{"id":55446,"date":"2025-12-04T11:37:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T08:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.journeys6senses.com\/camino-lebaniego\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T19:14:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T16:14:48","slug":"camino-lebaniego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.journeys6senses.com\/en\/camino-lebaniego\/","title":{"rendered":"My Camino Lebaniego – the way to the Picos de Europa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Camino Lebaniego<\/strong> – why did I choose this particular route for my walk in 2025? Not the longest, so you can walk for a long time and think about nothing. On the contrary – only 4 days, it’s even impossible to tune in for the journey (I do like to walk for longer).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the travel plan to Spain was not limited only to Camino. The walking route was a gentle start to a long, almost month-long journey through Spain, where I hiked in the Picos de Europa mountains, visited high mountain lakes, walked along the ocean, and saw places I once passed by while on the Camino del Norte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back then, in the distant 2017, I walked through Cantabria and Asturias under heavy downpours and couldn’t enjoy these wonderful sites and stunning nature. And to repeat the same path is as impossible as stepping into the same water twice. So, I created my dream journey, part of which was to walk a new route of the Camino – Camino Lebaniego. And after it, to see the ocean, the towns of Llanes, Ribadesella, Comillas and San Vicente de la Barquera, to go hiking in the Picos de Europa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it turned out to be one of the best independent hiking adventures in recent years! This time I walked alone and enjoyed the carefreeness and the opportunity to do only what I wanted. Because a solo trip is a great happiness to be yourself together with yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My journey through the Picos de Europa National Park<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

A bit of the history of Camino Lebaniego<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Camino Lebaniego<\/strong>, a pilgrimage route with more than 500 years of history, begins in San Vicente de la Barquera<\/strong> and ends at the monastery of Santo Toribio de Li\u00e9bana<\/strong>. It covers several places steeped in legends, traditions, and cultural heritage, which define its unique identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This journey starts at the Church of Our Lady of the Angels in San Vicente de la Barquera, located on the highest part of Puebla Vieja, from where you have a breathtaking view that combines sea and mountains. The church, built between the 13th and 14th centuries and characterized by the principles of mountain Gothic, houses the tomb of inquisitor Antonio del Corro, which is considered one of the most beautiful funerary sculptures in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The route goes through the Cantabrian mountains and ends at the Santo Toribio monastery, where one of the largest pieces of the cross on which Jesus was crucified is kept \u2013 Lignum Crucis<\/strong>. This relic, together with the remains of the saint who brought it to the Iberian Peninsula, Toribio of Astorga, is the core of the pilgrimage to this holy place, which has its own Jubilee Year, a privilege it shares since medieval times with Rome, Jerusalem, and Santiago de Compostela. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The last Jubilee Year on Lebaniego took place in 2023, and due to this major event, the tourism authorities of Cantabria did a lot of promotion for this route. Signs were also updated, very beautiful credencials were made, which are issued for free at the San Vicente tourist office. You will see advertising for this route all over Cantabria, almost at every bus stop. And that’s really cool!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Facts about the Camino Lebaniego route<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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