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11 Days - 10 Nights
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March to November
If you’d rather take your time over your Camino de Santiago and enjoy your surroundings, our Portuguese Easy Camino is designed with you in mind. Stage lengths range from 7 to 18 kilometres (4.3 to 11.2 miles) per day so that you will have time and energy to explore the places you visit instead of punishing yourself with a more demanding itinerary.
Setting off from the medieval border town of Tui, you will cover the distance required to qualify for your pilgrim passport (compostela). The 116 km journey is divided into 9 walking days that take you through gorgeous forests, fields and villages in the Galician countryside as well as interesting towns and cities such as Pontevedra, the spa town of Caldas de Reis and Padrón, where the boat bearing St. James’ body is said to have come ashore. Santiago de Compostela itself is a joy to explore, not only for the iconic cathedral but also its ancient streets.
Opportunities to sample delicious local fare abound and you’ll discover the joys of tapas served with all manner of drinks, fresh tortilla, succulent seafood and Padrón peppers.
Meeting with a member of our team for a briefing and to collect the documentation.
→ Accommodation: Hotel 3*
→ Meals: Breakfast
→ (17 km / 10,5 Miles – 4/5 hours)
Cross Rio Minho and enter Spain. Walk through the streets of the medieval town of Tui until reach its famous Cathedral. From Tui follow the Valley of the River Louro until reach the city of O Porriño.
→ Accommodation: Hotel 2*
→ Meals: Breakfast
→ (15 km / 9,3 Miles – 3/4 hours)
Start the day by walking through a series of villages as you climb steadily to the Chan das Pipas pine forest. Views of the Ria de Vigo estuary accompany your descent into Redondela, famous for its two viaducts and church of St. James.
→ Accommodation: Hotel 3*
→ Meals: Breakfast
→ (7 km / 4.3 Miles – 2/3 hours)
This is the shortest walking day of your Camino, leaving you with ample time to enjoy the river beach and fresh oysters in Arcade, even if you have a lazy start to the day.
→ Accommodation: Hotel 2*
→ Meals: Breakfast
→ (13 km / 8 Miles – 3/4 hours)
The ancient Ponte Sampaio was once the scene of an important battle but now offers gloriously peaceful views on your way out of Arcade. A gentle climb on old stone roads through attractive countryside leads you into a forest. Once you reach the River Tomeza, you can choose to take a detour and enter the attractive and interesting city of Pontevedra alongside the river instead of the main road.
→ Accommodation: Hotel 3*
→ Meals: Breakfast
→ (10 km / 6,2 Miles – 2/3 hours)
Another important bridge takes you out of Pontevedra, passing a Roman milestone on the way. Follow the train tracks into the countryside once more. You’ll pass Santa Maria de Alba church then begin a slow climb to the village of San Amaro. Meet your driver here to return to Pontevedra for the night.
→ Accommodation: Hotel 2*
→ Meals: Breakfast
→ (12 km / 7,5 Miles – 3/4 hours)
Return to San Amaro to continue the Camino as you walk through farmland and countryside towards the Barosa River. Follow the River Lamas for a short while to reach the entrance to Rio Barosa Natural Park, which has a collection of watermills you may wish to visit. The warm, sulphuric waters and spa town of Caldas de Reis are just a few kilometres from here.
→ Accommodation: Hotel 2*
→ Meals: Breakfast
→ (19 km / 11,8 Miles – 4/5 hours)
Leave Caldas de Reis via its medieval bridge and follow the River Bermaña through a pretty rural area of fields and woods. Climb through the Valga forest and down the hill to enter the small village San Miguel de Valga. Walk down through Infesta to cross the River Sar at Pontecessures then follow it into Padron, the place where the boat carrying St. James’ body is said to have washed ashore.
→ Accommodation: Hotel 3*
→ Meals: Breakfast
→ (12 km / 7,5 Miles – 3/4 hours)
Leave the charming town of Padron via the Romanesque church at Iria Flavia. Cross the train tracks to see an entirely different style of religious architecture at the Marian church in A Esclavitude. From here, there are more small villages before you get to Parada de Francos, a pretty village with an elaborately carved 14th century stone cross, one of the oldest in Galicia.
→ Accommodation: Hotel 3*
→ Meals: Breakfast
→ (14 km / 8,7 Miles – 3/4 hours)
Your last day on the Camino trail starts with an attractive wooded area to ease the gentle climb to the town of Milladoiro. From here, you can see the spires of the cathedral tempting you in the distance. Head downhill to cross the River Sar once more then choose which of the 3 Camino trail options you want to follow to get to the medieval heart of Santiago de Compostela.
→ Accommodation: Hotel 3*
→ Meals: Breakfast
→ After breakfast: end of our services
* For an easy walk we can split some of the long walking days in two - contact us.
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