El Colacho

Castrillo de Murcia is a small village in the municipality of Sasamón, in the plain of Burgos, in the heart of Castile. The festival of Colacho is an opportunity to discover an exceptional heritage, from the village itself to the classified treasures of the province.

Santiago Apóstol Church of Castrillo de Murcia

At the highest point of the village, starting and finishing point of the Colacho procession: a great Gothic and Renaissance temple (XV^e-XVI^e The tower contains a caracol staircase without a central column, more than a hundred steps, built by Hernando de la Maza between 1557 and 1580. Inside: a Gothic Christ from the end of the XIV^e century and the major baroque altarpiece dedicated to Santiago Apóstol and Santa Bárbara.

Burgos Cathedral

In Burgos, the provincial capital: one of the most beautiful Gothic cathedrals in Spain, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its open-air arrow, the Connétable Chapel and the Cid tomb make it the monumental stage of the stay — the city where Castrillo's procession finds its great regional setting.

Atapuerca deposits

Near Burgos, in the Sierra of the same name: the prehistoric site of Atapuerca, classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000, preserves the oldest human fossils in Europe — up to 1.2 million years. The visit of the deposits (Sima del Elefante, Galería, Gran Dolina) is complete at the Museum of Human Evolution, in Burgos.

Covarrubias, the "Cuna de Castilla"

In the south of the province, on the banks of the Arlanza River: one of the most beautiful villages in Spain, declared a historical and artistic complex in 1965. Wooden houses, Torreón de Fernán González (X^e The church of San Cosme y San Damián, where the Princess Cristina of Norway is resting, is a dive into the medieval Castilla, to be extended by the monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos, her neighbour.