Camino Portugués
18.8 km, 364 m up and 144 m down, through 8 places, 6 of which have somewhere to sleep. Where you stop is up to you.
Every place on the path in order, with the distance from A Escravitude. Most are too small to sleep in — a fountain, a chapel, a bar that may or may not be open — but they are what the day is actually made of.
In town, turn right off the N550 at the church, passing around its park. A country road takes you steeply uphill. You will pass through the hamlet of Cruces, Angueira de Suso, and into Areal before returning to the main road at Picaraña.
A hamlet on the approach to Santiago. No services.
A hamlet between Angueira de Suso and Picarana. No services.
NOTE: BEFORE the gas station a set of faded arrows directs you left and away from the road. Going that way takes you through a new route marked out by the local friends of the camino and is a much-preferred option to the road. After turning left keep an eye open for arrows which will turn right onto a grass (sometimes tall) path. This arrow might be a bit faded but the way is obvious, and it turns into a well-worn trail with plenty of arrows. It will bring you right up to the road at the entrance to Faramello.
Two bars — one at the entrance just after leaving the N550, another at the private albergue.
From Rúa, the camino passes through several small hamlets (Osebe and A Grela) as it makes its way into the large Santiago suburb of Milladoiro.
The camino passes between Osebe (to your left, train station) and Casalonga (to your right, on the main road, with shops and an ATM). Pedreira, not far ahead, has an albergue and food truck. The three settlements blend t…
A hamlet on the edge of Santiago's suburban sprawl. No services on the camino.
The growing network of highways around Santiago mean that you will make a few crossings and zig zags before you get to the city limits. There are even a few occasions where new camino stones stand adjacent to old camino stones, each pointing in their own direction. One offers a choice between ‘Santa Marta’ and ‘Conxo’ and here the best and most direct choice is ‘Santa Marta’, or left.
Santiago. You made it. Start in the Plaza del Obradoiro — kilometre zero, marked by a scallop shell and plaque in the centre of the square. The Obradoiro facade of the Cathedral, completed in the 18th century, is the Ba…
One word of caution regarding accommodation is in order. If you are arriving in the high season, you are advised to make a reservation in advance. There have been several additions to the albergue roster in recent year but the numbers of pilgrims still exceed capacity in the high season.
Distance, climb and descent are measured along the GPS track for this camino — 306 recorded points across this span, the same track the app carries. The town-to-town figures in my data put it at 17.8 km.
Esta entidad ha sido beneficiaria de una ayuda del Programa de incentivos a la movilidad eficiente y sostenible (MOVES III), gestionado por la Xunta de Galicia a través del Instituto Enerxético de Galicia (INEGA) en el marco del Real Decreto 266/2021, y cofinanciada por la Unión Europea — NextGenerationEU, dentro del Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia.