Why this ride
From Tineo it runs 282 km to Tineo; allow about 3 h 42 of riding. It goes by way of La Foncalada, Tito Bustillo and back through La Foncalada. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino F and Tito Bustillo
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 282 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 42
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino F
Tineo sits on a ridge in western Asturias, and for pilgrims walking the Camino Primitivo it is the place where the real mountains begin. This is the oldest of the routes to Santiago, said to have been walked by King Alfonso II in the ninth century when he went from Oviedo to the tomb of St James, and it climbs from the green hills around Oviedo into a wilder landscape of ridges and valleys that separates Asturias from Galicia. The town itself has about 11,000 people, a handsome old centre, a church and a pilgrim hostel, and the Camino passes through it on the way west.
Read the complete Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino F write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino F is where the day begins. Next is La Foncalada.
2. La Foncalada
Oviedo has a tiny fountain that is older than almost everything else in the city, and it sits in a gap between two streets a few steps from the cathedral. La Foncalada, a little stone building with a gabled front and a pool inside, was built in the ninth century in the time of King Alfonso III, and it is the only surviving civil building of the Asturian pre-Romanesque style in the capital. Water from a spring still flows through it, and a pilgrim on the Camino Primitivo, the oldest of the routes to Santiago, passes by on the way through town. It is easy to walk past without noticing, which would be a pity.
Read the complete La Foncalada write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
La Foncalada comes up about 62 km into the recorded legs. Next is Tito Bustillo.
3. Tito Bustillo
In 1968, a group of young cavers from Ribadesella found their way into a cave system beneath the Ardines hill, just outside the town, and stumbled upon an extraordinary gallery of Palaeolithic art: horses, deer and reindeer, painted in red and black, along with strange red symbols that some interpret as female figures. One of the group, Celestino Fernández Bustillo, known as Tito, died in a mountain accident a few days later, and the cave was named in his honour. Tito Bustillo is one of the most important painted caves in Europe, and it is part of the UNESCO listing of Cave of Altamira and Palaeolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain. Visits are limited in number and season to protect the art, and booking in advance is essential.
Read the complete Tito Bustillo write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 141 km into the recorded legs you reach Tito Bustillo. Next is back through La Foncalada.
4. back through La Foncalada
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete La Foncalada write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through La Foncalada, late in the day. Next is Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino F.
5. Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino F
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino F write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino F. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino F to La Foncalada
Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino F → La Foncalada is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
La Foncalada to Tito Bustillo
La Foncalada → Tito Bustillo is 79 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Tito Bustillo to back through La Foncalada
Tito Bustillo → back through La Foncalada is 80 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through La Foncalada to Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino F
back through La Foncalada → Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino F is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.