Hermitage of San Antonio Abad – Palacio de los Hornillos loop from Bárcena

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Bárcena De Pie De Concha

Hermitage of San Antonio Abad – Palacio de los Hornillos loop from Bárcena

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Hermitage of San Antonio Abad – Palacio de los Hornillos loop from Bárcena

03:23

36.5km

1,020m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

Tips

Includes a very steep uphill segment

You may need to push your bike.

After 11.0 km for 174 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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5.77 km

Hermitage of San Antonio Abad

Highlight • Religious Site

Located in the La Serna de Iguña neighborhood, in this chapel dedicated to Saint Anthony Abbot, the Octave of Corpus Christi is celebrated. The neighborhoods that make up La Serna are Corral Mayor, Corral de Abajo, Pilipapo or Ribero, and Elecha or Helecha. There is a place known as San Vitores which denotes its previous religious dedication to the aforementioned Saint.

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8.32 km

Palacio de los Hornillos

Highlight • Monument

The Palacio de los Hornillos or Palacio de las Fraguas is a large estate in which two palaces are located. The oldest called Casona de las Fraguas (from the 18th century) and the largest of both, called de los Hornillos (late 19th century). It has been the setting for several movies. The Palace of the Hornillos is a private property, owned by the Duke of San Carlos, and cannot be visited. La Casona de las Fraguas is currently a catering business that organizes banquets and celebrations.

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8.37 km

Church of San Jorge (The Parthenon of Las Fraguas)

Highlight • Religious Site

The church of San Jorge, popularly known as El Partenón, is a few meters from the Palacio de los Hornillos. Built in 1890 as a chapel near his palace, it was donated by the dukes to the town of Las Fraguas to serve as a parish church. It was used during the Civil War as a prison. It is a purely neoclassical building.

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35.0 km

Roman Road Trail

Highlight • Trail

The Roman road known as Calzada de los Blendios connected Pisoraca (Herrera de Pisuerga, in Palencia) and Portus Blendium (Suances, in Cantabria). It was the main means of communication between the Castilian plateau and the Cantabrian coast.

It runs through a mountain area and is covered by oak, chestnut and beech groves.

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35.7 km

Church of Santa María de Roimbre

Highlight • Religious Site

Located in Bárcena de Pie de Concha and next to the town's cemetery, this small church was built in the 16th century to replace a 13th-century temple from which some elements were reused. It was renovated in the 18th century.

Inside the temple, a Romanesque baptismal font is preserved, decorated with a rope motif on the upper surface and two small hollows at the top of the basin.

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36.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

16.7 km

16.0 km

2.97 km

880 m

Surfaces