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Stage 9 · Portugués Central

Pontevedra → Caldas de Reis

64km km to Santiago
21,4 km Distance +330 m Ascent −300 m Descent 24,7 km Effort 7 h 42 Time needed · On foot

From the Lérez to the Hot Springs

A gentle, rural stage: 21.4 kilometres with 330 metres of ascent and 300 of descent, low difficulty, without any climb to worry about. You leave Pontevedra across the Lérez by the Ponte do Burgo and leave the city through the parish of Alba, first between houses and then on tracks and dirt paths. Right after the river the Variante Espiritual splits off towards Combarro and Armenteira: anyone following the Central Way must watch for the arrow at that junction.

The middle section passes through San Amaro, in the concello of Barro, with bars for the mid-morning stop, and continues on paths through riverside woodland, pine forest and vines, with a few roads to cross and a stretch beside the main road that needs care. Portela and Briallos are the next villages, with little in the way of stops but fountains along the way.

The last kilometres drop down to Tivo and enter Caldas de Reis by the river Umia and the town bridge. Caldas is a spa town where hot water flows in the street: there is a thermal fountain by the bridge where pilgrims soak their feet. It has everything.

Tips

Leave Pontevedra with a full bottle and breakfast eaten: there is little open early before San Amaro.

On the stretch beside the main road walk on the left-hand verge and in single file.

The fountains between Portela and Briallos run well most of the year, but in summer not all of them give water: do not count on them as certain.

In Caldas put your feet in the hot water when you arrive: it is the tradition and it really does rest them.

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Pontevedra 21.4 km Caldas de Reis

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What to see on this stage 18

  1. Igrexa de San Xosé de Campolongo Church km 0,7
  2. Capela da Virxe Peregrina Church km 1,0
  3. Igrexa de San Francisco Church km 1,0
  4. Capela das Ánimas de Pontevedra Church km 1,2
  5. Capela do Nazareno Church km 1,2
  6. Real Basílica de Santa María a Maior Church km 1,3
  7. Santuario das Aparicións Church km 1,4
  8. Igrexa de San Bartolomeu de Pontevedra Church km 1,4
  9. Igrexa de Santiaguiño do Burgo Church km 1,9
  10. Igrexa de Santa María de Alba Church km 4,7
  11. Capela de San Caetano Church km 5,6
  12. Capela do San Amaro Church km 9,9
  13. Igrexa de San Mamede da Portela Church km 10,9
  14. Igrexa de San Cristovo de Briallos Church km 17,1
  15. Capela de Santa Lucía de Arcos da Condesa Church km 18,1
  16. Igrexa de Santa María de Caldas de Reis Church km 21,8
  17. Igrexa de San Tomé de Caldas de Reis Church km 22,3
  18. Capela de San Roque Church km 22,8

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