You will be booked into a hotel (en-suite rooms) in the heart of A Coruna city. While here, why not see San Anton Castle, the Plaza de Maria Pita, or Tower of Hercules – or simply find a seafood restaurant to sit down, enjoy some local delicacies, and watch the world pass by?

On your first day’s walk you will go through urban areas, a riverside park, and country roads. You leave the city through the esplanade in O Burgo town, passing by an old tide mill of Acea de Ama, before crossing the historic Roman bridge of O Burgo and passing the Church of Santiago of O Burgo. Continuing on, you will find the Roman origin church of Santiago de Sigrás, the Country Estates (El Pazo), the Camellia fountain, the historic gardens of Mariñas and the town of Carral, well known for its bread.

Walk along quiet and peaceful rural country trails, paved roads and forest paths. Today is nice and short so you have plenty of time to appreciate the secluded beauty of nature all around before making a steep ascent to your stop for the night at Meson Do Vento, Ordes, or Bruma (depending on the availability of accommodation).

Walking through the beautiful Galician countryside, today will be simple as you are mostly be heading downhill. Some of the main highlights of the day are the lovely historic Horreo you pass (a typical granary found in the northwest of Spain and Portugal), the 18th-Century Igrexa de San Paio de Buscas in A Rúa town, and the impressive colours of the forest all around you.

After crossing the Sigueiro Bridge over the Tambre River, we arrive into the municipality of Santiago. The Way continues along the river and leads to the ‘Fonte do Ingles’ (The English Fountain). You soon reach Meixonfrio, the site of an old inn where pilgrims and travellers would stop and rest. After passing a pre-Roman hill-fort, where, according to tradition, each passing pilgrim would lay a stone on the already existing pile, the Camino enters Santiago to reach its imposing cathedral.

After breakfast, we bid you farewell.
If you wish to stay in the area, we recommend that you:
– Take your time and visit the magnificent historic centre of Santiago.
– Continue with us along the wild Camino Fisterra (Finisterre Way), and stay overnight at the hotel in the lighthouse!
– Or take a bus to Fisterra to visit the unspoilt sandy coves and beaches of the west coast. With very few tourists, you are guaranteed a very special experience. Buses depart from Santiago Bus Station at 9am and 10am. Buses return to Santiago at 4:45pm and 7pm. The journey takes 3 hours.