Pilgrims on the road and friends along the way send me changes every day, and they go out the same day. The Camino Portugués app carries all of it offline, and it's still being built — new features arrive routinely.
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Nothing says you have to stop here, or there. These are simply the towns within a comfortable day's walk, so you can decide tonight.
| Town | km from here | Shared | Private | The walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iria Flavia | 0.9 | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | |
| Vilar | 5.3 | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | |
| A Escravitude | 6.1 | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | |
| Angueira de Suso | 8.0 | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | The walk from Herbón to Angueira de Suso |
| Picaraña | 9.1 | — No | ✓ Yes | The walk from Herbón to Picaraña |
| O Faramello | 10.4 | ✓ Yes | — No | The walk from Herbón to O Faramello |
| Rúa de Francos | 11.3 | — No | ✓ Yes | The walk from Herbón to Rúa de Francos |
| Osebe - Casalonga - Pedreira | 12.7 | ✓ Yes | — No | The walk from Herbón to Osebe - Casalonga - Pedreira |
| O Milladoiro | 17.2 | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | The walk from Herbón to O Milladoiro |
| Santiago de Compostela at the end of the Camino Portugues | 23.9 | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
The Monasterio de San Antonio de Herbon and its albergue could not be better placed for a peaceful penultimate night before Santiago. The albergue is run by the Galician Amigos del Camino and is one of the few places on the route where you can count on eating dinner with everyone staying there.
The monastery's kitchen gardens are where the famous Pimientos de Padron originate — Franciscan monks brought pepper seeds from the Americas in the 16th century and planted them here. The peppers are at their best between May and September.
Follow the red arrows marked Herbon — this is a deviation from the main camino, adding 3 km total (2.7 km from Pontecesures, plus 3 km the next morning to reach Padron). The detour is worth it for the hospitality alone.
To get there simply follow the red arrows marked Herbón. This detour if for anyone wishing to spend the night in the Albergue at the Monastery of Herbón (recommended). From Pontecesures it is 2.7km, with an additional 3km the following morning to bring you to Padrón. In all this detour adds 3.1km to the official route.
17. October 2025 - 7:34
Wonderful place well worth the effort, sleeping bag and towel essential. Food simple but very good and vegetarian 👏👏really wonderful atmosphere
29. June 2025 - 8:13
Took yesterday off with less than 5 km of walking from the previous albergue. Was definetly an amazing place for my "day off". Such an amazing and lovely place with a lot of heart. It really gives you a feeling of the spirit of the camino. One of the best albergues.
21. May 2024 - 19:22
Le monastère d'Herbon vaut le détour. Une visite guidée du site, une messe, un repas préparé pour tous ensemble, des chambres à deux lits, le déjeuner de base, le tout pour donativio et présenté avec respect et conviction. Une expérience inoubliable.
22. August 2023 - 13:11
Just over the bridge and to your left this little restaurant was horrible. Pretty much refused to serve me because I didn’t speak Spanish, after trying to converse in the little Spanish I know mixed with lots of hand gestures.
He pretty much threw the menu at me, had a laugh in Spanish with the other pilgrim and ignored me after that.
Next door at cafe bar obradoiro the lady was lovely and patient and so I highly recommend if stopping here
13. July 2023 - 23:04
We seated here in June ‘22 and really enjoyed it. It’s a bit off the main route but worth the extra few km. Each cell of 2 bunks is separated from the windowed corridor by a curtain and feels lovely and private. The meals are communal and everyone helps clean up afterwards. There is a free tour of the monastery (it’s not a working monastery any more) though it was quite long and we’d walked a long way that day, and pilgrims are invited to mass in the chapel and given a special blessing afterwards. The alarm in the morning was a lovely rendition of ‘ave Maria’ on the speakers.
Highly recommended
27. May 2023 - 2:20
Could someone provide an updated comment regarding the cost per bunk per night. And their recent stay experience?
8. August 2022 - 20:44
This is a diversion well worth the few extra kilometres the next day (or if you have an extra day). The facilities are basic but perfect (disposable bedsheet and pillow case provided) . Those who run the albergue are friendly, helpful and pretty funny even if you don’t speak Spanish. Definitely do the mass - there is a pilgrim’s blessing at the end. And a group dinner afterwards. Best experience on our Camino so far.
We arrived at 1:30 and had no troubles getting 2 beds. The grounds are beautiful and worth brining food for a picnic while you wait for the registration to open.
10. June 2022 - 16:29
Tour of the monastery at 6pm
Mass at 8pm
Dinner at 9pm
Coffee and tea making facilities
1 set of bunk beds in each monks cell
No sheets or towels provided
29. September 2019 - 19:06
There is WiFi once in the convent
29. September 2019 - 17:44
The place has been filling up by 1pm or 2pm in September, I’m sure in the high season could be sooner. You are not allowed to walk from Padrón to stay there as they feel you did not walk enough.
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.
