Camino de Invierno stage 1: Ponferrada to Borrenes

Stage 1 of 13 on the Camino de Invierno. You start 0.3 km into the route and finish at 21.6 km, with Santiago 244.8 km still ahead at the end of the day.

Elevation profile

Elevation sampled from terrain data (Terrarium DEM, built on SRTM) along the track. Walking time uses 4 km/h plus one hour per 500 m of climb. Difficulty scores the whole day 1 to 5 from its distance, climb, and descent, with the same formula on every route.

Open this route in the map app Full Camino de Invierno guide

Through the day

Named places along the walk in the order you reach them, with the distance from the stage start, built from the OpenStreetMap places counted below. A water point with no name of its own is listed as one.

1. Ponferrada0.0 km
2. Iglesia de Santiago2.9 km
3. Iglesia de San Antonio4.1 km
4. Ermita de Toral de Merayo5.5 km
5. Ermita del Santo Cristo de la Veracruz7.9 km
6. Iglesia del Salvador de Priaranza del Bierzo9.7 km
7. Igrexa de Santa Mariña de Santalla11.3 km
8. Igrexa de Santiago da Vilavella14.9 km
9. Igrexa de San Vicente de Borrés19.9 km
10. Borrenes21.3 km

Services along this stage

Counted from OpenStreetMap places on or near the track between the stage start and end, refreshed 2026-10-24. Use the map app while you walk for the exact spot, distance ahead, and popup details.

Places to stay in Borrenes

Named on OpenStreetMap within about 1.5 km of the stage end. Check the map app for beds, hours, and contact details where they are listed.

• Hotel Rural Cornatel Médulas
• La Peregrina

Plan the rest of the walk

See every stage together in the Camino de Invierno guide, or turn the stages into dated plans and a budget in the stage planner.

From Camino View (caminoview.com). Printed stage sheet: check the map app for live place details while you walk.