Camino Francés

Pereje to La Portela de Valcarce

8.6 km, 100 m up and 49 m down, through 1 place, 1 of which has somewhere to sleep. Where you stop is up to you.

8.6km
Distance
100m
Climbing
49m
Descent
1
Places you pass
1
With a bar or cafe

The ground between

Pereje · 546 mLa Portela de Valcarce · 599 m
Climbing 123 mDescent 70 mHighest 605 m · La Portela de ValcarceLowest 535 m · Pereje

What you pass through

Every place on the path in order, with the distance from Pereje. 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.

  1. start
    Pereje554 m2 to stay

    Pereje is a small village in the Valcarce valley with a bar and an albergue. The walking is flat, following the river upstream. The valley narrows as you progress, with the mountains closing in on both sides.

  2. 4.4 km
    Trabadelo572 m9 to stayBar · food

    Trabadelo sits in the Valcarce valley where the Pradela variant rejoins the main route. The village has a couple of bars, albergues, and a small shop. The Iglesia de San Nicolás has a modest Romanesque doorway. The vall…

  3. 8.7 km
    La Portela de Valcarce611 m3 to stayBar · food

    A small hamlet in the narrowing Valcarce valley. A bar and an albergue provide basic services. The mountains are close now, and the road follows the river through an increasingly tight valley.

Distance, climb and descent are measured along the GPS track for this camino — 177 recorded points across this span, the same track the app carries. The town-to-town figures in my data put it at 8.7 km.

Programa MOVES IIIMinisterio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico — IDAEXunta de GaliciaInstituto Enerxético de Galicia (INEGA)Financiado por la Unión Europea — NextGenerationEUPlan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia

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.

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