Camino del Norte · Stage 15 of 36
Colombres has no municipal albergue; one has been promised for years. In August, with the donation house shut and El Cantu full of groups, sleep in San Vicente or Unquera. After the Deva bridge into Asturias comes one of the steepest climbs on the Norte. The Camino Lebaniego turns off about 0.6 miles past Serdio. The blue Quinta Guadalupe houses the emigration museum.
Basic details only. The Camino del Norte’s stages haven’t been researched in detail yet, so this page has what the trail page held: the places to stay, the day’s distance and climbing, and the planning notes.
Also, not on the map: Albergue Casa de Peregrinos; Hotel Valbanera
Not on the map: San Vicente de la Barquera; Unquera
The line is the waymarked route as OpenStreetMap has it. Places to stay are where OpenStreetMap has them, matched by name; the ones it doesn't have are listed beside the map, without a marker. Tap a marker for details; the numbers match the cards below.
Two albergues and a hotel: a 9-bed donation house and a 130-bed albergue that mostly hosts school groups.
Donation-run pilgrim house 440 yards from the route, opened in 2023. 9 beds, with shared dinner and breakfast also by donation. Pilgrims only, late March to October, closed in August and on Saturdays.
Confirmed October 2026
An indiano mansion at the town entrance, on the route. 130 beds in 14 dorms, €15 to €18. Open all year, but mainly for school groups and summer camps; pilgrims get beds when there's room.
Confirmed October 2026
Central, on the route.
Confirmed October 2026
Before and after the stop, with the distance from it.
10.5 miles before Colombres
6.9 miles into the day
17 places, including the Nómada Hostel in the old municipal albergue (€25 to €30 with breakfast).
Confirmed October 2026
1.1 miles before Colombres
Hostal Río Deva with a pilgrim rate of €23, and four more.
Confirmed October 2026
Camino Lebaniego to Santo Toribio
Turns off about 0.6 miles past Serdio, on the day from Comillas to Colombres
Three hard, beautiful days and 38.6 miles to Potes, then 1.7 miles up to the monastery, which keeps a relic of the True Cross and issues the Lebaniega certificate. Gronze lists no beds at Cades, where its first day ends; Lafuente, 4.8 miles further, has the Los Pumares albergue. Cicera and Potes both have pilgrim albergues. Since July 2026 the monastery's albergue takes only booked groups of ten or more. It doesn't lead back to the Norte: Gronze continues it south as the Camino Vadiniense to the Camino Francés at Mansilla de las Mulas, ten stages from San Vicente.
Confirmed October 2026. Each place to stay shows when its own details were confirmed. Phone numbers, prices and opening seasons change from year to year, so confirm them before you rely on them.