Day: June 14, 2026

Day 19 – Itero de la Vega to Boadilla del Camino

Walked today: 5.3 mi. Camino’26: 127 mi.

This was the view from our window as we left Puente del Fitero this morning. The camino runs right by the terrace.
On our way out of Itero de la Vega.
A new sidewalk out of the village has been added since our last visit in June 2025. That’s a field of beets on the left.
The initial path out of Itero… was lined with trees on one side providing afternoon shade.
The walk started out flat, then gradually climbed up a small mesa. The fields on both sides of us contained wheat, barley, alfalfa, sunflowers and corn.
We looked back at a busy sky with well placed clouds blocking the sun for most of the walk, helping keep the cool breeze, cool.
The Pisuega Canal supplies the fields with water via both above ground and underground irrigation systems.
As we advanced up the mesa, we could look back and see the Alto de Mostelares (which we crossed yesterday) silhouetted against the horizon.
Nearing the top of today’s mesa ascent.
at the ” top” of the mesa looking back
looking forward at the gradual descent ahead with Boadillo in the distance.
The path now descending toward Boadillo
Full fields of crops on both sides
Back down to a flat path again
Trees lined the left side of the way the last mile into Boadilla … perfect timing as the sun came out from behind the clouds… or maybe the clouds stopped blocking the sun?
A nun walking past us.
Entering Boadilla del Camino (pop. 124)
Iglesia de Santa María de la Asuncíon providing a nesting place for a congregation of storks.
A closer look at a stork
The Rollo de la Justicia in the foreground and En El Camino Albergue and Hostal/Restaurant behind it.

We consider En El Camino among the best places to stay on the Camino Frances. It excels and never disappoints with regard to quality of facilities, food and overall experience. The staff is professional, welcoming, friendly and competent. It’s also among the least expensive of all the accommodations we have stayed-in spanning over 400 nights on the Camino Frances, making its overall value unmatched. Today was our 5th visit.

As soon as we arrived, Eduardo, the Hospitelier, recognized us and welcomed us back. He took our order for breakfast along with dozens of other pilgrims arriving at the same time.

Breakfast today was cafe con leche and Santiago cake.

When we asked if our room was ready, he gave us a key and said he’d check us in later when the crowd subsided keeping us from waiting unnecessarily.

While waiting for our transported backpacks to arrive, we had our main meal in the dining room, assisted by very helpful staff, whose English was far superior to our Spanish, and who patiently took our order and attended to us as needed during the 3 course meal.

Our backpacks arrived as we finished our meal and we retired to our spacious, spotless, modern room with well equipped electrical outlets and fully functioning bathroom and shower fixtures and got on with our daily chores.

I know it sounds like we’re making a big deal about En El Camino. Pilgrims in general become used to making the best of various hospitaliers and their offerings and shortcomings … some would suggest that it is part of being a pilgrim.

But when we see excellence on the part of Camino service providers, we celebrate it and share our appreciation with providers that go beyond the norm.