Arzúa - Arca
The Northern Way
- Ribadeo
- Vilela
- A Ponte
- Vilamartín Pequeno
- Gondán
- Lourenzá
- San Pedro da Torre
- Mondoñedo
- Abadín
- Martiñán
- Goiriz
- Vilalba
- Ponte de Sa
- Baamonde
- Digañe
- Miraz
- A Roxica
- O Marco das Pías
- Guitizá
- Sobrado dos Monxes
- As Corredoiras
- Sendelle
- Arzúa
- A Salceda
- Santa Irene
- Arca, O Pino
- A Lavacolla
- Monte do Gozo
- Santiago
Stage: Arzúa - Arca
In this stage, the Camino again passes among meadows together with oak and eucalyptus trees which surround small hamlets, some with place names with Jacobean echoes: A Calzada, A Calle, Ferreiros, A Salceda, A Brea, Santa Irene and A Rúa, which lies at the gates of Arca, the municipal capital of O Pino, the last municipality before Santiago.
Arzúa- A Salceda
We depart from the town of Arzúa by the Rúa do Carme. In this stage the landscapes of meadows and woods (carballos (oaks), eucalyptus, fruit trees and cultivated fields) with stretches on the asphalt of the National Nacional 547 Highway.
We must pay special attention to the vehicles as we have to cross the road several times.
We cross the River Vello anda Brandeso and then pass through several hamlets: Preguntoño, A Peroxa, some with Jacobean echoes such as A Calzada, A Rúa, Ferreiros — again a reference to the ancient trade of those engaged in shoeing horses among other functions — and A Salceda
Arzúa - A Salceda
A Salceda- Santa Irene
We leave A Salceda in the direction of Santa Irene — where there is a pilgrim hostel—. This stage continues over practically flat land as in all this stage.
Salceda - Santa Irene
Santa Irene- Arca, O Pino
We arrive at A Rúa, very near the entrance to Arca, the capital of the municipality of O Pino, the last Town Hall before Santiago. O Pedrouzo is the main population nucleus of the parish of Arca.
Throughout all the stage we will find bars and taverns where we can have something to eat and there are fountains where we can freshen up.