Every great journey begins with just dreaming about it.
Ready for a unique journey that will take you through breathtaking landscapes and historical sites? Imagine walking along centuries-old trails, carved by pilgrims over the ages. From majestic landscapes to tangible history, the Camino from Sarria to Santiago de Compostela is your ideal adventure.
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Your Journey in 5 Stages: Discover the Camino de Santiago, from Sarria to the majestic Santiago de Compostela.
Welcome to the beginning of your journey. Get ready for an unforgettable adventure!
Breakfast and start of the first stage of our Camino de Santiago from Sarria.
This is one of the most emblematic sections of the Camino Francés, through which many pilgrims pass on their way to Santiago de Compostela, and where we encounter the mythical milestone of the “kilometer 100.”
The beauty of its landscapes is noteworthy, with majestic forests along the riverbanks, enhancing the charm of the place.
We traverse the narrow and sometimes winding “corredoiras” that connect paths between the typical Galician villages of rural Galicia, with their rich architectural heritage, without much difficulty and in a comfortable manner.
Finally, it’s worth mentioning the views of the Belesar Reservoir as we approach Portomarín, under which the old town is submerged.
Arrival in Portomarín. End of stage. Accommodation.
Breakfast and start of the stage.
We begin the Camino and after leaving Portomarín, we ascend towards the Serra de Ligonde.
During this journey, which is easily traversed due to the type of terrain, we encounter sacred symbols with significant religious connotations, called “Cruceiros”.
It is also worth mentioning some temples that we come across near the town of Palas de Rei, such as the Monastery of San Salvador de Vilar de Donas.
Arrival in Palas de Rei. End of stage. Accommodation.
Breakfast and start of the stage.
This stage is the longest one that goes through Galicia.
We leave Palas de Rei and the province of Lugo, entering the province of A Coruña and venturing into its dense forests that lead us to a path of oaks and eucalyptus trees.
We pass through and visit villages like Leboreiro and the town of Melide, well-known for its octopus, which must be tasted without fail.
We continue towards sites of great beauty like the Catasol River. Through its beautiful surroundings, we reach the Ribadixo da Baixo Bridge and the Municipality of Arzúa, renowned for its cheeses.
Arrival in Arzúa: End of stage. Accommodation.
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Aquellos peregrinos con preparación física baja o que prefieran realizar esta etapa más larga mas relajadamente, sería aconsejable dividirla en dos días:
Etapa: Palas de Rei – Melide (15,2 Kms)
Etapa: Melide – Arzúa (14,5 Kms)
Breakfast and start of the stage.
Comfortable journey with slight inclines where we traverse forest tracks that pass through small villages, alternating with sections of road.
Once again, the protagonists are the eucalyptus trees that populate the meadows, adorning the Galician horizon one after another. The arrival in Santiago de Compostela and its Cathedral is approaching.
Arrival in Pedrouzo. End of stage. Accommodation.
Breakfast and start of the stage.
Arriving in Santiago is something special for every pilgrim. Many sensations mix, but the excitement when stepping into the Plaza del Obradoiro is guaranteed.
The route once again passes peacefully among masses of trees, leading us to the last villages of the O Pino area.
From the hill of Monte do Gozo, the city of Santiago de Compostela awaits us, and thus begins a journey through the urban area that ends at the Cathedral.
Arrival in Santiago de Compostela. End of “The Last 100 Kms of the Camino de Santiago from Sarria” and the beginning of “Your true Camino”. Accommodation.
All of Santiago de Compostela is worth mentioning, especially the Cathedral of Santiago and its restored Portico of Glory, which deserves a special visit, as well as its surroundings.
DID YOU KNOW that the Camino de Santiago from Sarria does not end at the Cathedral of Santiago?? Until the end of the world! Ultreia et Suseia!
Once in Santiago, which is the end of the Camino Francés, if you have more days, you can extend your journey to Finisterre-Muxia, which was once, for our ancestors, “the end of the known world.”
Another option is to add additional nights in Santiago and take day trips to Finisterre and/or Rías Baixas.
We’ve reached the last day of your journey! Enjoy a breakfast and conclude this unforgettable experience with us. Thank you for being part of this adventure!
“This itinerary will take you through the most popular stages of the French Way and will allow you to experience the beauty of Galicia and the culture of the Camino de Santiago. Make sure to book accommodation in advance, as it can get busy, especially during the peak season. Have a good trip and buen Camino!“
In our constant effort to provide the best experience for our clients, we want to assure you that we are committed to your rest and comfort. The accommodations we offer have been carefully selected and provide private rooms with an exclusive bathroom, along with all the necessary services to ensure you enjoy your stay to the fullest. It is important to note that we will never accommodate you in hostels.
Since these accommodations have limited capacity, we will provide you with the exact name once you confirm your reservation and verify availability on the dates of your choice. Your satisfaction is our priority!
The generic route we propose takes place over 7 days – 6 nights – 5 stages. If you have fewer days available, we can also design the Camino de Santiago in 4, 5, or 6 days.
We understand that your goal remains reaching the Cathedral of Santiago, so we can consider different alternatives:
> Propose that you walk more kilometers per day, as long as your physical condition allows it.
> Eliminate some stages that may be less attractive and cover those kilometers by vehicle.
The Camino de Santiago from Sarria, in the Lugo region, is part of the French Way variant, and as you can see in the preceding itinerary, it consists of 5 generic stages with an average of 22 km per day. However, at Viajes Mundiplus, we can adjust the kilometers based on your physical capacity and the level of relaxation with which you want to approach this millennial route.
This itinerary we have designed for the Last 100 Km of the Camino de Santiago from Sarria with shorter stages than the established ones is intended for those who want to complete this section of the French Way with even greater relaxation.
The stage breakdown we have prepared is ideal for families with young children and for older individuals who, due to physical aspects, can only or prefer to walk fewer kilometers than the general stages.
Thus, our new proposal for doing the Camino from Sarria in 10 days would be:
We know that one of the main attractions of doing the Camino de Santiago with organized trips in the Galician lands is being able to enjoy its varied gastronomic offer: Lacon with grelos, octopus, tetilla cheese, empanadas, stews, etc.
Completing the journey on the Camino Francés is an ideal alternative not only to get to know the customs of these historically marked villages. It’s also the perfect excuse to enjoy a very varied gastronomy.
Furthermore, as you may know, this is the most popular route of all that lead to the Cathedral of Santiago. What do we mean by this? You’ll find a plethora of gastronomic offers along your way through any town. So many, that it’s completely impossible to list them all in these lines.
That’s why we want to help a bit in a detailed way. If you don’t know where to eat along the Camino Francés from Sarria to Santiago, we’ll give you some suggestions. Of course, we’ll also talk about the typical dishes that characterize this route.
Eating well during this journey is as important as having good equipment or sleeping in comfortable accommodations. Throughout the route of this path, you’ll find different restaurants offering the Pilgrim’s Menu. The vast majority include bread, a drink, two dishes of traditional gastronomy, and dessert.
Additionally, the dishes have an excellent price. Best of all, you’ll be able to taste products characteristic of these localities, including: cheeses, chestnuts, or honeys, as well as different typical dishes. Among the main ingredients are octopus, fish (eels), seafood, and game meats.
Similarly, don’t miss out on the main desserts, including: the tender sponge cakes of Samos and the Portomarín cake. The latter is made with a base of almonds and sweet melindres, similar to a glazed donut typical of many Galician regions.
It’s normal that if you’re thinking of making such a long journey, you’ve thought about what to eat during this trek. And those few kilometers deserve a good gastronomic reward. Of course, in all the towns from Sarria to Santiago you can find delicious products and typical dishes that you’ll love.
Among the typical dishes you can enjoy in Sarria, we can highlight octopus “a feira,” potato omelettes, and padrón peppers. They also offer a great variety of meats such as T-bone steak or grilled ribeye.
Similarly, homemade croquettes are delicious, as are game meats (partridge or wild boar). And as if that weren’t enough, you can try the celtic pig. This is a native breed of pig recovered with which they prepare excellent sausages (chorizo or pressed cracklings).
You should also consider visiting the bread museum and the production of tetilla cheeses. There you’ll have an unparalleled gastronomic experience.
In this town, you can taste quality Galician products such as chestnuts, breads, cheeses, pork, and veal. Additionally, you can taste the typical dish. This is made with eel, which is a teleost fish that lives between the sea and the river, so its meat is highly valued.
Similarly, you can’t miss the exquisite eel empanadas accompanied by orujo spirits. And for dessert, we recommend the typical Paradela cake, made with flour, eggs, sugar, and almonds.
This is a well-known town on the Camino de Santiago Francés. Undoubtedly, its typical dish is Padrón peppers and Herbón peppers. So you should eat some fried peppers, toasted and topped with coarse salt.
It also stands out for its wide variety of fish and seafood (spider crab, shrimp, clam, octopus, carioca, trout, lamprey). It also includes among its specialties game meats in season and Galician veal.
It’s important to mention that cheeses and pork-derived products are in high demand among its visitors.
The quintessential product of this town is Arzua-Ulloa cheese. Its production takes place in the municipalities of Arzúa, Melide, O’Pino, Monterroso, and Palas de Rei. It’s a soft cheese produced with matured cow’s milk with a fine, elastic, bright yellow rind.
Its aromas are butter and yogurt with hints of vanilla, cream, and nut. Additionally, it has a sweet and sour taste at the same time. It’s ideal to taste alone or accompanied, as well as with quince jelly.
In this place, you can find products such as cheese, Ulla river wine, honey, fresh garden produce, and of course, veal and pork meats. Additionally, you can taste the rooster and hen of the piñeira breed, as it’s a dish exalted in the gastronomy of this locality.
Similarly, this locality offers typical Galician dishes such as octopus, Galician stew, and empanada.
In the capital of Galicia, you can taste a wide variety of traditional Galician cuisine dishes. We highlight octopus, fish, seafood, assorted empanadas, raxo, lacon with grelos, and broths.
Additionally, you can enjoy the famous tarta de Santiago, adorned with the Cross of Santiago. Also, you must try the Monterroso ham, the queixo do cebreiro or the Samos sponge cakes.
Of course, along the Camino de Santiago, there are establishments that are a must-visit. For example, on the route from Sarria to Santiago, there are restaurants with a wide variety of starters, wines, products, and specialties in typical dishes with an unparalleled presentation.
In Sarria, you can find pulperías do Luis, Roma, and A Travesia Dos Soños.
In Portomarín, O Mirador, Restaurante Pérez, and Posada del Camino stand out.
Likewise, in Palas de Rei, you’ll find A Parada das Bestas, Mesón A brea, and Pulpería a Nosa Terra.
In Melide, we highlight its well-known Pulperías Ezequiel and A Garnacha.
Similarly, in Arzúa, the restaurants offering a wide menu selection include Casa Nene, Fonte do Picho, and Casa Teodora.
Another excellent place in Pedrouzo is the establishment O KM19 and Café-Bar O Pedrouzo.
In Santiago de Compostela, you have Abastos 2.0, Damajuana, and O Gato Negro, one of the most popular establishments in Santiago.
We provide you with different options on How to get to the Camino de Santiago from Sarria. This town marks the minimum distance, if you walk the Camino, of 100 kilometers to obtain the certificate of “La Compostela”.
Option 1: you can arrive by private car:
> and park your vehicle in Sarria. You can park in the vicinity of the accommodation where you stay. It’s a very safe and small town where there have been no security issues to date. Another option is to request private parking. When you finish the last 100 kms of the Camino Francés, you can return to your vehicle by bus or request our optional exclusive transfer service for you or your group.
> or you can arrive in your vehicle directly to Santiago de Compostela and park in Santiago de Compostela in private parking, which has very affordable costs, and once parked you can take a bus to Sarria (there is only one available schedule), or request our private transfer.
Option 2: Bus
Santiago>Lugo>Sarria (No direct option). From Santiago, you must make 1 transfer in Lugo and the total duration of both journeys is approximately 3h 15′.
– From Santiago de Compostela city or from its Airport, you can travel to Lugo with the bus company Freire.
– In Lugo, you’ll have to transfer to Sarria with the bus company Monbus.
Madrid>Lugo>Sarria
– From Madrid to Lugo with the company Alsa, with frequent departures from the South Bus Station of Madrid, and from Madrid Airport (Terminal 4)
– From Lugo to Sarria with the bus company Monbus.
*We recommend spending a few hours and visiting Lugo and its walls before heading to Sarria
Option 3: Train (Renfe). Direct trains every day from Madrid and Barcelona. Currently, on the stretch from Madrid to Sarria, the train arrives in Ourense and from here Renfe provides travelers with a bus from Ourense to Sarria (approximately 1h 15′). This is due to ongoing construction works until July 2023 inclusive.
Option 4: Plane
The nearest airport to Sarria is Santiago de Compostela, approximately 1h 15′ by car.
From here, there are two possibilities to get to Sarria:
– By bus, option seen previously.
– Private transfer with us: pick up at Santiago Airport and direct transfer to Sarria in approximately 1h 15′. Consult us for the service fee.
Upon your arrival in Sarria, a memorable experience begins, and in the next point, we recommend what to see and do on your Camino de Santiago from Sarria.
STAGE FROM SARRIA TO PORTOMARIN
In Sarria, we can see, among other things, the Church of San Salvador, Romanesque with a Gothic facade, and the convent of A Magdalena. We will admire the tower of the old medieval castle, as well as the Rúa Maior.
We leave Sarria through the Ponte Aspera to continue towards Barbadelo and Ferreiros, where we find two Romanesque churches, the Church of Santiago (Barbadelo), and the Church of Santa María (Ferreiros).
Portomarín is a beautiful village bathed by the Belesar Reservoir, in which the old city is submerged (which can be seen in summer with the lowest river flow)
The village is divided into two neighborhoods: San Nicolas and San Pedro. A visit to the Chapel of the Virgin of the Snows should not be missed, as well as the grandiose fortress-church of San Nicolás, erected by the monk-knights of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in the 12th century. The church was built by a workshop of disciples of Master Mateo. Portomarín produces one of the most recognized liquors in Galicia, and an annual festival is celebrated.
The Romanesque facade of the Church of San Pedro, the Pazo de Berbetoros, from the 17th century, and the Pazo del Conde da Maza, from the 16th century, are other attractions that you can find in this beautiful town.
The section from Sarria to Santiago de Compostela is approximately 115 kilometers. As you may know, 100 kilometers is the minimum distance required to obtain the “Compostela”, the official certificate that proves you have completed the Camino.
As you may have seen, it is generally divided into 5 stages (plus the arrival and departure days), walking around 20-25 kilometers per day. However, the number of stages may vary depending on each pilgrim’s pace and preferences.
Yes, it is recommended to obtain the pilgrim’s credential before starting the Camino. This document is necessary to stay in hostels and to have it stamped at each stage, which is a requirement to obtain the Compostela upon completion.
The best times are spring (April to June) and autumn (September and October), when the weather is more pleasant and there are fewer pilgrims than in summer.
This section is considered of moderate difficulty. The terrain is hilly with some ascents and descents, but it does not have significant slopes, making it suitable for pilgrims with a basic physical condition.
Although the section is accessible, it is recommended to have a basic physical preparation. Doing some previous walks and resistance exercises can help you enjoy the journey more and avoid injuries.
By completing at least the last 100 kilometers of the Camino and getting your pilgrim’s credential stamped at least twice a day, you can request the Compostela at the Pilgrim’s Office in Santiago.
It is important to wear comfortable, well-worn shoes, a light backpack, suitable clothing for different weather conditions, a raincoat, sunscreen, and personal hygiene items.
Yes, the Camino de Santiago is generally safe, and many people do it solo. Of course, it is always advisable to take basic precautions and stay aware of your surroundings.
Galician cuisine is rich and varied. You will be able to enjoy dishes such as Galician-style octopus, empanada, Galician broth, and local cheeses like Arzúa-Ulloa.
Most accommodations and cafés offer free Wi-Fi. Mobile coverage is generally good, although there may be rural areas with limited signal.
The Camino from Sarria to Santiago is full of historical, cultural, and natural landmarks:
Monte do Gozo: A few kilometers from Santiago, this hill offers the first view of the cathedral towers. It is an iconic place where pilgrims celebrate their proximity to their goal.
