Overview
On this seven-night walk, you'll start in Sarria, a large town famed for Galicia's antique fairs. From here you'll walk along farm tracks, paths and country lanes, and through vineyards, stopping off at churches to admire the frescoes and tavernas for lunch en route. Be sure to have your...read more Pilgrim Passport stamped in bars, hotels and churches along the way to qualify for a certificate from the official Pilgrim Office in Santiago.
Itinerary
Arrive at your hotel in Sarria. Stay: Rectoral de Goian, Half Board) (D).
Today starts with a walk along the Roman bridge that leads out of Sarria up the Celerio Valley. Stay: Cross through the hamlets of the southern edge of the Sierra del Paramo then descend into Portomarin - the original village was drowned by the Belesar Reservoir, and some remains still shimmer below the surface! (Staying at Casa Rural Santa Marina, Half Board) (B/D).
Today you can visit Portomarin's church before passing between cornfields lined with ox-eye daisies as you follow the Torres stream. Stamp your Pilgrim Passport in country churches dedicated to the Order of St James before arriving at your beautifully restored rectory. Stay: Rectoral de Lestedo, Half board) (B/D).
Walk along country lanes past fortified farmhouses into the hillside town of Palas de Rei (Palace of the King) as you enter the province of A Coruna. You'll pass typical, raised Galician granaries, and see chickens scamper across narrow streets as you enter vineyards, with views east to the Montes del Vacaloura. Stay: Casa de los Somoza, Half Board) (B/D).
Today's first stop is the thriving country town of Melide, where you'll see locals enjoying Galician seafood in specialist pulperias (octopus restaurants). Drop into the Romanesque church to admire the frescoes, before walking to the lively market town of Arzua along lanes lined with bright yellow celandine. Your final stop is the elegant manor house, surrounded by tranquil countryside, just outside the town. Stay: Pazo de Santa Maria, Half Board) (B/D).
Follow Arzua's colonnaded streets into open country where local farmers wear berets as they tend vines and build haystacks with pitch forks. Your route will rise and fall through river valleys, crossing rushing streams.
This evening you'll stay at Javier's breathtaking converted water mill, where original machinery has been turned into spectacular period features. Stay: O Muino de Pena, Half Board) (B/D).
The finishing line is near! Set off towards Monte do Gozo (Mount of Joy) today, where pilgrims of old caught their first glimpse of the spires of Santiago. As you reach Santiago's historic centre, the atmosphere is electric as a steady stream of pilgrims reach their journey's end below the cathedral's spectacular Baroque facade. Stay: Drop into the Pilgrim Office to collect your certificate, before checking into our historic hotel near the old marketplace - still a riot of colour! (Staying at Hotel Virxe da Cerca, Breakfast only) (B).
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Trip Inclusions
- Walk along one of the most famous UNESCO pilgrimage routes in the world
- Excellent mix of accommodation, including a converted water mill, restored parish houses and stylish farmhouses
- Poppy-sprinkled wheat fields, orchid-rich water meadows, pine-scented woodland
- Share in a breathtaking 1000-year-old sense of achievement with other walkers
- Pilgrim Passport to record your adventure en route.
- 7 nights hotel-to-hotel accommodation
- Continental breakfast and 6 evening meals
- Management by your local Headwater-appointed agent
- Route directions
- Luggage transfers between hotels
- Walking transfers
- Pilgrim's Passport
- Itinerary and inclusions are subject to change
- Price is for land, cruise and internal flights as specified. Flights not specified are not included
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