Detours

Hikers face four or five tough weeks of walking on the Camino, but cycling can take as little as seven days, which grants the freedom to explore beyond the paths that make up the Camino's passage. Here, a cyclist pedals along the quiet cobblestoned streets of Castrillo de los Polvazares, a 17th-century town just a couple of kilometres from the trail near the town of Astorga.