Santo Domingo to Belarado Saint Domingo is a hero around these parts as he was a great supporter of the Camino many centuries ago, building a bridge for peregrinos and providing places to stay. Part of his legend is associated with chickens and appropriately, two roosters from the garden of the albergue crowed at six o'clock this morning. The Way moves from La Rioja to the province of Castilla y Leon and each region has its own ideas of how to signpost parts of t...

Najera to Santo Domingo The Camino at this point is a series of daily stages of between 12-15 miles. Today is just over 13 miles to Santo Domingo which is one of the very original Camino towns with a history dating back over 1000 years. My body is now adjusting to daily walks of this length and mentally I feel in pretty good shape. There's a routine of setting off at about 8am and stopping for a breakfast in a local village after an hour or so. And then reaching ...