Camino Inglés

Sigüeiro to Santiago de Compostela

15.7 km, 224 m up and 193 m down, through 2 places, 1 of which has somewhere to sleep. Where you stop is up to you.

15.7km
Distance
224m
Climbing
193m
Descent
2
Places you pass
2
With a bar or cafe

The ground between

Sigüeiro · 230 mSantiago de Compostela · 257 m
Climbing 247 mDescent 219 mHighest 345 m · Polígono de TambreLowest 228 m · Sigüeiro

What you pass through

Every place on the path in order, with the distance from Sigüeiro. 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
    Sigüeiro230 m5 to stayBar · food

    Sigüeiro is the last proper town before Santiago, and it's where you'll want to sort out anything you need before the final stretch. It sits on the Río Tambre, and the bridge across it marks the approach into town. Basi…

    Sigüeiro has long been the traditional last stop before Santiago on the Camino Inglés. The pilgrim history here is quiet but deep.

  2. 5.1 km
    Agualada285 mBar · food

    A small village between Sigüeiro and Santiago. No significant services. You're getting close now.

  3. 11.5 km
    Polígono de Tambre340 m1 to stayBar · food

    An industrial estate on the outskirts of Santiago. There's a café-bar here (Café Bar Polígono) for breakfast or coffee, but the surroundings offer little visual reward. This is the final sprint — the old town is close no…

  4. 16.2 km
    Santiago de Compostela250 m26 to stayBar · food

    Welcome to Santiago. You've walked the English Way, and whatever your reasons for being here, the city has a way of making the arrival feel significant. Your first pilgrim business is likely in front of the Cathedral, a…

    Book ahead if you're arriving in high season. The albergue roster has grown in recent years, but pilgrim numbers still exceed capacity in summer. Private accommodation fills up fast around the Feast of Saint James.

Distance, climb and descent are measured along the GPS track for this camino — 206 recorded points across this span, the same track the app carries. The town-to-town figures in my data put it at 16.2 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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