Second Stage: 29km from the beautiful medieval village of Covarrubias to the historic monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos.
Sergio Leone was an Italian filmmaker, considered the pioneer of the spaghetti western genre. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential directors in the history of cinema. His epic trilogy in which he teamed up with the Legendary Clint Eastwood as “The man with no name” is still consistently listed among the best rated western films in history. In 1966 he filmed the third classic movie of the trilogy, “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”, possibly the most well known of the trilogy in which Clint Eastwood potrays “Blondie”. Many scenes of the movie where filmed in the southern region of the province of Burgos, most notably the final scene in which the three protagonists face-off in the final duel. The Sad Hill cemetery constructed specially for that scene in the middle of a remote valley surrounded by steeply scarped mountains still remains practically untouched till today and has now become some what of a cult place for cinephiles and fans of Clint Eastwood and spaghetti westerns.
The legendary Clint Eastwood rose to international fame with his role as the “Man with no name” in Sergio leone´s Dollar trilogy and from there went on to become a cultural icon with his roles in “Every which way but loose” and as “Dirty Harry” and many more starring roles before also becoming an acclaimed film director with academy award winning titles like “Unforgiven” and a whole array of classic movies like “Invictus” and “Gran Torino”.
The are few Hollywood icons more charismatic than the Legendary Clint Eastwood who intitially rose to fame thanks to his passing through the province of Burgos in 1966 to film “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.”
Stage 2 begins at the beautiful medieval village of Covarrubias and heads along the Arlanza river for several kilometres to the village of Retuerta, where it heads up into the forest of pines, oaks amd juniper trees. After a long remote stretch of forest the stage goes down into a beautiful valley crossing through the legendary Sad Hill Cemetery where the final scene of “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” was filmed. From there the route follows down the valley before making a steep climb up to the mountain ridge before the long descent into the historic village of Santo Domingo de Silos.
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