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The ground behind you: what the walk into Vila Boa crosses, and where it could have been broken.
Tomorrow from Vila Boa
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lijó | 2.4 | — No | ✓ Yes | |
| Portela de Tamel | 6.6 | ✓ Yes | — No | |
| Aborim | 7.9 | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | |
| Balugães | 12.1 | — No | ✓ Yes | The walk from Vila Boa to Balugães |
| Vitorino dos Piães | 18.9 | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | The walk from Vila Boa to Vitorino dos Piães |
| Facha | 23.4 | — No | ✓ Yes | The walk from Vila Boa to Facha |
| Sobreiro | 24.5 | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | The walk from Vila Boa to Sobreiro |
| Ponte de Lima | 30.4 | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | The walk from Vila Boa to Ponte de Lima |
| Arcozelo | 33.6 | ✓ Yes | — No |
The Council of Vila Boa has installed highly visible yellow signs that guide you through town. After rounding the church, the camino winds through narrow lanes — watch for a cruceiro and wash basin at a fork (keep left) before heading toward the railway crossing into open countryside.
After rounding the church, keep on the road to the first side street and turn right. At the next fork (identifiable for the wash basin and cruceiro) keep to your left. One more right-hand turn and you are heading straight for the railway. At the tracks, the arrows turn left, but that is a not strictly necessary detour to an underpass. You are in the countryside now until Lijó. Turn left at the first fork and into town.
26. September 2024 - 20:57
I’m staying here tonight and couldn’t be happier with the accommodations - clean and bright and comfortable. Our hostess stopped in the middle of what she was doing to provide a warm and cheerful welcome and got me settled right in. The pasta dinner was simple but very good — generous portions and a goodly pour of wine to go with it. It’s quiet tonight in terms of guests, so i have a six-bed room all to myself. After many nights in municipal alberques, I feel like I’m in a five star hotel!!
12. July 2024 - 22:18
My wife and I stayed here, and it was clean, but not immaculate. Only one bathroom for all the guests to share was a bit of a challenge. The proprietor was kind but not overly friendly. No soap in bathroom is a big miss. Dinner was ok, basic pasta with bolognese and a salad. There were no other peregrinos staying here and the other guests weren’t interested in connecting over dinner, so that impacted the experience for us. To do it again, I would have stayed in Barcelos or pushed on. But it will make for a shorter day for us tomorrow so I suppose that’s a gift.
16. April 2024 - 21:44
CHose this place and glad I did. The owner was lovely. She offered a delicious pasta dinner with salad bread and drink for 8 eurod. Very clean.. lovely people. Right o. The Camino. Price is 20 euros per night.
13. July 2023 - 17:39
Flora was very kind to my mother who had a bad leg. She gave her some ice and some muscle cream.
Otherwise clean place, with 4 beds per room, with towels sheets and a blanket if you ask. Supermarket down the corner.
18. September 2022 - 19:14
Very austere rooms, although clean.
No soap in the bathroom even for hand washing, although on arrival you are given a tiny sachet of liquid soap, which I used to wash my hair.
Great evening meal for €8, with a drink included.
21. August 2022 - 22:13
Lovely hostel to stay in - great location on the Camino, (well signposted as you come into Vila Boa) spotless, comfortable bunk beds with sheets and pillows - delicious meal with other pilgrims - and our host, Flora - heart of gold - and used google translate very effectively to navigate the communication. Excellent hostel and great value for money!
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.
