Portuguese Way from Tui

Bathed by the Miño river, this medieval town stands out for housing one of the most impressive cathedrals in the whole of Galicia: the cathedral of Santa María, located on the top of a promontory. Tui can also boast of having been surrounded by the most extensive wall in the region.

Accessible by train, we can also help you with a transfer from any other station or airport.

This stage begins with the descent to the Miño river to continue along the riverbank promenade, offering an idyllic landscape, and then walking alongside vineyards and into lush forests. However, to get to these charming places you must pass stretches of road and even an industrial estate, although for some years now there has been an official alternative that only adds 500 metres to the route and runs along a riverside walk in the middle of nature.

Once you have passed this section, you continue descending through places that, as a reward for the effort, will offer you beautiful landscapes until your arrival in Redondela.

This is a short stage, with very little gradient and, therefore, little physical demand, and with exceptional signposting. At all times you will walk very close to the Vigo estuary, although you will rarely be able to see it, and you will reach Pontevedra thanks to a beautiful river path. Pontevedra has a great historical heritage with an atmosphere difficult to find anywhere else. You can visit places of interest such as the Virgen Peregrina church and the Ruins of Santo Domingo, as well as stroll through the old town.

You will leave the city of Pontevedra behind to begin a short and easy stage that constantly advances along comfortable dirt tracks and, occasionally, on asphalt, which will guide you through numerous towns and villages characteristic of the Galician countryside, until you reach the town of Caldas de Reis, known for the richness of its thermal waters and their health-giving attributes.

Today you will change the province of Pontevedra for that of A Coruña in a stage that is perhaps one of the most scenically beautiful of the Portuguese Way in Galicia. You will advance parallel to the N-550, with more frequent slopes than in the previous stage, although easy to overcome.

Once you reach your destination, don’t forget to taste the famous Padrón peppers, small in size and with their own motto: ‘Pementos de Padrón, uns pican e outros non’ (‘Padrón peppers, some are spicy and some are not’).

You can already sense Compostela. This is the last stage of the Portuguese Way in which you will reach the Cathedral after overcoming the distance that separates the two towns. It is an easy stage, with many small villages and urban areas with a moderate and progressive slope.

End of services. If you can, take the time to wander through its old town with its streets full of history, visit some museums or admire the local architecture.