D13: Nájera-Santo Domingo de la Calzada

Mileage: 14.25 long, hot miles
Elevation gain: 1,355 feet
Elevation loss: 804 feet
Weather: cool and sunny to begin, hot and sunny later with little breeze
Total mileage: 136

Today was another difficult but beautiful and joyful day. We had coffee and I ate a little before we left Nájera. Once we left the city it was a day of beautiful rolling fields of wheat and vineyards with mountains in the distance. We did encounter some very messy mud on the trail, and I was VERY grateful that we’ve had such great weather overall. We stopped to rest twice - once at Azofra for a breakfast feast at a cafe and then again at the top of a very long steep hill, where an enterprising young man had sodas, fruit, and other snacks available. Most welcome! We crave fruit but of course it’s heavy to carry it with us. We were very happy to arrive in Santo Domingo in the afternoon.En savoir plus