Pilgrimage of el Carmen Activity · Guardo, Alto Carrión, Palencia Image of Guardo, not of the place itself. On 16 July the residents of Guardo go up on pilgrimage to honour Our Lady of Carmen, one of the events that divide up the town's summer between the June patron saint festivities and the August pilgrimage fair. Photo: Alejandro Polanco (CC BY 3.0) What to see and do in Guardo