O Porriño to Redondela
Return
- Distance
- 16 km
- Climb
- 230 m up, 240 m down
- Ground
- 10 to 250 m
- Time
- 4 to 5 hours
- Difficulty
- easy
- Underfoot
- forest, dirt, paved, cobblestone
Where this day sits on the Camino Portugués
Above, the highest and lowest ground of each of its 11 stages. Below, the word each day is given.
From open-pilgrimages: each stage's highest and lowest ground and its interior theme.
The day
A short day. Sixteen kilometers through pine forests, past the stone cruceiro at Mos, and down into Redondela on the Ría de Vigo. Here the Central route and the Coastal route finally merge. Pilgrims who chose different paths from Porto find each other again in the plaza. There is a particular quality to these reunions — the quiet comparing of notes between people who have walked the same days in different landscapes.
What pilgrims often meet here
- Arriving before midday and having the whole afternoon in Redondela
- Running into pilgrims you last saw in Porto
- First glimpse of the Ría de Vigo — salt air after days of forest
- The small stone cruceiro at Mos, one of many in Galicia
Who do you think of when you imagine arriving in Santiago?
The ground
Pine forest trails over the hills into Redondela. Pass Mos with its small church and stone cruceiro. Short day — many pilgrims arrive before midday.
The light
Sunrise and sunset in O Porriño depend on the day you walk.
Walk it with Pilgrim
Pilgrim doesn't carry the Camino Portugués as a route yet. You can still walk it with the app in Wander mode, speaking what arises and keeping it on your phone.