In this section we will walk through beautiful forests, farmlands and rustic villages following trails and paths that are surrounded by stonewalls. We will be able to admire the beautiful green landscape that is so characteristic of Galicia. At the end of this stage we will reach our destination: Santiago de Compostela. Once you arrive in Sarria, we recommend you to visit the town centre where you can discover churches, chapels, monasteries and hospitals of pilgrims that will connect you from the first day with the essence of the Camino de Santiago.
For your first day of walking, you will have a quiet route through beautiful villages and hamlets under the shade of oak trees along extensive rural roads. Along the trail you will find traditional Galician barns. It is advisable to visit the Romanesque Church in the village of Barbadelo.
If you want to make your hike much shorter, we suggest that you divide this route into two stages and spend the night in the beautiful hamlet of Ferreiros. The Camino de Santiago on this journey will start on the descent and take you inside beautiful rural trails to Coto. You will continue uphill and downhill through beautiful places like that formed by the River Iso, in Ribadiso. If you want to make this route a little easier, we suggest that you divide it into two stages and stay overnight in a charming hotel in the town of Melide.
On this stage of the Camino de Santiago you will start walking downhill and then pass through beautiful forests, quiet villages and several streams throughout the day. When you are in A Calle de Ferreiros you should take an exit to the right and cross the village of Boavista. Once there, you will have to take Calle Concello and, when you pass by the football field, turn left onto a dirt track. You will cross San Paio , just after bordering Santiago Airport and, a little further on, you will pass in front of the Church of Lavacolla.
You will continue the pilgrimage to Monte do Gozo from where you can contemplate the majesty of the Cathedral of Santiago. Once you arrive in Santiago, you will be able to admire its rich local architecture and delight in its historic centre declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco. We suggest that, if you want to attend the Pilgrim's Mass, in Santiago de Compostela , start your route very early in the morning so that you will have finished your Camino before noon.
If you want to make this route easier, you can choose to stay overnight in the village of Lavacolla. More information on the stage from O Pedrouzo to Santiago de Compostela. In Santiago de Compostela, the Camino Frances ends. It is advisable to walk around the city centre before returning home and not missing any details of its history and its churches. We advise you to spend an extra night in Santiago to discover with greater tranquillity its cultural and historical richness.
Also, take some of the guided tours in the historic centre of the city. We can book them for you if you wish. They will be the best way to finish your Camino de Santiago. All the rooms you book with Santiago Ways to make the Camino de Santiago have a private bathroom and all the necessary services to ensure the best comfort. Our team checks on site the quality of all the accommodation offered in order for pilgrims to live a comfortable and unforgettable experience on the Camino de Santiago.
When working with quality accommodations with limited capacity, the exact name of the accommodation will be provided 30 days before the start of the Camino. All accommodation on the Camino de Santiago is subject to availability. In case we can't offer any of them due to capacity, we'll accommodate you in one of equal or better quality.
Single rooms are available subject to availability. Reservations must be made in advance and come at an additional cost. All our accommodation has been selected to ensure tranquillity, rest and enjoyment during your Camino de Santiago:.
Accommodation in Hotels and Country Cottages. Rooms with private bathroom. Meal plan of your choice. Luggage transport between stages. Complete itinerary of the route. Assistance vehicle in case of emergency. Informative dossier on the Camino de Santiago.
Additional single room. Additonal 5 Picnics sandwich, drink and dessert. Extra night in Santiago breakfast included. Transfer from Santiago includes airport - Sarria. Travel assistance insurance. Cancellation insurance.
In order to resolve the doubts of all pilgrims, here we answer the questions that are most frequently asked when we receive your inquiries. If you have any other questions, you can contact us and we will be happy to help you resolve all your doubts. The Camino de Santiago can be started on any day of the year , always taking into account the weather and the season in which you want to travel, so that your clothes are the right ones. The best way to get to the starting point of your Camino de Santiago is to arrive at the airport, train station or bus station nearest to the town from where you will start walking.
Once you confirm your Camino, you will send us the arrival information for your flight, train or bus and, from there, we organize a private transfer to the town where you should start your Camino. Also, whether you are travelling alone, or travelling accompanied but want to sleep in a single room, Santiago Ways offer this option to you. We can book all your nights of accommodation in single rooms at an additional cost.
We suggest you book well in advance since they are usually in high demand. On the Camino de Santiago, you will find hundreds of pilgrims walking on their own.
Many of them may have come to the Camino alone; others have probably moved away from their fellow travellers for a few hours because of the difference in speed when walking. In any case, all the routes on the Camino are very well signposted, so you will have no problem if you go on your own. Most routes on the Camino de Santiago are done in a self-guided mode. Thus, each traveller has the opportunity to advance on their own and at their own pace along the routes marked on the complete itinerary of the route , which is sent one month before starting the Camino.
However, we also offer organized groups with accompanying guide on the stretch from Sarria to Santiago. We have specific dates already established, and we carry them out in groups of up to 15 people, with guaranteed departures. The guides in charge of these routes speak English and Spanish.
The complete route itinerary of the route is a guide that we prepare for you with information about the maps, route profiles and places of interest , kilometre by kilometre on each of the stages that you will go through on the Camino de Santiago. The travel distances and travel times indicated for each route on both the website and the itinerary we send you are based on reference values.
It depends on each pilgrim exactly how they carry out these times and distances, according to the speed at which they progress. You will receive it by email one month before starting your Camino along with all the documentation for the trip: accommodation reservations, baggage transfers, among others. In Santiago Ways, we adapt each stage to the needs of our pilgrims , so that they can travel according to their physical capability and the number of days available.
On average, a stage of the Camino de Santiago has 15 to 20 km. On most routes, however, we can organize your Camino so that you walk fewer kilometres , dividing some stages into two parts, depending on what is most comfortable for you. Both sedentary people and those who regularly exercise should physically prepare for doing the Camino de Santiago. Sedentary people can start with moderate activity and continue progressively. They should start by taking small minute walks, two or three times a week.
It is suggested to increase the time until you reach walk about 4 or 5 kilometres every hour. People with regular physical activity can start by walking from 45 to 60 minutes a day and increase the amount of time and kilometres they travel in the same span of time. There is no minimum number of days in advance to book, although on certain dates the occupancy of the accommodation is higher, especially in high season, and in dates of religious interest such as the San Fermin Festivals in Pamplona, from 7th to 14th July, or the Feast of Santiago the Apostle, on July 25th.
Therefore, in order to guarantee availability in the best accommodation, we suggest you book as much in advance as possible , so that we can meet all of your needs. For any of the Caminos, we suggest you to bring the following items: light and fast drying clothing, waterproof jacket and trousers, sun hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, a pair of shoes suitable for hiking, trekking poles, a pair of shoes to rest in, a jacket that doesn't take up much space and a bottle to carry water.
Depending on the time of year in which you make the route, these items may vary. Remember that with Santiago Ways, you have included a baggage transfer service between stages, so we will take your backpack from one accommodation to another so that you only worry about walking maximum 1 piece of 20 kg per person. For this reason, we suggest you prepare a second backpack, much smaller, that you can carry with you every day with water, sunscreen, cap, sunglasses, documents, some food and cash.
Every day, at am, you must bring your luggage, properly labelled, to the reception. One of our carriers will pick it up and take it to the place where you are going to stay on your next stage. Delivery time varies according to the distance between stages and the carrier's delivery route. Usually, delivery is made before 4 p. To complete any of the routes on the Camino de Santiago, it is advisable to have travel insurance with all the necessary coverage, especially emergency evacuation and medical care.
If you want more information about it, we will be happy to answer your questions. We offer accommodation in single rooms and double rooms, according to the requirements of each pilgrim.
Single rooms have a special surcharge and are subject to availability according to the location. We work with multiple accommodations in all locations which allows us to guarantee the best quality rooms for our pilgrims, provided that they are booked well in advance.
The name and exact location of each hotel is sent about one month before the start of the Camino with all the documentation related to the trip. All the accommodations we book for our pilgrims have private rooms with private bathrooms in order to guarantee all the comfort needed torest properly. All the accommodations that we book are in the centre of the towns or villages. In any case, depending on availability, if any accommodation is somewhat far from the centre, most of them are accessible on foot.
When necessary, Santiago Ways could offer a round trip transfer so that the pilgrim can reach their accommodation in the most comfortable way possible and return the next day to the point on the route from where he must continue the Camino. All the accommodation that we book in Santiago Ways offers the necessary comfort to rest after long days of walking. We work with hotels, traditional Galician homes, country cottages, and charming hostels, always a room with a private bathroom. We bring you a guide on Camino de Santiago from Sarria.
In it, we will talk about the most noteworthy aspects of this route as well as the characteristics that make it unique and ahead of others. At the same time, we also provide a number of places of interest and sites to sleep and eat. All this from the experts at Santiago Ways and the best way to complete the Camino de Santiago enjoying an unforgettable adventure. It is ideal for those who do not want to risk trying a more difficult path. As detailed below, it is not excessively high nor has too many slopes.
This is why it is ideal for any age, both young and old. Indeed, it is a very well prepared way for pilgrimage, it has enough shelters, good signs, good places to eat and, in general, all the attention that should be required by pilgrims. In fact, you may complete it in just five days. This can be reduced to 3 days or even 2 in the case of completing it on the bike route. For those who walk with a tight schedule, it is also a good alternative.
To give you an idea of what we say, only in Sarria, we have impressive places such as the Tower of the fortress or the Church of Santa Marina , of which we will talk later along with other places of interest in the section dedicated to it in our Guide to the Camino de Santiago from Sarria. Sarria is a municipality in the province of Lugo and from where we can start the Camino to Santiago de Compostela.
In fact, between the two cities, there is a distance of kilometres. It was very foggy when we set out in the morning but beautiful and very energizing. Shortly the sun came out it was only interrupted by brief showers.
Temperatures were pleasant in the 50F range. We were fortunate to stumble on a church in a small town that was having Mass. We received a special Peregrino blessing from the priest and kept on our way. We saw an elderly lady fall trying to maneuver her way through very rocky and difficult terrain, she suffered a cut to her face. She appeared to be bleeding from her face as other peregrinos took her back for help to the small village we had just passed.
The Galician countryside continued to be amazingly beautiful. We kept passing small villages with ancient homes that appeared to be empty. We witnessed many cases of handicapped people on wheelchairs being helped along by very courageous helpers. We walked a total of 9 miles that day which took us about 6 hours. That evening we stayed in a small town in a house.
The lady of the house told us where we could eat. It was a 5-minute walk through dark and desolate streets. When we got there we realized we were the only guests in the dining room. The chef had gone home for the evening and there were only a couple of individuals in the bar in the front with the bartender.
The bartender told us to wait, she was going to call the chef at home and he would come shortly. Soon after that, the chef showed up and he himself took care of us. A very friendly and accommodating young man, his name was Jesus.
He told us all his offerings in Gallego, the local dialect, but we figured it out. Everything was delicious and fresh. We were hoping to lose some weight along the Camino but with all this delicious food it was next to impossible.
On the fourth day, we had a pleasant journey. Nice cool temperatures and no rain. We walked approximately 9 miles from the town of Melide to Arzua and visited some ancient churches along the road. We got lost in a forest of eucalyptus trees. We were so amazed by the beauty and the aroma that we missed our marker for the Camino. About 10 minutes into the forest a lady came out of nowhere and told us we had to turn back. Again the scenery of the countryside continued to make our journey a more pleasant experience.
We were thinking about the ancient pilgrims that made this journey. We wondered what they ate along the way. Well, the Camino has plenty of free food to offer. Today my husband got hit in the head by a falling pear which he quickly ate. There are apple, pear, fig and grape trees everywhere. Today the Camino has many small family owned inns or bars along the way that serve delicious meals for a very reasonable price.
In addition there are plenty of places that offer a warm comfortable bed for a reasonable fee. Our journey today was long but pleasant. We covered 12 miles in approximately 7 hours.
We stopped to appreciate everything we saw on the Camino. We met so many people from all over the world and learned from their interesting stories.
We kept seeing this elderly lady, short, gray-haired, a bit on the heavy side walking alone with a certain limp and holding an umbrella. We assumed she had started with us in Sarria km away.
We asked her how many days had she been walking and she replied in her Irish accent 45 days! She had started in St. Jean Pied de Port, France which is miles distance from Santiago!
We can tailor-make your Camino to exactly meet your needs. Adding or reducing the number of nights and rest days. Contact our specialists to start planning your Camino. Purists might want to consider adding the extension to Finisterre in order to finish their Camino on the beach. You can start your Camino on any day of your choosing between February and Mid-November. The spring months of March and April tend to offer nice mild conditions for walking although the nights can be quite cold at this time of year and there can be quite a lot of rain in the region of Galicia at this time.
The summer months of July and August can get very hot and humid. The autumn from late September through to October offers cooler temperatures again although daylight hours start to become less at this time. The region of Galicia in particular experiences higher rainfall than the rest of Spain so you should come prepared with waterproofs! Santiago de Compostela is the closest airport to Sarria. We are able to arrange taxi transfers for you in Spain bookable in advance at a supplement from Santiago, Vigo and A Coruna Airports.
Please get in touch to enquire about how we can help with transfer arrangements in Spain. If you are flying into Madrid, you can take the train directly to Sarria. It takes around hours. You can check this on the RENFE website , but please note that on the website you have to book the train to Lugo and get off at the stop before which is Sarria.
German Rail Deutsche Bahn has a useful website for looking up train travel throughout Europe. To reach Madrid city centre from the airport you can take a train, a bus or the underground see Madrid Airport's website.
You can also travel from Santiago Airport to Sarria by road; you will need to change buses in Lugo. From the airport, departures are at , except Saturday and Sunday , , except Sunday , , and h except Saturday. From Santiago you can arrange a private transfer through Macs Adventure, to ensure a smooth end to your Camino.
From the airport, the bus departs from to , every half hour duration 20 mins. Please see the Santiago Airport website for current timetables. If you would prefer to travel by rail, you can take a train fast trains are available, 6h30 duration approx.
Baggage transfers are included max 20kg per person. Your main bag will be transferred each day between your overnight accommodation so that you only need to walk with a day pack.
Please be prepared by packing all necessary items, for example, proper rain gear jacket and pants , sun hat, sunscreen. Your information pack has a detailed equipment list which includes standard walking gear such as good walking boots or shoes, warm and waterproof clothes for the cooler months and lightweight clothing for summer, and a day pack.
The Pilgrim Passport is issued by the Church of St James, you will find this in your pack waiting for you at your first hotel. You need to get the passport stamped in churches, restaurants and hotels along the way.
At the end of the walk, in Santiago, you can obtain your Compostela Certificate only if you have walked the last km. Your information pack has a detailed equipment list which includes standard walking gear such as good walking boots or shoes, lightweight clothes, waterproofs and a day pack. It is a requirement of booking this tour with Macs Adventure that you have suitable travel insurance which covers you for the activity and emergency evacuation and hospital care.
The average daily distance of our Camino tours are between 20 and 25 kilometers and you can expect to walk for between five and eight hours each day. You should do as much walking as possible prior to your walk as this will simply add to your enjoyment. Yes, many of our guests travel solo. Although the nature of the Camino means that they soon join up with other pilgrims.
There is a single room supplement payable for solo walkers. No, we do not offer group trips as independent self-guided trips are a much better way to experience the Camino. Although the nature of the Camino means that they soon join up with other pilgrims. There is a single room supplement payable for solo walkers. Yes, some people prefer to walk carrying their own bags as a true pilgrim would have.
You can select the option for removing the baggage transfers in Step 2 of the Booking Engine. No, we do not offer group trips as independent self-guided trips are a much better way to experience the Camino. You can start on any day of your choosing between February and mid-November, subject to availability. Yes, although we find our standard itineraries are perfect for most walkers, we can add additional nights at any point of the Camino and tailor-make the trip to meet your needs.
The route is well marked and easy to follow. We suggest you book as far in advance as possible as the Camino is extremely popular. Numbers can rise by up to , people. We will always try and accommodate late booking requests. July and August can be very hot and are busy. Public transport and taxis are available if you are need of support contact us and we will be more that happy to help. Unfortunately we are unable to change your accommodation bookings and itinerary once you start walking as alternative accommodation is generally not available at such short notice.
We strongly suggest that you have travel insurance which covers you for cancellation, curtailment, illness or injury before and during your trip. You can take a bus or we can arrange a private transfer from Santiago to Sarria. For more information see the "Trip Info" tab of this tour. Sarria is the last place from which you can start your Camino walk and still collect your Compostela or certificate of completion in Santiago.
NH Alfonso IX Hotel is located in the heart of Camino de Santiago within the urban part of the town, in incomparable natural beauty, surrounded by gardens and bordering the river, it is very close to the monumental zone and the Roman route. You can also enjoy the famous street of the Anticuarios, Antique dealers. You will be walking along shady tree-lined roads and pathways, this morning, passing through pretty small hamlets such as Cortinas and A Brea, before reaching the stone marker; a photo opportunity before taking the first step on the final km to Santiago.
The Camino ascends to a high point at Pena dos Corvos; at m you will enjoy panoramic views, before descending into the lush Rio Mino valley, to Mercadoiro and then Portomarin. The hotel is very pleasant and provides a relaxed atmosphere with spacious rooms and a great breakfast. Remember your swim wear as there is a pool and sauna which is open in the summer months.
Continue along country roads edged by bright yellow gorse, pine and oak trees. Casa Benilde is a local and welcoming hotel in Palas de Rei. Often spoken of as the friendliest accommodation on the route, you will be sure of a delightful stay here. After crossing the provincial border you pass through the hamlet of O Coto and village of Leboreiro. They all have TV, heating, private bathroom but not air conditioning. Visit the medieval shrine at Santa Irene, dedicated to a martyr saint from Portugal, and the Baroque fountain of healing waters.
This property offers comfortable cottages with 3 double bedrooms and 1 single, all with private bathroom and TV, living room with gallery. There are also 3 tourist apartments for persons, each consisting of 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, living room with fireplace and terrace. Dining is available. It has swimming pool and ga rden to relax into the summer. Today you can look forward to a fabulous day walking to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.
The Camino leads first to San Paio and Lavacolla, where it was traditional for pilgrims to wash in the river before reaching Santiago. Only 25m from the traditional market, this house retains its natural charm of stone, wood and light, combined with modern materials.
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