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Stage 11 · Portugués Central

Padrón → Santiago de Compostela

24km km to Santiago
24,3 km Distance +400 m Ascent −300 m Descent 28,3 km Effort 8 h 48 Time needed · On foot

Arriving at the Obradoiro

The last stage is long and has more climbing than you expect: 24.3 kilometres with 400 metres of ascent and 300 of descent, medium difficulty. You leave Padrón through Iria Flavia, with its collegiate church and the cemetery where Camilo José Cela is buried, and climb gently to the sanctuary of A Escravitude. Then the route runs close to the main road for a good while, with bars in Picaraña and Faramello, and crosses it several times: look carefully.

Halfway through you enter the concello of Teo by Rúa de Francos and villages of track and tarmac, with short climbs that add up, until you reach O Milladoiro, a big modern suburb with the last services before the city. From Agro dos Monteiros you see the cathedral for the first time, and from there you descend towards Santiago through A Rocha and Conxo.

The urban approach is long, along streets with traffic, and ends at the Porta Faxeira and the rúa do Franco, which opens onto Obradoiro square in front of the cathedral. It is worth arriving slowly. The Pilgrim's Office, where you request the Compostela with your stamped credential, is close to the square, and Santiago has everything at any hour.

Tips

Get your departure stamp in Padrón before setting off: the final stage of the parchment needs its four stamps like all the others.

Get stamps en route at A Escravitude or at a bar in Picaraña and in O Milladoiro, and the arrival stamp at the cathedral or at the Pilgrim's Office, which also stamps.

Start early: it is long, with climbs, and the Pilgrim's Office has queues in high season; if you arrive mid-morning, go there first and then to the square.

The pilgrims' mass is at midday in the cathedral and backpacks are not allowed inside; there are left-luggage places nearby.

The selfie in front of the cathedral with the last stamp in place is the one that unlocks your parchment: take it calmly.

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Profile and services

Elevation profile of the stage from Padrón to Santiago de Compostela, 24.3 kilometres, with services placed at their kilometre point.

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Padrón 24.3 km Santiago de Compostela

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What to see on this stage 49

  1. Igrexa de Santa Mariña de Carracedo Church km 4,0
  2. Capela da Virxe da Saúde de Casal de Eirigo Church km 6,8
  3. Igrexa de San Miguel de Valga Church km 10,2
  4. Igrexa de San Xulián de Pontecesures Church km 13,9
  5. Capela de San Xulián de Requeixo Church km 14,4
  6. Igrexa de San Xosé Church km 16,9
  7. Igrexa de Santiago de Padrón Church km 17,0
  8. Capela de Santo Antonio Church km 17,0
  9. Iglesia Church km 17,9
  10. Igrexa de Santa María de Iria Flavia Church km 17,9
  11. Capela do Santo Cristo da Cruz Church km 20,2
  12. Santuario da Nosa Señora da Escravitude Church km 23,3
  13. Igrexa de Santa María de Cruces Church km 23,6
  14. Capela das Neves do Faramello Church km 27,8
  15. Capela de San Martiño de Rúa de Francos Church km 28,8
  16. Capela da Madalena Church km 34,5
  17. Ermida de Santa María Madalena Church km 34,6
  18. Igrexa de San Xosé do Milladoiro Church km 34,9
  19. Capela do Divino Salvador de Vidán Church km 38,2
  20. Capela de Santa Marta Church km 40,5
  21. Capela do Pilar Church km 41,6
  22. Capela de Santa Susana Church km 41,6
  23. Igrexa das Orfas Church km 41,9
  24. Igrexa de Santa María Salomé Church km 42,0
  25. Igrexa da Compañía ou da Universidade Church km 42,0
  26. Igrexa de San Fiz de Solovio Church km 42,1
  27. Capela de Mondragón Church km 42,2
  28. Capela do Pilar Church km 42,2
  29. Capela Maior Church km 42,2
  30. Capela de Nosa Señora a Branca Church km 42,2
  31. Capela do Salvador Church km 42,2
  32. Capela da Azucena Church km 42,2
  33. Capela de San Xoán Church km 42,2
  34. Capela de San Bartolomeu Church km 42,2
  35. Capela da Prima Church km 42,2
  36. Capela do Espírito Santo Church km 42,2
  37. Capela da Corticela Church km 42,2
  38. Capela de San Pedro Church km 42,2
  39. Igrexa de San Bieito do Campo Church km 42,2
  40. Capela do Santo André Church km 42,2
  41. Capela de Santo Antón Church km 42,2
  42. Capela de Alba Church km 42,2
  43. Capela das Reliquias Church km 42,2
  44. Capela de Santa Catarina Church km 42,2
  45. Capela da Comuñón Church km 42,2
  46. Capela do Cristo de Burgos Church km 42,2
  47. Igrexa de San Miguel dos Agros Church km 42,2
  48. Igrexa de San Froitoso Church km 42,2
  49. Capela da Terceira Orde Church km 42,2

What you will find 1568