Stage 6: Pesquera de Ebro - Manzanedo

The road continues to an asphalt trail on which you can reach Villanueva-Rampalay on the left after crossing an extraordinary medieval bridge with nine spans. After passing this infrastructure, the route continues to the right before immediately taking a detour to the left via a dirt track.

Leaving behind it several agricultural fields, the path once again enters the dense vegetation on the banks of the Ebro for a few hundred metres. Seeing cultivated fields announces that you are again near the village of Tubilleja. The 16th century parish church and stone houses with interesting traditional architecture are notable features: sun terraces, coats of arms and a Gothic window.

To continue to Tudanca, follow the road, although you will soon reach the Molinos del Canto site. This is a site where with a weir and two mills, one on each bank; the one on the left bank is part of a rural tourism centre. All this forms a place of great scenic value.

The road then crosses a small gorge and, as it approaches the entrance to Tudanca, it joins the GR 85 “Ruta de los Sentidos” (“Route of the Senses”).

Tudanca is among the villages in Burgos that best preserves its traditional plan of narrow streets and the flavour of vernacular architecture. Many of the buildings include construction elements and decorative motifs that increased the prestige and social status of their inhabitants: stone, semicircular arches, geminated windows and coats of arms. Its 17th century Baroque church of La Magdalena stands out. It also has a special natural environment, since its proximity to the Ebro gives it a riverside forest with numerous species: alders, willows, maples, black poplars, poplars, lime trees, holm oaks and pedunculate oaks.

Until a few years ago, the village was accessed by either a road or the Tudanca mountain range. Today an asphalt road leads there. From the village, continue along the bridle path running along the right bank of the Ebro among black poplars, leaving behind the cemetery, the bridge and the fountain.

The Ebro and the stone platform path turn right, over the limestone reliefs of the Tudanca mountain range. In the meantime, the river opens a gap that forms the Tornos gorge. The stone pavement zigzags, climbs up to the Portillo del Oso pass and descends to the Manzanedo valley. The downhill route passes through holm oaks and leads to a fork, before reaching a cultivated area. Continue to descend along the path that leads towards the river, after which you will arrive at the Olla spring, after crossing a protected species breeding area.

The path follows the river for 300 m before widening under a canopy of alders and meeting a clearer path. It then continues, crossing a stream, where the Rosa spring rises and reaches Cidad de Ebro by the Romanesque Virgen Blanca hermitage.

This town offers travellers the opportunity to visit the San Román church, as well as some stone houses, coats of arms and the ruins of two mills. From its 17th century transept, you will descend to the medieval bridge, which features pilasters, following the GR 85 signs. A path starts there, on the right, guarded by oak trees and new buildings, leading through fruit trees and fields to La Vega, a meander formed by the Ebro, covered with gall oaks, holm oaks, crops and black poplar groves.

From there, the path leads out onto the V-5741 road towards Manzanedillo for a short section before joining the riverside path again as far as the bridge at this village. Highlights of this village include its ruined Romanesque church, an example of a fortified building with a Gothic window and an 18th century Baroque transept.

You will then cross a bridge over the Ebro, after which the path ascends to the left and continues to Manzanedo. It is recommended that you visit the Romanesque church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, and pay attention to the other examples of vernacular architecture with balconies, sun terraces painted in blue and green, small windows and semicircular arched doorways.