Step from Nájera to Sto. Domingo de la Calzada

• No difficulty:Neither
  mileage nor stage orography presents any difficulty. The almost 9.5 kilometres between Azofra and Cirueña have only a positive level of 190 metres, which gives an idea of the smoothness of the day.

Easy stage with almost no difficulty. For those who want to lengthen it can do so to Grañón where there is one of the hostels of pilgrims that will not leave anyone indifferent, the parish hostel San Juan Bautista, as well as other accommodations.

All the towns through which the stage takes place provide services for the pilgrim.

For lovers of culture and monuments near the route of this stage is the monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla, Suso and Yuso. It is well worth a visit, although the tour is extended by about 15 kilometers. A good possibility is to go in a taxi shared between several.

In Santo Domingo de la Calzada you can visit the Cathedral which has crypt and mausoleum of the so famous Santo that I dedicate his life to the pilgrims, besides a rooster and a hen who according to tradition if the pilgrim who enters the cathedral hears them singing means that he will have a good way.

Santo Domingo de la Calzada is also famous for the medieval legend about what happened to some German pilgrims.

A German marriage and its young son, Hugonell, are heading on pilgrimage to Compostela. When they arrive in Santo Domingo, they stay in a plateau. The daughter of the innkeeper falls in love with the young man, but because she is not matching, she decides to avenge herself by hiding a glass of silver in the youth's luggage. When she leaves the city, the girl denounces the robbery. When captured, the cup is found among his belongings, so he is accused of theft and sentenced to death.

The next day, your parents, before you embark on the journey, will see your son's body, who was surprisingly alive and tells you: “The blessed Santo Domingo de la Calzada has kept my life against the stringent cordel… account for this prodigy.” The parents come to tell the corrector of the city about the event, but the latter, skeptical, comments that the young man is as alive as the grilled rooster and hen ready to eat. Birds instantly recover their feathers and life, attesting to the portentous miracle.

Hence the saying: “Santo
Domingo de la Calzadonde
sang the hen after roasting”

• AZOFRA:Small town,
  very hospitable with the pilgrims, located in the valley of the Tuerto River. Their houses with hydalguide packaging and nobiliary shields line up along Major
  Street. In the parish church of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries dedicated to Our Lady of Angels, a size of Santiago Peregrino can be seen. A few kilometres
  from Azofra are the monasteries of Suso and Yuso de San Millán de la Cogolla (a diversion at the exit of Azofra allows visits, especially to cyclists, giving a good rodeo).
  They are World Heritage Sites and cradle of the Spanish language with their Emilianean Glosas, handwritten notes in Latin, romance and Basque.
• SANTO DOMINGO DE LA CALZADA:This city is
  a genuine daughter of the Camino de Santiago. Founded by Santo Domingo in 1044, he built a bridge over the river Oja to facilitate the passage to losperegrinos, as
  well as a road between Nájera and Redecilla and a host. The cathedral, the most emblematic building of the villa, was erected on the tomb of the Holy One. The Romanesque
  plantain but its style is Gothic and Renaissance. Inside, in front of the tomb of the Holy One is the hornacine where a rooster and a hen live in memory
  of the legend of the hen who sang after roasting. To the tower - exempt bell tower can be uploaded after paying the appropriate entrance, but it is a good option as the view
  from above is worth it. In front of it, the Parador de Turismo retains in its interior several elements of the old Pilgrim Hospital. Santo Domingo de la Calzada is capital
  of the region and has many shops, bars and restaurants.