Thematic routes

Join us to know Burgos though its main monuments, streets and promenades. Cid Campeador, Colón and many other characters will be present in our way along the history of this old medieval town.

Known as the French Way, Santiago’s Road crosses from East to West the province of Burgos. Hundreds of pilgrims go across our lands every year and are amazed by the great variety of landscapes, the richness of monumental churches and hermitages along the way, and the...

D. Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, “El Cid Campeador”, original from Burgos and universal myth, kept a close relationship with Burgos both during his historical reality and also through his literary figure. This route gives the opportunity to tour around the main episodes and...

Beyond the patrimony which has granted the city of Burgos an international name, its streets, its squares and corners have witnessed uncountable chapters of our past, starred by eminent figures and singular anonymous characters. Writers and rogues, nobles and...

If you join us on this tour you will live an experience which puts the five senses into play. You will not be able to close your ears to the history contained in the monuments and streets in Burgos. Sounds become images. Open your eyes and do not miss any detail of...

Burgos is an essentially gothic town. Apart from its impressive cathedral, the city also offers a large number of civil and religious buildings. Traders from Burgos erected its gothic churches during this artistic period, such as St. Nicholas, St. Esteban or St. Gil,...

Between 1493 and 1524, Juan Rodriguez de Fonseca was a counsellor of the King and Queen for American affairs. The new discoveries that had been made since the second trip of Colon until the first travel around the world expanded not only the known world, but also the...

Tribute to women, both known and anonymous, who have marked our history. It is difficult to know their ideas, opinions or feelings, since women have been relegated from political and social power over the centuries. We want to value the struggle of all women to find...

At the end of 1581, the Citizens Regiment approved the foundation of a Carmelite Mothers’ House. This fact motivated St. Teresa to come to the city to put into operation the one that was supposed to be her last foundation. This itinerary follows the footprints of the...