INTRODUCTION
In
this page you will found all the information that you need for do the
Santiago´s Strech and make you easier.
TIPS
It is necessary to take a rucksack
that is spacious and comfortable. It is necessary to have care with the weight
of the rucksack since it can damage in the back.
Of clothes it is necessary to take
3 or 4 articles of underwear for the way, take comfortable and broad clothes.
The clothes can wash in the lodgings since there are washers or also to take a
soap to clean the clothes to hand. It is necessary to take a trousers that is
impermeable against the water and another ligerito as a tracksuit. Not to
forget a towel and a sleeping bag. And of clothes this of coat only well in
spite of taking the polar one.
This already is not necessary is
more a decision of every person and is to have a stick already be pecular or
one specific or a stick of the field.
It is necessary to take necessarily
documentations, since providing that a trip is done one has to be instructed to
extract more profit to the way. It is necessary to have guides' multitude and
also use pages recommended webs.
STRUCTURE
The structure of 7 days of
excursion will be the following one:
On the 1st:
Arrival to Net: After 17 hours of trip in bus Lepe-net, we lodge at the Lodging
Monastery of the Sponge-cake.
On the 2nd: Stage
Sarria-Portomarín:
They are crossed 20km approximately
in a time of between 4 at 5 hours. We will cross rural ways under oakwoods and
small villages like Lavandeira or Ferreiros. At the arrival to Portomarín, we
will cross the river Miño, which under these waters the former Portomarín
rests. We lodge at the Lodging Ferramenteiro.
On the 3rd: Stage
Portomarín-Palas de Rei:
They are crossed 23km in a time of
between 5 at 6 hours. We will promote first Castromaior and later to Ligonde's
Saw to descend little by little across the villages of Eirexe and Ligonde up to
the villa of Rei's Spades. We lodge at the Lodging Inn Benedictine monk.
On the 4th: Stage Palas de
Rei-Arzúa:
They are crossed 29km in a time of
between 6 at 7 hours. We will advance across rural ways and medieval bridges up
to Melide, from where we will continue for an agricultural landscape that will
take us up to Arzúa after crossing the river Iso. We lodge at the Lodging Milky
Way.
On the 5th: Stage
Arzúa - O pino:
They are crossed 20km in a time of
between 5 at 6 hours. We cross green hills up to Rúa's locality. During this
stage we will meet hermitages as that of Holy Irene. We lodge at the Lodging
Edreira.
On the 6th: Stage
O pino - Santiago:
They are crossed 18km in a time of
between 4 at 5 hours. After happening for Pedrouzo we will rise for Amenal and
will descend up to Lavacolla, later we will promote up to the Mount do
Pleasure. From there the towers of the cathedral will be seen by the first
time. From there, only it will lack us 4 km to come to the city, to which we
will come across the beautiful streets of the old hull of Santiago de
Compostela. We lodge at the Lodging Minor Seminar.
On the 7th: Exit: After
visiting some emblematic places of Santiago de Compostela, we will return to
Lepe in bus.
STAGES
Stage 1
Net.
After the Rúa Maior, walking close
to the building of the Preventive detention, we come to the viewing-point on
Net, adorned with a cruise. Approximately three hundred meters after the viewing-point,
the way is near the Convent of the Sponge-cake. The stage descends close to the
wall of the cemetery up to the river “Small”.
The village appears later.
As Paredes.
From here we approach up to Vilei
where a sculpture receives us in memory of Don Germán Arias. At once, to left
hand, we see Vilei's rest area.
Vilei,
Later we continue to Barbadelo's parish, an informative panel makes relapse our
attention into the Romanesque church of Santiago, to several meters of the Way.
Barbadelo.
We leave the lodging of pilgrims of
Barbadelo to right hand and continue again for local route to the villages of Rent and Mercado da Serra.
Mercado
da Serra.
On having crossed it is not
continued by the road but there takes a wooded corridor that arises abreast.
Seven hundred meters hereinafter we come close to the doors of Marzán's Mill.
We twist ninety degrees to the right and cross the winter pasal, arriving to
Leiman.
Leiman.
Later Peruscallo appears, with
presence of some barns.. It would be enough to begin afoot in this point to
obtain Compost. A few meters hereinafter Morgade is.
Morgade.
To the exit, a cartel us gives the
welcome to the Concello de Paradela. After that, We reach Ferreiros.
Ferreiros.
We go down to go to Mirallos.
Mirallos
Later, we found the church Santa
Maria. Continue walking we arrive to A Pena
A pena.
Then we arrive to Couto and Rozas.
In a minutes we reach to Mercadoiro.
Mercadoiro
After that, we arrive to Moutrás
and then to Portomarín.
Portomarín
Portomarín is the place where we
are going to sleep. Here the first stage finish.
STAGE 2
Portomarin
We turn back from the lodging up to San Nicolas Church and we have to follow walking for cross San Antonio Mountain. After we cross many towns like San Mamede, Velade y Toxibo after the last one we arrive to the first stop of this stage, Gonzar.
Gonzar
We cross between a public lodging and turn towars to the left and we take a track and we arrived to Castomaior.
Castromaior
From Castromaior we take for a raise up to arrive to a walker. Afterwards we cross for a par of roads to arrived Hospital da Cruz.
Hospital da Cruz
We take a provist road and the following poblation that we are going to visit is Ventas de Narón, at the exit we can find Monterroso.
Monterroso
A right hand, you can find Os Lameiros, and nea it we arrived to Ligonte and following this town we find Lestedo.
Lestedo
We raise up to Os Valos for go down to Mamurria. After that arrives Avenostre. And following this town we arrived Palas de Rei.
Stage 3
Palas de Rei
We cross the road near ¨Casa del Concello de Palas de Rei¨ and some kilometers below we can see the San Xulian do Camiño campside.
San Xulían do Camiño
Later we cros for a Fangorn´s forest, for arrive to Casanova. After that we arrive to campanilla, a little town who is near the next point, O Coto.
O Coto
At the exit of O Cote we left the road for the left to arrived to Leboreiro.
Leboreiro
We retire Leboreiro and cross Seco´s river, and we will arrive to Lugo avenue. After pass Lugo we go to Boente, but we must cross first towns like Melide and Valverde.
Boente
After Santiago´s Church we turn to right hand and go down up to arrive to La Castañeda. Then we walk like 2 kilometers and arrived to Arzua, where we are going to find some lodgings, restaurants etc.
Stage 4
Stage 5
Arzúa
From to ¨la rúa Cima do Lugar¨ to start from ¨la emprendrada rua do Carmen¨. After we go down up to os Franceses´ fountain, we cross Vello´s river and we arrived to As Barrosas, we go down up to Brandeso´s river and we raise to Preguntoño.
Preguntoño
From here we have somes facing to Arzua. We go down up to ¨el riachuelo Ladron¨for reach later Salceda
Salceda
Later we arrive to Oxen, place of San Miguel de Cerdeda´s Parish. From here, we go up to Ras. In the other side we find here A Brea and the nearby A Rabiña. After that we arrives to O empalme
O Empalme
Later we take a track which descends under the eucalyptuses. Somes houses and one sawmill and more eucalyptuses guide up to A Rua.
A Rúa
For a road we arrives up to Opino
O Pino
Stage 5
O Pino
Starting in the public hostel we cross the town near to the road and we turn
to arrive at rúa do Concello. For a route, we left to enter in San Antón, the village of the
monastery of Arca.Then, we arrived to the parish of
San Miguel de Pereira en Cimadevilla. We enter for the road and crossing river Brandelos.
Cimadevilla
We continue walking arriving to the top, we take A-54 y
la N-634 routes. After that we enter in Santiago. We circle the airport, and
then crossing one road we enter in San Paio.
San Paio
We take a road for the right, that descend for the
parish of Sabugueira: to Esquipa and Lavacolla
Lavacolla
After that, We pass near San Pelayo. Then a road
and we take destour of Viamaior. Later we
cross the river Sionlla,
When the pilgrims wash her clothes.
We start a ascend to Monte do Gozo. Traverse first Villamaior. We continue to san Marcos
San Marcos
We turn left to ascend at a
monument, that is the biggest in all the trek. In this point we have the first panoramic view of the catedral.
Monte do Gozo
Then we crooss on a bridge
some roads and after that we continue to Rúa San Lázaro,where is the Palace of Congresses and Exhibitions of Galicia. We conncet to Rúa to Valiño and we keep on walking in rúa das Fontiñas and rúa dos Concheiros.
For the Porta do Camiño we enter in the old part of Santiago
for rús das casas reais, it
ascend to praza de Cervantes. Rúa da Acibechería take
us to praza da Inmaculada, where is San
Martín Pinario. Finally we pass under
Arco del Palacio, to
acces at praza del Obradoiro, where the travel
finish. While we take off the backpack we discover every detail of the west
facade and headed in center of the square. It's hard not to get excited.
Getting to Santiago de Compostela as a pilgrim is unique experience and I think
that we will make many trips around the world but it will be very different and
exiting.
Santiago de Compostela