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The Camino Olvidado (Forgotten Way) to Santiago de Compostela passes through Boñar

The forgotten trail to Santiago (Camino Olvidado a Santiago) also known as Camino de la Montaña or Camino Viejo is an ancestral route to Santiago de Compostela.

Primitive and wild. Unique and striking. Rescuing from oblivion the old Camino a Santiago that crossed rugged mountains, forests and landscapes shaped by water is gaining more and more hiking enthusiasts and pilgrims. The section starts in Bilbao and crosses Burgos, Cantabria and Palencia before entering and concluding in León.

Almost 700 kilometres of a beautiful trail with dozens of Roman ruins, peaks and plains that produce multiple sensations on the pilgrim. The trail is a Jacobean route that during the Middle Ages was used by pilgrims to protect themselves from Almanzor’s Muslims. As the Reconquest advanced over the Muslim kingdoms, this path became less important in favour of the French path until it was completely forgotten. Today, with a unique landscape, the municipalities through which it passes have decided to relaunch it and, therefore, have signposted and prepared it so that those who wish to follow its trails can do so once again. Puente Almuhey, Cistierna, Boñar, La Robla, Canales-La Magdalena, Riello, Fasgar, Igüeña, Labaniego, Congosto, Cabañas Raras and Villafranca, where it joins the French path, form part of the León sections, which also offer Vegacervera and Buiza as alternatives.