{"id":11880,"date":"2024-02-17T15:20:33","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T14:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caminodesantiagofrances.com\/en\/?page_id=11880"},"modified":"2026-10-03T20:47:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T18:47:48","slug":"la-laguna","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/caminodesantiagofrances.com\/en\/leon-province\/la-laguna\/","title":{"rendered":"La Laguna"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">La Laguna on the Camino<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Laguna de Castilla, at about 1,150 metres, is the last village in Le\u00f3n on the Camino. On the way out, a marker stone signals the entry into Galicia, and barely two kilometres remain to O Cebreiro. Some <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/caminodesantiagofrances.com\/en\/pilgrims\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5880\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pilgrims<\/a><\/strong> sleep here so as to reach O Cebreiro at first light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is a small hamlet of shepherds and farmers that has always lived beside the Camino. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/caminodesantiagofrances.com\/en\/pilgrims\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5880\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pilgrims<\/a><\/strong> rested here before the last climb to <strong><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/caminodesantiagofrances.com\/en\/lugo-province\/o-cebreiro\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"11939\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">O Cebreiro<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The name refers to a lagoon or marshy ground, and the suffix \u00abde Castilla\u00bb recalls that it is the last Castilian land before Galicia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">The village<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The houses, of stone and slate, line both sides of the Camino, with stables and vegetable plots. It is common to meet cows in the street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Services<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has a hostel with a bar and meals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From here the last stretch to <strong><strong><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/caminodesantiagofrances.com\/en\/lugo-province\/o-cebreiro\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"11939\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">O Cebreiro<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> begins, already in Galicia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Nature<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hamlet is surrounded by oak woods, chestnut groves and high pastures, on the edge of the Sierra de los Ancares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The views of the Valcarce valley from here, especially at dawn, are among the best of the climb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>In short<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Laguna de Castilla<\/strong> is Le\u00f3n&#8217;s farewell on the <strong><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/caminodesantiagofrances.com\/en\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"86\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Camino Frances<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>: a hamlet of cows and stone a step from Galicia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La Laguna on the Camino Laguna de Castilla, at about 1,150 metres, is the last village in Le\u00f3n on the Camino. On the way out, a marker stone signals the entry into Galicia, and barely two kilometres remain to O Cebreiro. Some pilgrims sleep here so as to reach O Cebreiro at first light. 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