From the Bajo de Guía in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, the Cádiz brotherhoods cross the Guadalquivir by barge — an event in itself — and enter the stretch of Doñana considered the wildest and least travelled, through the old seigneurial dehesas, with long stretches without asphalt or any contact with towns.
Three days and two nights take the pilgrim from the river to the entrance over the La Canaliega bridge. Brotherhoods from farther away, such as the one from Jerez, add earlier stages before reaching Sanlúcar. Drought and the protection of Doñana mean the route has to be reviewed every year.
Who walks it
Cádiz, Jerez, Sanlúcar, El Puerto and the brotherhoods of Cádiz.