The Primitive Way

Stage: Melide - Arzúa

  • Length 14.5 Km
  • Difficulty Low
  • Estimated Duration 3h 40min
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After Melide, the Camino passes through Boente and Castañeda and arrives at Arzúa, a cheese making village with the important attraction of rural and active tourism, especially in the vicinity of the reservoir of Portodemouros.

 

Melide - Arzúa

Melide- Boente

  • Length 5.8 Km
  • Difficulty Medium
  • Estimated Duration 1h 25min

The road is easy to walk on and in a very good condition at this stage. It is composed of a mixture of earth and stone together with small asphalted roads or tracks between towns, with gradual climbs and descents, alternating with flat stretches.

Melide - Boente

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Going uphill on the Camino to Arzúa

El Camino en las proximidades de Arzúa

Boente- Ribadiso

  • Length 5.5 Km
  • Difficulty Medium
  • Estimated Duration 1h 25min

In Boente there is a fountain with four pipes and a Calvary , separated from the church by the main road.

From there we reach Ribadiso by a bridge over the River Iso, beside which is the hostel, one of the most charming on the French Camino, composed of several rehabilitated cottages, with lareiras or traditional kitchens in the dining rooms and an extensive garden with stairs leading directly to the river, where the pilgrims swim in the summertime.

Boente - Ribadiso

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Boente. Fountain

Resting on the Camino to Arzúa

Ribadiso- Arzúa

  • Length 3.2 Km
  • Difficulty Medium
  • Estimated Duration 50min

After Ribadiso, the Camino follows the road to Arzúa, the land of cheese par excellence.

Arzúa is a town with all the services required by pilgrims, places to eat and sleep, banks, healthcare centres, pharmacies, supermarkets and shops. The hostel is situated just beside the Capilla de la Madalena , which is open when required as an Exhibition Room. Diagonal to this is the Church of Santiago.

Ribadiso - Arzúa

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Pilgrim Hostel of Arzúa

Peregrino junto a la Capilla de la Madalena

Stage: San Romao da Retorta-Melide
Stage: Arzúa - Arca (O Pino)