Finding the Ermita de Santa Brigida

[ThingamaBrig]

I'm a total newbie and could use some help finding this little site so I can take a pic for a friend.
It's near Burgos.
I've found "Approaching Hontanas (Province of Burgos, Castilla y León), there’s a tiny shrine to Santa Brigida (ermita de)" but it doesn't say from which direction, or indicate anything else about the trail.
If I go there - I'd like to see El Arco de San Miguel de Mazarreros, in the area, if it's close.

I've tried wikiloc (I don't have space on my phone for another ap) without luck, but that could be because I don't know how to use it well enough. Is there anyone out there who could help me find it?
I'd have to take a train or bus to the region first, coming from the same province.

 

[Stephan the Painter]

I'm a total newbie and could use some help finding this little site so I can take a pic for a friend.
It's near Burgos.
I've found "Approaching Hontanas (Province of Burgos, Castilla y León), there’s a tiny shrine to Santa Brigida (ermita de)" but it doesn't say from which direction, or indicate anything else about the trail.
If I go there - I'd like to see El Arco de San Miguel de Mazarreros, in the area, if it's close.

I've tried wikiloc (I don't have space on my phone for another ap) without luck, but that could be because I don't know how to use it well enough. Is there anyone out there who could help me find it?
I'd have to take a train or bus to the region first, coming from the same province.

I never heard of the one you asked about. A search in my Mapy.cz app showed five of them in Spain, but none of them near Burgos.

There's an Ermita de Nuestra Señora de la Peña in Tosantos a day or two before Burgos. That chapel only opens once a year on a celebratory day.

I've stopped there, it's a nice short detour, but all you see is the façade of a chapel built into a cave.

https://caminoapp.org/localities/tosantos/

 

[SabsP]

I'm a total newbie and could use some help finding this little site so I can take a pic for a friend.
It's near Burgos.
I've found "Approaching Hontanas (Province of Burgos, Castilla y León), there’s a tiny shrine to Santa Brigida (ermita de)" but it doesn't say from which direction, or indicate anything else about the trail.
If I go there - I'd like to see El Arco de San Miguel de Mazarreros, in the area, if it's close.

I've tried wikiloc (I don't have space on my phone for another ap) without luck, but that could be because I don't know how to use it well enough. Is there anyone out there who could help me find it?
I'd have to take a train or bus to the region first, coming from the same province.

You can't miss it.

Ermita Santa Brigida / Hontanas 2013

• SabsP
• Sep 17, 2015
• 2

 

[ThingamaBrig]

I never heard of the one you asked about. A search in my Mapy.cz app showed five of them in Spain, but none of them near Burgos.

https://caminoapp.org/localities/tosantos/

Thanks, I'll keep looking

 

[ThingamaBrig]

You can't miss it.

Ermita Santa Brigida / Hontanas 2013

• SabsP
• Sep 17, 2015
• 2

If I can't get there I'll miss it.
My post was asking for directions on how to get there (from which direction, on which trail)

 

[SabsP]

If I can't get there I'll miss it.
My post was asking for directions on how to get there (from which direction, on which trail)

Camino Francés is " the trail ". On the Meseta coming from the albergue San Bol.

See this map from Gronze. So to be even more specific : etapa from Hornillos del Camino towards Castrojeriz. Halfway.

Hornillos del Camino - Castrojeriz | Camino Francés | Gronze.com

Hasta Hontanas atravesamos dos pequeñas mesetas, por largas y solitarias pistas de tierra, con la misma pauta paisajística del tramo anterior; luego, llaneamos resiguiendo el valle de San Antón hasta llegar a Castrojeriz por su carretera local. Hoy también estamos muy expuestos al sol, sobre...

www.gronze.com

EDIT : for more details you can use google maps and type in " Ermita de Santa Brigida ".

 

[Stephan the Painter]

If I can't get there I'll miss it.
My post was asking for directions on how to get there (from which direction, on which trail)

Since you said you might not have any more room for apps, @SabsP is saying its right before you walk into Hontanas on the Camino Frances trail. Here from Google maps

 

[Saint Mike II]

Hola - yes its about 500/800 metres before you enter Hontanas - on the right hand side (heading west). As the photo above shows its not all that big. Cheers

 

[OTH86]

Perhaps a bit more detail --- leave Burgos on the Camino Frances, follow signs to Tardajos, and then Rabe. After Rabe follow the Frances to Hornillos (20 km from Burgos), and continue on past San Bol which is off to the left as you go up a slight rise. Another 5km to Hontanas - which you won't see until you're THERE - it's down in a bit of a ravine - the Ermita de San Brigida is just to the right as you start down to the town - a WONDERFUL place with an albergue Sta Brigida on the left past El Puntido - maybe open, maybe not, but Alb El Puntido (on the rt) should be open. IF Alb Sta Briguda is open, DO stay there!! It's been a few years since I was there, but it was a very nice place with communal dinner...
Buen Camino, @ThingamaBrig

 

[Kathor1]

Thank you, @OTH86, for the detailed description of how to spot the Ermita de Santa Brigida near Hontanas when walking the Camino Francés from east to west. Now to the other location - Arco de San Miguel de Mazarreros ...

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Repeating information from above slightly differently.

Ermita de Santa Brígida · Hontanas, Burgos

maps.app.goo.gl

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Now to the other location - Arco de San Miguel de Mazarreros ...

Here is a screenshot from Google Maps. The red line is the Camino Frances. On it the red dot with the bed is the albergue San Bol, about 5 km before Hontanas.



The location of the two:

El Arco de San Miguel de Mazarreros:

arch of San Miguel de Mazarreros · Sasamón, Burgos

maps.app.goo.gl

San Bol:

Albergue de "Arroyo de San Bol" · Iglesias, Burgos

maps.app.goo.gl

 

[Nelle]

I never heard of the one you asked about. A search in my Mapy.cz app showed five of them in Spain, but none of them near Burgos.

There's an Ermita de Nuestra Señora de la Peña in Tosantos a day or two before Burgos. That chapel only opens once a year on a celebratory day.

I've stopped there, it's a nice short detour, but all you see is the façade of a chapel built into a cave.

https://caminoapp.org/localities/tosantos/

The Tosantos donativo, Parroquial San Francisco de Asis, offers is guests a tour in Spanish of the Ermita when a local guide is available. Although not to everyone’s taste - I enjoyed my stay there last July.

 

[DreamWeaver]

This post brings back lots of fond memories. Here's Santa Brigida of Hontanas

 

[Theatregal]

As others have said, directly on the Camino Frances path, on the right as you walk into town. There is a sign. These photos were taken just over a year ago.

 

[OTH86]

Ironically, since posting my suggestion above about Hontanas & Santa Brigida, plus some chatter about walking just the Meseta, I have decided to return to the Frances, beginning in Burgos and walking to Leon -- that will close a gap I've never walked on the Frances, and give me another chance to appreciate the Cathedral in Leon. I leave home in three days

 

[alexwalker]

@Theatregal is correct; This is the place. After Hornillos, as you walk down to Hontanas, the place is on your right hand, There is also a fountain there where you can refill your bottle.

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