# A weekend in the Hoces del Duratón, based in Sepúlveda One night in Sepúlveda to paddle the canyon, climb to San Frutos in the last light and walk the Senda de los Dos Ríos on Sunday, with roast lamb in between. Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castile-and-leon/duraton-gorges/itineraries/duraton-gorges-weekend-sepulveda · Revisado: 2026-11-12 Dónde: Duratón River Gorges and Sepúlveda The Hoces del Duratón gorges fit into a long Sunday, but with a night in Sepúlveda everything fits better: the canoe in the morning, San Frutos in the low light of sunset and Sunday for the town and the Senda de los Dos Ríos without watching the clock. Sepúlveda is an hour and forty minutes from Madrid, a little over an hour from Segovia and an hour and a half from Burgos. ## Guided canoe or on your own? If it is your first time, guided. Situral, from Sebúlcor, leaves in the morning and the afternoon with an instructor along the Natural Park stretch: about 8 or 9 km of calm water in around three and a half hours, for €33 per adult and €20 for children up to 14. The independent route starts at San Miguel de Bernuy, with no time limit, for €25 and €15. The pack of both costs €50 and €30 and can be split over two days: guided on Saturday, independent on Sunday. ## Where to sleep? AccommodationWhereFor whom Hotel Rural Vado del DuratónCentre of SepúlvedaCouples who want to dine next to the hotel Hospedería de los TemplariosPlaza de España, SepúlvedaA hotel or apartment, breakfast included Hostal El PanaderoCalle Conde de Sepúlveda, above the roast restaurantTight budgets El Cañón del DuratónVillaseca, on the way to San FrutosFamilies and groups, inside the park ## With children The San Frutos path is short and flat, the canoe has a children's rate and the Park House is designed for them. At the viewpoints, hold hands: there are hundred-metre drops. With small children, El Cañón del Duratón has rooms for four. ## With a dog The park's trails admit dogs under control at all times. Ask at each accommodation: none of those in this plan publishes its pet policy. ## El plan ### Saturday · 10:00 · Canoe route through the canyon Meet at San Miguel de Bernuy, with changing rooms and showers, or at Sebúlcor. Three and a half hours between hundred-metre walls, with vultures overhead. ### Saturday · 14:30 · Lamb in Sepúlveda At the Asador El Panadero, with the lamb ordered when you book. Confirm the opening times when you call. ### Saturday · 17:00 · San Frutos hermitage at sunset Via Villaseca to the San Frutos car park. 925 metres each way, a viewpoint over the meander and the hermitage with its bridge over the Cuchillada. No permit needed at any time of year. ### Saturday · 21:00 · Night in Sepúlveda A light dinner in the town and a stroll round the Plaza Mayor. ### Sunday · 10:00 · Park House In the former church of Santiago. On Sunday it opens from 10:00 to 15:00. They explain the park and give you the map of the trail. ### Sunday · 11:00 · Senda de los Dos Ríos Five circular kilometres through the town wall gates, the Virgen de la Peña viewpoint and the bridges over the Duratón and the Caslilla. ### Sunday · 13:30 · The town and the drive home Climb to the Romanesque church of El Salvador and head home after lunch. ## Un consejo más Book in this order: the canoe, the accommodation and Saturday's roast. If it rains, the canoe company changes the date; keep the Senda de los Dos Ríos as plan B. ## Cuándo no ir Midday in July and August on the moorland: there is no shade. In summer, San Frutos first thing or at sunset. ## Preguntas frecuentes ### How long does it take from Madrid to Sepúlveda? Around an hour and forty minutes by car. ### How much does the canoe cost? €33 guided and €25 independent per adult; children up to 14, €20 and €15. ### Do I need a permit for San Frutos? No, at no time of year. ### What day is the Park House closed? Tuesday and Wednesday. ### Can I go without a car? Not in practice: public transport to Sepúlveda is an on-demand service from Boceguillas, and San Frutos and the put-in can only be reached by car. ## Dónde dormir if you're driving - **Hotel Rural Vado del Duratón**: The house The Vado del Duratón is a four-star rural hotel on calle San Justo y Pastor, in the historic centre of Sepúlveda, next to the Duratón River Gorges Natural Park. The official Castilla y León tourism listing registers it as a historic building, with 21 rooms, one single and twenty doubles, 41 places and two extra beds. The Sepúlveda Tourism listing presents it as a four-star rural hotel at a moderate price. From the door you can walk to the main square, the Park Centre and the start of the Two Rivers Path. Rooms The website distinguishes four types. The double has a queen bed or two single beds; the triple, three single beds; and the suite and the quadruple add a hydromassage bath. All have a private bathroom, air conditioning, free wifi, television, hairdryer and safe, and the photos on its website show attic rooms with skylights and wooden floors. The official listing adds individual heating, minibar and telephone in the rooms. It does not publish fixed prices: they can be checked in its booking engine or on 921 540 813 and reservas@vadodelduraton.com. Services According to the official listing, it has a lift, a café-bar, garden or terrace, garage or parking, safekeeping of valuables and accessibility, and it admits dogs. The website devotes a section to function rooms and conventions, although it does not give capacities. Neither the website nor the listing publishes check-in and check-out times or whether breakfast is included: ask when you book, along with the conditions for the dog and the price of parking. Who it is for For anyone who wants the town as a base: dining at an asador without taking the car, such as the Asador El Panadero, and setting off early for San Frutos or the canoe put-in. The quadruples and extra beds suit families, and the lift helps if you are travelling with older people. What is nearby On foot you have the town of Sepúlveda with its gates and viewpoints, the Park Centre and the Two Rivers Path, a loop of about 5 km. By car, via Villaseca, you reach the path to the hermitage of San Frutos, and the canoe trip covers about 8 km of calm water beneath walls about a hundred metres high. - **Hostal El Panadero**: The house The guesthouse is the accommodation side of the Asador El Panadero, a family house that, according to its website, is celebrating 41 years in business. It is at calle Conde de Sepúlveda, 4, in the centre of the town, a few steps from the Park Centre, and was recently renovated. All the rooms have a bathroom and television, and look onto the valley; the photos on its website show attic rooms with wooden ceilings. Rooms and prices The guesthouse page lists twelve rooms and their 2026 low-season rates, with breakfast and 10% VAT included: One single room: €75. Eight double rooms: €85. Three superior doubles: €105. For stays of two nights or more it advertises a weekend promotion with direct booking on the website. Outside the low season prices may change: confirm them when you book. There is a virtual tour of one room linked from the page itself. Eating in The appeal of sleeping here is dining downstairs without taking the car. The asador roasts suckling lamb with the Castilla y León PGI and suckling pig with the Segovia PGI in an oak and holm oak wood-fired oven, and its menu has judiones de La Granja, Burgos black pudding and Soria torreznos, among other things. The lamb and suckling pig are roasted to order: if you want to eat them, say so when you book the room and say how many of you there are. More detail on the Asador El Panadero page. What it does not publish The website does not give check-in and check-out times, parking or whether pets are admitted. Ask on 921 540 378 before going, especially if you are arriving by car: the centre of Sepúlveda has narrow streets. Who it is for and what is nearby It is the simple option for sleeping in Sepúlveda and having the roast you ordered for dinner. From the door you can walk to the Park Centre, the main square and the Two Rivers Path. It is useful if you are doing the canoe trip in the morning or want to get early to the path to the hermitage of San Frutos, which you reach by car via Villaseca to the San Frutos car park. - **Hotel Rural El Cañón del Duratón**: The house El Cañón del Duratón is a family-run country hotel in Villaseca, a hamlet of Sepúlveda inside the Duratón River Gorges Natural Park and on the unavoidable route to the hermitage of San Frutos. It opened on 21 July 2006, after six years of building work. The building is entirely of local limestone, built on two adjoining old farmhouses, of which the two main entrances and the west facade were kept, which now separates the café and the dining room from the rest. The floors, columns, banisters and seven French fireplaces are of the same stone. Rooms It has 34 places in single, double, triple and quadruple rooms. All have a full bathroom, television and telephone, and four have a French fireplace. Each room is named after a place in the canyon, such as Cueva Lóbrega or Barranco la Perdida, and the website details the beds in each: there are doubles with two 90 cm beds and doubles with a 150 cm bed, many with a bathtub. La Cueva del Moro is adapted for guests with reduced mobility, with a wheelchair-ready bathroom. Pets are not accepted. The website does not publish current rates: ask for the price and board when you book, on 921 129 635 or 633 902 379. Eating in The dining room has a wood-fired oven, a fireplace and seats 50, and serves traditional home cooking. The dishes the house highlights are roast lamb, free-range chicken, chorizo and lomo from the pot, the pulse stew, revuelto de rastrojos and garlic soups. The café serves guests at the bar all year; it is open continuously to the public from June to September, and the rest of the year at weekends, public holidays and holidays. There are also sitting rooms for reading, playing games or watching a film, a garden and terraces for summer nights. Who it is for For families and groups who want to wake up next to the canyon and reach San Frutos before anyone else. The rooms for four suit a whole family, and having a dining room in the house solves dinner in a small village. Getting there and what is nearby It is at calle Pajosa, 7-9, in Villaseca. According to the house, Segovia is 40 minutes away and Madrid, Burgos and Valladolid an hour. From Villaseca the track leaves for the San Frutos car park, the starting point of the path to the hermitage of San Frutos. In the area you can do the canoe trip and other activities, always subject to the park's rules. Sepúlveda, with its Park Centre, is a few minutes away by car. - **Hospedería de los Templarios**: The house The Hospedería de los Templarios is a rural hotel on Plaza de España, the main square of Sepúlveda, within the historic centre of the town. The building was a parish house and barber's shop, and was refurbished to turn it into modern accommodation without losing the old: every room has works of art and antiques, and the furniture is restored period pieces. Some rooms look onto the square and others onto the riverbank. As well as the hotel, the same house rents two tourist apartments a few metres away, on calle Barbacana. Hotel rooms The website describes rooms each with its own personality, without giving a fixed number. All have heating, also in the bathroom, television, wifi, bath and shower, hairdryer and toiletries, and there is a pillow menu. Among the services it mentions a terrace, microwave, cot and board games. Breakfast is included and is served in the hotel itself. The rates it publishes are per room per night: €78 in low season, €82 in high season and €94 in special season, with the price to be requested for stays of several nights. The apartments There are two, Barbacana 1 and Barbacana 2, at calle Barbacana, 6, a few metres from the main square. Each takes four to six people: two bedrooms, one with a 150 cm bed and the other with two 90 cm beds, two full bathrooms and a large living room with a sofa bed. The kitchen is equipped with a dishwasher, washing machine, microwave, oven, large fridge, toaster, blender and coffee maker. They have fibre wifi, a 50-inch television, heating and a lift. Breakfast is also included, at the hotel. The website does not publish a fixed price for the apartments: it is given when you book. What it does not publish The website does not give check-in and check-out times, parking or whether pets are admitted. Ask beforehand on 665 593 551 or at info@hospederiadelostemplarios.es. If you are going by car, bear in mind that the centre of Sepúlveda has narrow streets. Who it is for and what is nearby For sleeping in the centre and getting around on foot in the town of Sepúlveda. The apartments suit families or anyone who wants their own kitchen. The Park Centre and the start of the Two Rivers Path are a short walk away. For the path to the hermitage of San Frutos or the canoe trip you need a car.