Camino Francés
8.2 km, 625 m up and 6 m down, through 5 places, 2 of which have somewhere to sleep. Where you stop is up to you.
Every place on the path in order, with the distance from Las Herrerías. 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.
The climb begins immediately after Las Herrerías. The path is steep, gaining altitude through chestnut forest before emerging into open mountain pasture. The gradient eases in the final stretch to La Faba.
No services between here and O Cebreiro. The climb is steep and exposed in places. In bad weather, take the road variant rather than the mountain path.
A tiny settlement on the climb above Las Herrerías — barely more than a couple of houses. The name refers to a pilgrim hospital that once served English pilgrims specifically, suggesting the international nature of the m…
At this junction, walkers turn left and descend on a footpath while cyclists continue straight along the road. Both routes reach La Faba. The footpath is steeper but shorter.
La Faba is a small mountain village at about 1,100 m, roughly halfway up the climb from Las Herrerías to O Cebreiro. A basic albergue and a bar provide welcome refreshment. The village has a handful of stone houses and a…
The last settlement in Castilla y León — a couple of houses and a small albergue. From here the boundary with Galicia is close, marked by a stone at the provincial line. The landscape is open mountain, with heather and g…
You've entered Galicia — the final autonomous community on the Camino Francés. The boundary stone is modest, but the change is real. The language shifts (Galician appears on signs alongside Castilian), the landscape tran…
From O Cebreiro, the camino continues along the ridgeline through Liñares and Alto de San Roque before descending toward Triacastela. The first few kilometers stay above 1,200 m, with sweeping views when the weather cooperates.
Distance, climb and descent are measured along the GPS track for this camino — 291 recorded points across this span, the same track the app carries. The town-to-town figures in my data put it at 8.1 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.