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San Justo De La Vega

Santa Catalina de Somoza – Cruz de Ferro (Iron Cross) loop from Nistal

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Bike touring routes & trails
Spain
Castile and León
León
Astorga
San Justo De La Vega

Santa Catalina de Somoza – Cruz de Ferro (Iron Cross) loop from Nistal

Hard

4.7

(3)

30

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Santa Catalina de Somoza – Cruz de Ferro (Iron Cross) loop from Nistal

04:30

69.3km

770m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 2, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 164 m for 119 m

After 69.1 km for 119 m

Waypoints

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Start point

Train Station

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11.3 km

Camino de Santiago

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A nice piece of gravel when leaving Astorga.

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2

15.2 km

Santa Catalina de Somoza

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Santa Catalina de Somoza is a small Spanish village belonging to the municipality of Astorga. It is one of the villages on the Camino de Santiago Francés. The village is …

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3

26.4 km

Rabanal del Camino

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A small town with traditional architecture in the area where you will find several inns and some of them really special, with rest areas for pilgrims that truly call for a stop along the way.

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32.0 km

Foncebadón

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In a town of only 18 inhabitants we find five restaurants and seven accommodations. What the Camino de Santiago does!
From here there are only a few more meters of …

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34.6 km

Foncebadón Pass

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The Iron Cross, the highest point of the French Way, is a place of extraordinary charm. Pilgrims use to bring a stone from their homelands and leave it here as …

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34.6 km

Cruz de Ferro (Iron Cross)

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The prayer of the Cruz de Ferro reads: “Lord, may this stone, symbol of my effort on my pilgrimage, which I lay at the foot of the Cross of the …

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34.7 km

Cruz de Ferro on the Camino

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Path

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62.3 km

Cathedral of Saint Mary of Astorga

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It occupies the site that according to tradition was the house of Santa Marta, patron saint of Astorga. There are reasons to believe that there was one of the many monasteries that Astorga had in the Middle Ages.

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69.3 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

53.1 km

6.48 km

5.72 km

3.92 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

58.0 km

4.62 km

3.24 km

2.65 km

629 m

225 m

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Highest point (1,490 m)

Lowest point (820 m)

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Friday 16 October

17°C

11°C

58 %

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