de Silos, you will note that the route does not spreading along the valleys of the rivers Arlanza and Duero and of continue along the path but rather along a road with symbolic groves of junipers, oaks and pines as well as of dry scrubland and significance. It leads to Caleruega, which is the hometown of the Average temperature 6,7º 8,9º 12º 13,3º 17,2º 22º 26,4º 26,7º 22,9º 16,5º 10,7º 7,6º high moorlands. The route runs along six Protected Natural Areas, Máx/Mín founder of the Dominican Order, and to Peñalba de Castro, -1,2º -0,6º 0,6º 2,2º 5,6º 8,4º 11º 11,1º 8,5º 5,3º 1,6º 0,3º among which it is possible to highlight the juniper groves in the Total daylight time where you can visit the Roman site of Clunia; i.e. one of the big for any day 09:23 10:33 11:55 13:23 14:36 15:14 14:59 13:54 12:30 11:05 09:47 09:06 mountain ranges in Arlanza and La Yecla and an area in Soria imperial cities of old Hispania. Average rainfall 46 42 31 65 69 46 30 27 36 50 56 57 that runs alongside the river Duero, which is of great environmen- Monthly weather average for the city of Burgos, which may be used as a reference all along El Destierro route tal value and was geopolitically important during the Middle Ages. In the stretch of route in between Langa de Duero and Use this QR code to access website content relating to the road bicycle touring section of The Exile Route. You The Passport Berlanga de Duero, you will see a good can download all relevant information: maps, The Passport is an identification card used by travellers to collect stamps number of watchtowers and topo-guides, tracks, list of accommodations, passport castles, including the impressive stamping offices, tourist offices, etc. from the towns and villages along their way. If this identification card is shown at any of the 200 accommodation facilities belonging to The Way of El Cid route, you can get a minimum of 10% off. The Passport is free and you can get it either at a Tourist Office or at our office: Consorcio Camino del Cid C/ Madrid 24, 09002 Burgos Consorcio Camino del Cid is an entity supported and financed by the following provincial governments: [email protected] Tel.: +34 947 256 240 Diputación de Burgos Passport offices www.caminodelcid.org Quintanilla Vivar del Cid Vivar Recommendations and guidance BURGOS H TRES CORONAS DE SILOS: Pl. Mayor, 6 - 947390047 AP-1 BURGOS H SILOS 2000: C/ Santo Domingo de Silos, s/n - 947390132 Villatoro ► CONSORCIO CAMINO DEL CID: C/ Madrid, 24 - 947256240 CTR POSADA VILLA DE SILOS: Pl. Mayor, 10 - 947390017 / 686435241 A-231 Do not set-off without the tracks and OFICINA DE TURISMO: C/ Nuño Rasura, 7 - 947288874 TORRELARA BURGOS topo-guides. N-120 Consorcio Camino del Cid OFICINA DE TURISMO CYL: Pl. Alonso Martínez, 7 bajo - 947203125 AYUNTAMIENTO: C/ Real, 24 - 607347889 Cardeñajimeno Cortes C/ Madrid 24, 09002 Burgos MUSEO MILITAR: Pl. Alonso Martínez, s/n - 947478913 ASOCIACIÓN –BAR MUNICIPAL: C/ La Plaza, 1 - 607347889 A-62 Monasterio ► Avoid surprises by booking accommodation in HR*** CARDEÑA: C/ San Pedro Cardeña, 50 - 947491780 VIVAR DEL CID de San Pedro Río Arlanzón Carcedo de Cardeña advance. H RICE BULEVAR: C/ Bonifacio Zamora de Usabel, 1 - 947257633 CANTINA DEL CID: C/ Álvar Fáñez, 2 - 947292058 de Burgos H** PUERTA ROMEROS: C/ San Amaro, 2 - 947462012 ■ CR LA CASA DEL HUERTO: Camino del Destierro, 12 - 616498690 Modúbar de ► You will ride through lonely areas and small towns H MARÍA LUISA: Avda. del Cid Campeador, 42 - 947228000 ■ HOTEL RURAL LA MORADA DEL CID: Avda. del Cid, 20 - 687592830 San Cibrián H RICE PALACIO DE BLASONES: C/ Fernán González, 6 - 947271000 ■ MOLINO DEL CID: 947292016 / 619359904 Los Ausines along your way: plan food and replacement H**** CORONA DE CASTILLA: C/ Madrid, 15 - 947262142 SORIA Revilla parts. N-234 H CAMPUS TAVERN: C/ Las Infantas, 1-2 - 947462030 AGUILERA del Campo HSR** IRUÑAKO: Ctra.