Camino Olvidado stage 1: Bilbao to Güeñes

Stage 1 of 18 on the Camino Olvidado. You start 0.0 km into the route and finish at 24.8 km, with 469.9 km of the route 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 Olvidado 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. Bilbao0.0 km
2. Iglesia El Salvador Eliza1.6 km
3. Santa Ana eta Bariko San Nikolas eliza4.2 km
4. Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Medalla Milagrosa6.1 km
5. Ermita de Santa Águeda8.9 km
6. Ermita de San Antolín10.7 km
7. Iglesia de San Miguel y San Pedro15.6 km
8. Done Bikendi19.8 km
9. Mendi Ona - Sodupeko Batzokia20.0 km
10. Güeñes24.9 km

Services along this stage

Counted from OpenStreetMap places on or near the track between the stage start and end, refreshed 2026-11-05. Use the map app while you walk for the exact spot, distance ahead, and popup details.

Places to stay in Güeñes

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.

• Erreka Güeñes

Plan the rest of the walk

See every stage together in the Camino Olvidado 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.